BBC Inside Science

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A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.

Responding to your science questions

7 months
Responding to your science questions
26m

The future of space travel

7 months
The future of space travel
26m

Is quantum computing having its moment?

7 months
Is quantum computing having its moment?
26m

Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?

7 months
Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?
26m

How is war being fought in space?

8 months
How is war being fought in space?
26m

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

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

How to bury radioactive waste

8 months
How to bury radioactive waste
26m

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

8 months
Will there be a city on the moon in ten years?
26m

Where do forever chemicals come from?

8 months
Where do forever chemicals come from?
26m

Should we rethink navigating by GPS?

9 months
Should we rethink navigating by GPS?
26m

How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds?

9 months
How is air travel returning to supersonic speeds?
26m

Why is Nasa sending people around the moon?

9 months
Why is Nasa sending people around the moon?
26m

How rare are Greenland’s rare earth elements?

9 months
How rare are Greenland’s rare earth elements?
26m

How did President Trump transform science in 2025?

10 months
How did President Trump transform science in 2025?
26m

Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire?

10 months
Would our ancestors have benefited from early neanderthals making fire?
26m

A 'functional' cure for HIV?

11 months
A 'functional' cure for HIV?
26m

Why aren’t gene therapies more common?

11 months
Why aren’t gene therapies more common?
26m

What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?

11 months
What’s in the wording of the COP 30 negotiations?
26m

Could technology replace animal testing in science?

11 months
Could technology replace animal testing in science?
26m

Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?

12 months
Is Dark Energy Getting Weaker?
26m

Is climate change to blame for Hurricane Melissa?

12 months
Is climate change to blame for Hurricane Melissa?
27m

Have scientists created a bionic eye?

12 months
Have scientists created a bionic eye?
28m

Why do we love to play games?

12 months
Why do we love to play games?
27m

What can the UK learn from China on renewable energy?

1 year
What can the UK learn from China on renewable energy?
27m

Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?

1 year
Are embryos made from skin cells the future of fertility treatment?
28m

The science behind autism

1 year
The science behind autism
27m

What’s the highest a human could possibly pole vault?

1 year
What’s the highest a human could possibly pole vault?
28m

Could we have evidence of life on Mars?

1 year
Could we have evidence of life on Mars?
30m

What does caffeine do to our bodies?

1 year
What does caffeine do to our bodies?
28m

Does warm weather mean more rats in UK towns and cities?

1 year
Does warm weather mean more rats in UK towns and cities?
32m