大象传媒 Inside Science Podcast
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
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Perseverance drills on Mars; space tourism; Australian fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines against Covid
Thu 16 Sep 2021
Mars rock samples; space tourism; fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines for Covid.
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Climate change and oil and gas exploration; cutting methane emissions; African wild dog populations; freezing eggs and sperm
Thu 9 Sep 2021
What's the future of oil and gas exploration when limiting global heating to 1.5 degrees?
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Rugby and the brain
Thu 2 Sep 2021
New clues on how tackles and knocks impact the brains of professional rugby players.
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Window to solve pandemic origins closing
Thu 26 Aug 2021
Is time running out to trace the origins of the pandemic?
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Mammoth Journey
Thu 19 Aug 2021
Tusk reveals the story of a woolly mammoth's 70,000 kilometre journey
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Bees and multiple pesticide exposure
Thu 5 Aug 2021
Pesticides more than double the trouble for bees
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Covid 19 鈥� reaching the unvaccinated
Thu 29 Jul 2021
How to balance individual rights with the collective action needed to end the pandemic.
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Covid19 - should we test everybody ?
Thu 15 Jul 2021
Testing the entire population could stop the virus spreading, but how would we do it?
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Covid and our ancient ancestors
Thu 8 Jul 2021
The role our genetic inheritance plays in determining how the virus affects us.
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Gene editing gets real
Thu 1 Jul 2021
A treatment to change faulty genetic instructions in the liver seems to be successful.
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UK science policy shake-up; Ivermectin & Covid; black fungus in Indian Covid patients; many hominins in Siberian cave
Thu 24 Jun 2021
How will the new UK strategy affect funding for existing research and future innovation?
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Cov-Boost trial; SARS-Cov 2 infection in action; sapling guards; why tadpoles are dying
Thu 17 Jun 2021
Cov-Boost trial; SARS-Cov 2 infection in action; sapling guards; why tadpoles are dying
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Covid vaccines in children; preventing dengue; algal blooms; supersonic flight
Thu 10 Jun 2021
Covid vaccines in children; preventing dengue; algal blooms; supersonic flight.
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Lab origin theory of SARS-Cov2; gene for obesity; dark matter map; rock art in Scotland
Thu 3 Jun 2021
Lab leak theory of SARS-Cov2; gene for obesity; dark matter map; rock art in Scotland
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Human use of plants beyond the limits of history.
Thu 27 May 2021
Vic Gill and guests take a look at human impacts on the earth over thousands of years.
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Blood Clot Cure, Synthetic Fuels and Coal Mine Heat Pumps
Thu 20 May 2021
Viennese scientists describe a cure for infamous vaccine-induced thrombosis.
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Microplastics in UK river beds
Thu 13 May 2021
Victoria Gill wades into the microplastic problems in UK riverbeds.
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Early burials, diversity in Tudor England, a malaria vaccine, and rogue brain waves
Thu 6 May 2021
Early burials, diversity in Tudor England, a malaria vaccine, and rogue brain waves.
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Dragonfly on Titan, Retreating Glaciers, Surge Testing, Acoustic lighthouses
Thu 29 Apr 2021
Dragonfly on Titan, Retreating Glaciers, Surge Testing for Covid 19, Acoustic lighthouses.
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Coronavirus variants and vaccines, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and how to get rid of moths
Thu 22 Apr 2021
Coronavirus variants, climate change resistant coffee, dare to repair and clothes moths.
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Blood clots, grieving and the emotion of screams
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Evolving research on blood clots associated with vaccines, the emotion of screams, grief.
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Disobedient particles, noisy gorillas, sharks and fictional languages
Thu 8 Apr 2021
Disobedient particles, noisy gorillas, sharks and fictional languages.
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Science funding cuts; Mice get Covid-19; Native oyster reintroductions
Thu 1 Apr 2021
Science funding cuts; Mice and Covid-19; Native oyster reintroduction.
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Halfway to net zero; hydrogen as a fuel; Fagradalsfjall, Iceland鈥檚 active volcano
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Halfway to net zero; hydrogen as a fuel; Fagradalsfjall, Iceland鈥檚 active volcano.
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Human embryo research and ethics; sperm whale social learning; Antikythera mechanism
Thu 18 Mar 2021
Human embryo research and ethics; sperm whale social learning; Antikythera mechanism.
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China's green growth plan
Thu 11 Mar 2021
China鈥檚 five-year plan; cloning the black footed ferret; seals lending a flipper.
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Blue carbon; inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters
Thu 4 Mar 2021
Blue carbon; seeing inside Little Foot's skull; reading locked letters with X rays.
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Good COP Bad COP, Shotgun Lead Persistence, and Featherdown Adaptation
Thu 25 Feb 2021
UN Environment Programme publishes Making Peace With Nature report ahead of COP 26.
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