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White phosphorus
What is white phosphorus and why is it so dangerous?
Forever chemicals
What goes into our water supply and never comes out?
Metal Mines
How disused mines are having a harmful effect on our rivers.
Loss and damages for vulnerable countries
Saleemul Huq, an advocate for vulnerable countries affected by climate change, has died.
Iceland Volcano
How scientists are monitoring Fagradalsfjall volcano and keeping people safe.
UK Covid-19 Inquiry
The key takeaways from the evidence of top scientists this week at the Covid inquiry.
Finding Tunnels
The geophysics at work to locate tunnels.
Vagrant Birds
Why are non-native species of birds arriving in the UK?
Biggest COP in history
Some of the biggest stories from COP28: oceans, food security and fossil fuel dependence.
The Science of the South Pole
On board the RSS Sir David Attenborough for the vessel’s first big science season
12 days of Christmas - science version
A festive special in the style of the 12 days of Christmas.
Space Exploration
Inside Science explores the planned missions to the Moon in 2024.
Understanding Flood Forecasting
Understanding how flood forecasting and warning systems work, plus a mission to Europa.
A New Volcanic Era?
Are we entering a new volcanic era in Iceland?
Hydrogen and the race to net zero
A look at the role of hydrogen in the UK’s future energy economy with Prof Mark Miodownik.
When brains and computers meet
A look at the science and ethics behind the companies driving brain-computer interface.
Ancient Roman writings revealed
Thanks to AI, scientists can now read charred scrolls from Herculaneum for the first time.
The Gulf Stream’s tipping point
Will the Gulf Stream collapse? A new modelling study suggests it could.
Laboratory-Grown Meat
Is it a solution to global emissions or a distraction? And, will people actually eat it?
Dimming the Sun
Should we even consider solar geoengineering?
How pure is the water from your tap?
We look at the quality of water from your kitchen tap and check out some clever bees.
World’s oldest forest fossils
Oldest forest fossils found in Somerset show how our world looked 390 million years ago.
Our Accidental Universe
Professor and presenter Chris Lintott talks about his new book, Our Accidental Universe.
Inside Your Microbiome
A look into the unregulated world of home gut microbiome testing.
200 years of dinosaur science
The story of the last 200 years of dinosaur science.
Bird flu outbreak in cows
Bird flu has infected cows for the first time. Should we be worried?
Do we need a new model of cosmology?
Astrophysicists are questioning the nature of the universe.
Can we get plastic waste under control?
The UN attempts a global treaty on plastic, and the science of heartbreak.
Ugly animals and asteroid Apophis
Plus, from wastewater monitoring to vaccines, how COVID-19 irrevocably altered science.
Is treated sewage worse for the environment than raw?
Plus animal medicine and Eurovision
Is gene therapy the future?
Plus, how aerosols change the weather and the secret vibrations bees make to communicate.
