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Science #136

The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

Recent Episodes
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    Apr 10, 2025 – 43:03
  • Earthquakes and the first breath of life on Earth
    Apr 3, 2025 – 31:37
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    Mar 27, 2025 – 28:35
  • Columbia cuts and "transgender mice"
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  • New warnings, familiar faces, and radio pulses
    Mar 13, 2025 – 44:56
  • An uncertain forecast for meteorology
    Mar 6, 2025 – 44:19
  • Asteroid 2024 YR4 crisis averted?
    Feb 27, 2025 – 36:30
  • Who runs science?
    Feb 20, 2025 – 36:28
  • Hits from space
    Feb 13, 2025 – 36:47
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    Feb 6, 2025 – 32:35
  • Make science great again
    Jan 30, 2025 – 40:41
  • Arctic carbon starting to flip
    Jan 23, 2025 – 26:29
  • AI antivenoms and vegetarian hominids
    Jan 16, 2025 – 34:55
  • First US avian flu fatality
    Jan 9, 2025 – 30:09
  • Five years of Covid: Part two
    Jan 2, 2025 – 27:57
  • Five years of Covid: Part one
    Dec 26, 2024 – 28:25
  • Sun Grazing
    Dec 19, 2024 – 26:43
  • Warming oceans kill millions of birds
    Dec 12, 2024 – 33:56
  • Bovine H5N1 gets a sniff of humans
    Dec 5, 2024 – 33:54
  • Fifty years of Charm
    Nov 28, 2024 – 39:27
  • Faster, wetter, worse tropical storms
    Nov 21, 2024 – 34:22
  • Drastic plastic reductions
    Nov 14, 2024 – 31:47
  • New ways to study coronaviruses
    Nov 7, 2024 – 29:10
  • Global warming strikes again
    Oct 31, 2024 – 33:55
  • Betelbuddy and Silk Road Cities
    Oct 24, 2024 – 35:44
  • Marvels of life and death
    Oct 17, 2024 – 36:02
  • Nobel convergence
    Oct 10, 2024 – 38:04
  • Excesses of rain
    Oct 3, 2024 – 34:16
  • Historic weather extremes revealed using tree-rings
    Sep 26, 2024 – 26:49
  • Flash floods in the Sahara
    Sep 19, 2024 – 26:54
  • A landslide-induced megatsunami in Greenland
    Sep 12, 2024 – 29:28
  • Concerning viruses found in fur farmed animals
    Sep 5, 2024 – 30:44
  • Wow! A mystery signal solved
    Aug 29, 2024 – 29:01
  • Fisheries mismanagement uncovered
    Aug 22, 2024 – 29:18
  • The spread of rabies into Cape fur seals
    Aug 15, 2024 – 30:21
  • Detecting undetected bird flu cases
    Aug 8, 2024 – 32:11
  • Examining Nasa's new evidence for Martian life
    Aug 1, 2024 – 29:32
  • The human cost of the decline of nature’s carcass cleaners
    Jul 25, 2024 – 31:37
  • Destination Asteroid Apophis
    Jul 18, 2024 – 33:53
  • Hurricane Beryl’s trail of destruction
    Jul 11, 2024 – 28:57
  • Cleaner mining, cleaner batteries
    Jul 4, 2024 – 29:29
  • On the road to halting HIV
    Jun 27, 2024 – 28:37
  • China: Scientific superpower
    Jun 20, 2024 – 26:30
  • US bird flu response warning
    Jun 13, 2024 – 34:19
  • A humungous temporary tentacle
    Jun 6, 2024 – 38:47
  • Trusting AI with science
    May 30, 2024 – 31:36
  • The roots of fentanyl addiction
    May 23, 2024 – 30:58
  • Aurora Bore-WOW-lis
    May 16, 2024 – 31:01
Recent Reviews
  • burnbizzle
    Excellent podcast and great host
    This is an excellent podcast with great topics and well hosted. It’s nice when the host covers the topic with enough knowledge to ask intelligent and insightful questions that allows the key elements to be covered. Keep up the good work!
