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Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and challenge the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.

"Make Pluto a planet again" was the call this week from Donald Trump’s NASA Administrator, Jared Isaacman. The icy body was first seen in 19...

The latest European State of the Climate report has found that Europe is once again getting warmer, and at a rate that is twice as fast as t...

A phase 3 clinical trial is underway to determine the effectiveness of an mRNA vaccine for H5N1, a strain of influenza that is currently of...

For 40 years scientists have been fascinated by the exclusion zone surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine. Professor Jim S...

This week, humans once again looked down on the magnificent desolation of the lunar surface, from the orbit of the moon itself. They saw ear...

This week, we’re letting you run the airwaves. Victoria Gill puts your science questions to Catherine Heymans, Astronomer Royal for Scotland...

Humans are returning to the Moon - hear all about it on the BBC’s space podcast. 13 Minutes Presents: Artemis II is following Nasa’s mission...

Are we, at last, getting the spacefaring future we were promised back in the 1960s? This week, NASA has been outlining ambitions for a base...

In a bid to invest in the future of computing and keep emerging quantum companies on their shores, the UK government has announced a £2 bill...

This week new research suggests that in recent years the Earth has been warming faster than we predicted. But scientists are undecided on wh...

This week Inside Science comes from Space Comm Expo in London, one of the biggest space conferences in the world. Tom Whipple explores the c...

Perhaps it’s the biggest question science has left to answer, how did life begin? Now, molecular biologists in Cambridge university have dis...

A small but mighty problem: what to do with the radioactive waste we have already made? Professor Clare Corkhill from the University of Bris...

Elon Musk says his company Space X will focus on establishing a ‘self-growing city’ on the moon before going to Mars. Why the pivot? And wha...

This week the UK Government decided it was worried enough about so called ‘forever chemicals’ to bring in it’s first ever plan to tackle the...

This week 14 European countries warned that “maritime safety and security” was being put in jeopardy by Russian interference. The Royal Inst...

It’s exactly half a century since two Concorde jets took off from Paris and London respectively. The supersonic jet would come to define top...

The space science world is buzzing. In the next few days, NASA is expected to begin the rollout of its Artemis II rocket to the launch pad w...

President Trump has his sights set on Greenland. If he succeeds, what mineral wealth will he find there? Adrian Finch, Professor of Geology...

This week President Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget announced that a major climate research centre would be broken u...

400 thousand years ago our early human cousins dropped a lighter in a field in the East of England; evidence that was uncovered this week an...

Almost 40 years ago, the first treatment was approved for HIV, but it came with a warning: “This is not a cure.” On the week of World AIDS D...

This week, a world first gene therapy treats rare Hunter syndrome. Could these personalised medicines be used more widely? We speak to Clair...

COP 30 delegates from around the globe are about to depart the Amazon city of Belem in Brazil. But not before some very important documents...

This week the UK government set out its vision for a world where the use of animals in science is eliminated in all but exceptional circumst...

Astronomers have new evidence, which could change what we understand about the expansion of the universe. Carlos Frenk, Ogden Professor of F...

What’s been called the storm of the century - Hurricane Melissa – has barrelled through Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas over the past two day...

The 'bionic eye' may make you think of Star Trek’s Geordi La Forge. Now, scientists have restored the ability to read in a group of blind pa...

Inside Science explores the science and maths of games: why we play them, how to win them and the rise of gamification in our lives - with a...

This week, renewables overtake coal as the world’s biggest source of electricity. China is leading the renewable charge despite its global r...

Scientists in the US have, for the first time, made early-stage human embryos by manipulating DNA taken from people's skin cells and then fe...

What do we know about the causes of autism? Laura Andreae, Professor of Developmental Neuroscience at King’s College London explains the sci...

Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis broke the sport’s world record again this week at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. It’s the...

News broke this week that rocks picked up by NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars may have found chemical signatures left by living organisms....

Sweet, caffeinated energy drinks are in the headlines again as the UK Government says it wants to ban under 16s from buying them. Some can c...

Summer heatwaves and missed bin collections have created panic in the press that rat numbers in the UK are increasing. We ask Steve Belmain,...

As new research looks at the financial and environmental case for solar panels in space, we explore how likely the technology could be to po...

What are you wearing today? What processes, chemical and otherwise, have gone into creating the garments in your wardrobe? And how might the...

US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr announced plans this week to cancel $500 million dollars of funding for mRNA vaccine development. Th...

A massive 8.8 magnitude mega earthquake off Russia's east coast sent tsunami waves into Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast this week. While...

We discuss the incredible science of the animal kingdom, focusing on the latest fascinating research into animal culture, society and commun...

After three UK heatwaves, we turn to science for solutions that could keep us safer, and cooler, in our homes. Professor of Zero Carbon Desi...

Next month world leaders will again gather to focus on dealing with our global plastic problem. So this week we’re looking for solutions. Ma...

A microscopic water flea that could help monitor our waterways for pollution, turning both quantum circuits and facial expressions into musi...

All eyes have been on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities this week. The targets of an attack on Saturday by the United States. Marnie Cheste...

As a new warning is released by scientists that trying to offset our carbon emissions by planting trees alone won’t work, we investigate the...

How do you plan for the scientific discoveries of the future? That’s the question Chancellor Rachel Reeves had to try to answer with this we...

More than 2,000 marine scientists have come together at the One Ocean Science Congress in Nice, France. It is a gathering that will bring ma...

We’ve been rummaging through the Inside Science mailbox to pick out a selection of the intriguing science questions you’ve been sending in,...

The World Health Organisation has agreed a treaty looking at tackling the issue of future pandemics. It’s hoped it will help to avoid some o...