BBC Inside Science

BBC Inside Science

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

BBC Inside Science

Episodes (536 available)

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, Forty years on from nuclear disaster

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

16 Apr 2026

26 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, Return to the moon

What have we learnt from Artemis II?

9 Apr 2026

26 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, Responding to your science questions

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

2 Apr 2026

26 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, Recommending: 13 Minutes Presents Artemis II

Humans are returning to the Moon - hear about it on the BBC’s space podcast, 13 Minutes

30 Mar 2026

5 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, The future of space travel

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

26 Mar 2026

26 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, Is quantum computing having its moment?

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

19 Mar 2026

26 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?

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

12 Mar 2026

26 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, How is war being fought in space?

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

5 Mar 2026

26 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, 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

26 Feb 2026

26 mins

BBC Inside Science, BBC Inside Science, How to bury radioactive waste

And how can future civilisations remember where we put it?

19 Feb 2026

26 mins

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