  • blindGuyJoe
    Thanks for a GREAT show!
    Thanks Roland for a GREAT presentation & thanks to the producer for a GREAT podcast!
  • mondomando🍺
    Beat all around
    Best all around science show out there. I’ve been listening since the start and I never cease to be amazed at our world. I’m glad the Covid coverage is minimised now though.
  • OskiBearHomie
    Pleasure for a scientific omnivore
    The range of topics on the show are delightfully varied, with conceptual depth, timeliness, and moderation by a knowledgeable host.
  • hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose
    Tired of the
    Been listening for two years now , apparently the only thing worthy of reporting on has been Covid 19 and climate change. These are the only 2 subjects on the entire planet happening in science. Lucky for us, this is the only program that reports on these 2 subjects. There is nowhere else to get this information. I’ll check back in in two more years, maybe they’ll have found a third subject by then. As for now… unsubscribe.
  • etherdog
    Great science podcast
    I am so glad the BBC gave Pease a chance.
  • Irving679
    My favorite science podcast
    I like to listen to this podcast while commuting to my work at the lab to get myself excited about the nitty gritty of science. They do a bunch of short interviews per episode on science that’s still a work in progress instead of just celebrating people after they have had an established career. They are great at interviewing people and pick a wide variety of guests.
  • 1000laurie
    Thank you!
    Sadly my government can’t clearly (truthfully) tell me the scientific benefits/risks & how safe/effective convalescent plasma is. This episode was clear & scientific. So happy I can rely on the BBC.
  • Must for Droid converters
    Pure, unfiltered, unbiased, science
    If you’re looking for science that’s not watered down so you can be informed in ways the news media cannot offer, this is the place for you.
  • Mantis79
    GLOBAL WARMING CAUSES EVERYTHING
    Everything is caused by climate change and CO2 is toxic deadly gas plus astronomy - that pretty much sums it up. Do scientists focus on real toxins on earth at all I wonder? How about new technologies to clean up the earth from industrial waste?
  • JayGeeEss
    The BEST science reporting
    The stories are timely and important. Roland Pease is an excellent science reporter. He asks informed, thoughtful and pertinent questions. I listen to several science podcasts and this one is the best. I look forward to each and every episode.
  • Jack_McCoy
    Amazing Science Show
    It can be tough to keep up with the latest science findings, but this show has you covered. It’s a great recap of the biggest and most interesting science studies and stories, delivered each week. It goes into plenty of detail, great for science enthusiasts and curious minds in general. In many cases you get to hear from the scientists and researchers themselves. Sometimes there is overlap between this show and the BBC Inside Science program.
  • brainzmatter
    In my top two
    Even if a segment has already been covered in another Podcast, I always find Roland Pease (adore that name!) will be worth listening to for his own insightful take on the subject.
  • mhodgins
    Not bad...
    Overall, I love this podcast and its part of my normal group. They cover a wide range of topics, always very interesting and informative. Unfortunately, they've started letting the producer get involved and she's obnoxious. It seems like they are trying to make part of the show more conversational, but it's a failed attempt. It was better when it was just the host and the interviews.
  • Davo91
    Great podcast! Love every episode of it.
    Great podcast! Love every episode of it.
  • Jack E. Holt III
    Concise, exciting show
    Good science excites the mind. A good science podcast does the same thing. This is a thumbnail sketch of recent scientific breakthroughs and conundrums which makes the listener say "Hmmmmm. That's funny. . . ." And go find out more. Isaac Asimov would be proud.
  • Uptown Lakes
    Great for science-phobes like me!
    Thank you for making science so accessible. Love it!
  • Gudrun11
    Gudrun
    If you are interested in science, this is a good program. Things are thoroughly explaned but never boring. It´s worth trying out.
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