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Fixing the Future
From the Hay Festival, Adam Rutherford and guests ask how science can fix the future.
Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance
What can be done to tackle antimicrobial resistance, a massive threat that humans face?
More gravitational waves; Ocean floor mapping; Selfish Gene 40th; Spoonies
Gravitational waves have been found for a second time. What’s different this time?
National Insect Week, Venus' electric field, Green mining, Wimbledon grass science
Adam Rutherford finds out why insects are being celebrated across the UK.
Juno, Nanotech art conservation, Robots fix the city, Eel conservation
Nasa's Juno space mission approaches Jupiter.
Juno, Space debris, Fake tumours, Risky plants
Welcome to Jupiter: Juno mission unlocks secrets of this giant gas ball of a planet.
Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, Music appreciation, A year of New Horizons
Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, music appreciation; a year of New Horizons
Brexit and science, New brain map, Cell therapy for Parkinson's disease, Viking on Mars
Brexit and science, new brain map, cell therapy for Parkinson's disease, Viking on Mars.
Drug abuse in athletes, Last Common Ancestor, Lichens and Beatrix Potter, Philae farewell
Drug abuse in athletes, Last Common Ancestor, Lichens and Beatrix Potter, Philae farewell.
Signs of life on planets, Royal Society Book Prize, Queen Bee control, Galactic Prom 29
What clues should we look for when searching for life on other planets?
Blow to the LHC "bump", Crow intelligence, Robot mudskippers, Royal Society book prize
A blow to the LHC "bump"; Crow intelligence; Robot mudskippers; Royal Society book prize.
Autonomous cars, Bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize
Autonomous cars, bees and neonicotinoids, Marden Henge, Royal Society Book Prize.
Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, East Antarctic lakes, Deep sea shark hunting
Proxima b exoplanet, The Hunt for Vulcan, east Antarctic lakes, deep sea shark hunting.
Gravitational wave detection, Exo-Mars landing, Royal Society book prize, Gait biometrics
Gravitational wave detection, Exo-Mars landing, Royal Society book prize, gait biometrics.
Microbead impact, Remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch
Microbead impact, remote animal logging, Royal Society book prize, Surgewatch.
Embryos from non egg cells, Gaia galaxy census, Stratolites, Female and male body clocks
Embryos from non egg cells; Gaia galaxy census; stratolites; female and male body clocks.
What's Left to Explore?
What's left to explore? Adam Rutherford with a special edition from New Scientist Live.
RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
Adam Rutherford hears about the end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P.
Fatty food, Event horizon of a black hole, Gene editing technology patents
What controls our preference for fatty food?
Life on Mars? Quantum Gravity. The deep origins of bird song
New mission searching for signs of life on Mars about to arrive at the Red Planet
HFC Ban; Human Cell Atlas; Origin of Hunting with Dogs
A map of the 37 trillion cells in the body and when did humans first use dogs for hunting?
Making mozzies safe with a microbe, CO2 at 400 ppm, Chixculub crater rocks, Why Mars Lander failed
Fighting Zika and dengue virus with an insect bacterium.
Italy's quakes, Ebola virus, Accidental rocket fuel, China in space
Italy's earthquakes: is there a pattern?
Climate change questions, Animal computer interaction, Sounds and meaning across world's languages
Climate change - listeners' questions answered.
Does Pluto have an ocean, Antarctica's oldest ice, Meat emissions, Swifts fly ten months non-stop
Does Pluto have an ocean under its ice crust?
Predator bacteria therapy, New money for UK science, Stick-on stethoscope, Taming fears in the brain scanner
Can we use predatory bacteria as treatments for antibiotic resistant infections?
Alzheimers research, Lucy in the Scanner, Smart bandages, From supernovae to Hollywood
How well do we understand Alzheimers disease after the latest drug trial disappointment?
Rock traces of life on Mars, Desert fireball network, Gut microbes and Parkinson's Disease, Science Museum's maths exhibition
Could rocks discovered by the Mars rover Spirit contain the hallmarks of ancient life?
Weather on a distant exoplanet, Diamond batteries from nuclear waste, Craters, Avalanches and glaciers, Solar geoengineering
A windy weather report from 1,000 light years away.
Inuits and Denisovans, Sex and woodlice, Peace through particle physics, Caspar the octopus in peril?
Can Inuits survive the Arctic cold thanks to deep past liaisons with another species?
Listeners' Questions
Adam Rutherford puts listeners' science questions to his team of experts.
