麻豆社 Inside Science Podcast
A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
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What AI agents talk about behind your back
Thursday
Prof Stuart Russell offers some advice following a report into July鈥檚 Hugging Face hack.
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The quest for dark matter
Thu 3 Sep 2026
Researchers may have discovered the signature of a bit of dark matter.
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Is the era of the cancer vaccine upon us?
Thu 20 Aug 2026
Has a personalised cancer vaccine become reality?
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Should we be scared of AI viruses?
Thu 13 Aug 2026
Researchers have announced synthetic viruses designed by artificial intelligence.
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The state of our substrate: What is drought doing to our soil?
Thu 6 Aug 2026
The surprising science of how drought affects the health of our soils.
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Testing testosterone testing
Thu 23 Jul 2026
Will the US army benefit from testing its male soldiers for testosterone levels?
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How might we spot nukes in space?
Thu 16 Jul 2026
What鈥檚 the point of having a treaty banning nukes in space if we can鈥檛 spot them?
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Are we one step closer to creating life in a lab?
Thu 9 Jul 2026
Researchers say they have created a synthetic cell-like system that can grow and divide.
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How do you immortalise natural history?
Thu 2 Jul 2026
The latest cutting-edge research on show at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition.
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Can we engineer ourselves out of a heatwave?
Thu 25 Jun 2026
Is it time to start considering solar geoengineering to help us combat extreme heat?
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Finding the evidence for the social media ban
Thu 18 Jun 2026
How do you research the impacts of social media on young people?
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How do you build an unbuildable tower?
Thu 11 Jun 2026
How engineers fulfilled Gaudi鈥檚 once impossible vision for the Sagrada Familia.
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How is AI going to change science?
Thu 4 Jun 2026
What role will humans play in the future of scientific research?
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Plankton's untapped potential
Thu 28 May 2026
From Hay Festival 2026, a dive into a big year for our oceans.
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El Ni帽o is nigh, but so what?
Thu 21 May 2026
El Ni帽o is stirring in the Pacific Ocean and may well be one of the strongest yet.
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The science behind hantavirus
Thu 14 May 2026
What do we know about the disease following its outbreak on a cruise ship this month?
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Should Pluto become a planet again?
Thu 7 May 2026
We explore whether Pluto should regain its title as the solar system鈥檚 ninth planet
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Why is Europe the fastest-warming continent?
Thu 30 Apr 2026
We explore the mechanisms causing Europe's warming twice as fast as the global average.
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Can we prevent the next pandemic?
Thu 23 Apr 2026
Creating and manufacturing a novel vaccine capable of combatting bird flu.
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Forty years on from nuclear disaster
Thu 16 Apr 2026
What was learnt from the Chernobyl disaster and how has it shaped UK energy production?
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Responding to your science questions
Thu 2 Apr 2026
Why men have nipples and how gravity slingshots work; your science questions answered.
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The future of space travel
Thu 26 Mar 2026
A nuclear-powered spacecraft promises deeper and more explorative space travel.
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Is quantum computing having its moment?
Thu 19 Mar 2026
The UK government announces a 拢2billion investment in quantum computing.
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Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?
Thu 12 Mar 2026
New research on what three very hot years can tell us about climate change.
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How is war being fought in space?
Thu 5 Mar 2026
Space warfare, space manufacturing and satellite data at Space Comm Expo
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Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began?
Thu 26 Feb 2026
Molecular biologists find tiny self-replicating molecules which may be key to life origins
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How to bury radioactive waste
Thu 19 Feb 2026
And how can future civilisations remember where we put it?
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