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28 minutes
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Computer experts have said that the risk of human extinction at the hands of AI is so great it should be treated as a global priority. We find out if their fears are justified. Show more
28 minutes
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After the initial crisis faced by citizens in Kherson, Gaia investigates the long-term implications the destruction may have on global food security. Show more
36 minutes
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Around the world, wild soundscapes are being recorded by scientists to help study threatened species, preserve wildlife and build a better understanding of biodiversity. Show more
28 minutes
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This week the government announced the backing of two new carbon capture and storage facilities. Victoria Gill finds out more about the tech behind them. Show more
28 minutes
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Leaders of several South American nations met in Brazil this week to secure the Amazon rainforest’s future. Did they succeed? Victoria Gill finds out more. Show more
33 minutes
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Problems with accounting for renewable energy usage, UK projects on the precipice with EU partnership, and the secrets of the jubilee royal hologram revealed. Show more
29 minutes
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A huge surge in Covid-19 in India has led to talk of a "double mutant Indian" variant. Inside Science investigates. Also climate change resistant coffee and clothes moths. Show more
28 minutes
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Dragonfly mission to Titan, Retreating Glaciers, Surge Testing for Covid-19 in London, Acoustic lighthouses saving birds' lives. Show more
28 minutes
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Earliest human burial is found in Kenya; a warship provides clues about diversity in Tudor England; a promising malaria vaccine; and targeting rogue brain waves to treat tremors. Show more
36 minutes
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Vic Gill reports on new research trying to find the sources of the microplastics that are accumulating in UK riverbeds. Also, why scientists are making apple spirit near Chernobyl. Show more
43 minutes
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Vic Gill talks to scientists who have cured a vaccine induced blood-clot patient, and meets a former top F1 chief engineer who wants to transform the fuel industry. Show more
36 minutes
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Vic Gill and guests take a look at human impacts on the earth over thousands of years. Also, thinking about future meat consumption, and monkeys learning their neighbours' lingo. Show more
32 minutes
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Should we be vaccinating children in UK against SARS-Cov2?; stopping mosquitoes transmitting dengue; algal blooms and aquaculture; return of supersonic planes. Show more
34 minutes
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UK science policy shake-up; can Ivermectin treat Covid?; black fungus in Indian Covid patients; Denisovans, Neanderthals and early humans all lived in a Siberian cave Show more
32 minutes
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A treatment to change faulty genetic instructions in the liver seems to be successful. Show more
28 minutes
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The role our genetic inheritance plays in determining how the virus affects us. Show more
28 minutes
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Testing the entire population could stop the virus spreading, but how would we do it? Show more
33 minutes
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A new technique for rapidly modelling protein structure has the potential to revolutionise research into every aspect of life. Show more
30 minutes
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How to balance individual rights with the collective action needed to end the pandemic. Show more
32 minutes
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Victoria Gill looks at the latest stories from the world of science: from the threat to bees from multiple pesticide exposure to what may be the oldest fossil animals yet found Show more
