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BBC Inside Science Episodes

  1. 20/08/2026 GMT

    A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.

  2. 13/08/2026 GMT

    A weekly show exploring science, its mysteries, and the debates it sparks.

  3. 06/08/2026

    A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.

  4. 30/07/2026

    A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.

  5. 23/07/2026

    A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.

  6. How might we spot nukes in space?

    What’s the point of having a treaty banning nukes in space if we can’t spot them? (R)

  7. Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab?

    Researchers say they have created a synthetic cell-like system that can grow and divide.

  8. How do you immortalise natural history?

    The latest cutting-edge research on show at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.

  9. Can we engineer ourselves out of a heatwave?

    Is it time to start considering solar geoengineering to help us combat extreme heat?

  10. Finding the evidence for the social media ban

    How do you research the impacts of social media on young people?

  11. How do you build an unbuildable tower?

    How engineers fulfilled Gaudi’s once impossible vision for the Sagrada Familia.

  12. How is AI going to change science?

    What role will humans play in the future of scientific research?

  13. Plankton's untapped potential

    From Hay Festival 2026, a dive into a big year for our oceans.

  14. El Niño is nigh, but so what?

    El Niño is stirring in the Pacific Ocean and may well be one of the strongest yet.

  15. The science behind hantavirus

    What do we know about the disease following its outbreak on a cruise ship this month?

  16. Should Pluto become a planet again?

    We explore whether Pluto should regain its title as the solar system’s ninth planet

  17. Why is Europe the fastest-warming continent?

    We explore the mechanisms causing Europe's warming twice as fast as the global average.

  18. Can we prevent the next pandemic?

    Creating and manufacturing a novel vaccine capable of combatting bird flu.

  19. Forty years on from nuclear disaster

    What was learnt from the Chernobyl disaster and how has it shaped UK energy production?

  20. Return to the moon

    What have we learnt from Artemis II?

  21. Responding to your science questions

    Why men have nipples and how gravity slingshots work; your science questions answered.

  22. The future of space travel

    A nuclear-powered spacecraft promises deeper and more explorative space travel.

  23. Is quantum computing having its moment?

    The UK government announces a £2billion investment in quantum computing.

  24. Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?

    New research on what three very hot years can tell us about climate change.

  25. How is war being fought in space?

    Space warfare, space manufacturing and satellite data at Space Comm Expo

  26. Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began?

    Molecular biologists find tiny self-replicating molecules which may be key to life origins

  27. Wood, Smoke and Science: Cooking over fire

    The science of barbecue recorded at Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.

  28. How to bury radioactive waste

    And how can future civilisations remember where we put it?

  29. Wood, Smoke and Science: Cooking over fire

    The science of barbecue recorded at Abergavenny Food Festival 2025.

  30. Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?

    What would it really take to build a city on the moon?

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