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.
Episodes to download
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Coronavirus conspiracy, Listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Coronavirus conspiracies, listeners' mask questions, Solar Orbiter gets close to the Sun
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Engineering out of lockdown and should we castrate male dogs?
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Engineering solutions to reduce the spread of Covid-19, and should we castrate male dogs?
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Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic
Thu 4 Jun 2020
Back to School and Covid-19 and Ordnance Survey and the pandemic.
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Testing & Tracing the coronavirus, and the traces our movements leave behind
Thu 28 May 2020
Testing and Tracing the coronavirus, and the traces our everyday movements leave behind.
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Coronavirus-free science, the impact of lockdown on climate change and the odds of both life and intelligent life existing.
Thu 21 May 2020
Marnie Chesterton brings us some coronavirus-free science breakthroughs since lockdown.
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Coronavirus R number, genome study of Covid-19 survivors and using aircraft messages to assess aviation
Thu 14 May 2020
Coronavirus R number, genome study of Covid survivors and assessing aviation with big data
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Should the public wear face masks? Did SARS-Cov-2 escape from a laboratory in Wuhan?
Thu 7 May 2020
Should the public wear face masks? Did the coronavirus escape from a laboratory in Wuhan?
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Testing for immunity to COVID-19 and Citizen science on 麻豆社 Radio past and present
Thu 30 Apr 2020
Testing for immunity to Covid-19 and citizen science on 麻豆社 Radio past and present.
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Understanding Covid-19 death rates; Contact tracing apps; Whale sharks and atomic bombs
Thu 23 Apr 2020
Understanding Covid-19 death rates; contact tracing apps; whale sharks and atomic bombs.
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Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine
Thu 16 Apr 2020
Lockdown lessons for climate change and the carbon neutral Cumbrian coal mine.
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Testing for asymptomatic coronavirus carriers, Human Cell Atlas, and invasive parakeets
Thu 9 Apr 2020
Testing for asymptomatic coronavirus carriers, Human Cell Atlas, and invasive parakeets.
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Coronavirus: Models & being 鈥榣ed by the science鈥�; Mars500 isolation tips; Kids鈥� science - singing glasses
Thu 2 Apr 2020
Models and graphs informing government strategy; Isolation tips; Fun science for kids.
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Coronavirus - Lockdown efficacy; viral testing; surface survival; dog walking safety
Thu 26 Mar 2020
Coronavirus - lockdown efficacy; viral testing; surface survival; dog walking safety
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TB vaccination to replace culling in badgers; Neil Shubin on the wonders of evolution
Thu 19 Mar 2020
TB vaccination to replace culling in badgers; Neil Shubin on the wonders of evolution.
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Banning lead shot for hunting; UK Fireball Network and Extremely thin gold
Thu 5 Mar 2020
Banning lead shot for hunting; UK Fireball Network and Extremely thin gold
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The Big Compost Experiment; Using AI to screen for new antibiotics; Science of slapstick
Thu 27 Feb 2020
The Big Compost Experiment; Using AI to screen for new antibiotics; Science of slapstick
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Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger and ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world
Thu 20 Feb 2020
Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger & ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world
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Ordnance Survey - Britain's 220-year-old tech company; Launching synthetic voices and personality test
Thu 13 Feb 2020
Ordnance Survey - 220-year-old tech company, synthetic voices and personality test.
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Solar Orbiter launch; Mutational signatures in cancer; paleo-oncology
Thu 6 Feb 2020
Solar Orbiter launch; Mutational signatures in cancer; paleo-oncology
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Coronavirus update, Typhoid Mary and 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica
Thu 30 Jan 2020
Coronavirus update, Typhoid Mary and 200th anniversary of the first sighting of Antarctica
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Coronavirus outbreak in China; Genetic diseases in Amish communities and getting an Egyptian mummy to speak
Thu 23 Jan 2020
Coronavirus outbreak in China, Amish genetic diseases and Egyptian mummy speaks.
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Reproducibility crisis in science; Aeolus wind-measuring satellite; electric cars
Thu 16 Jan 2020
Reproducibility crisis in science, Aeolus wind-measuring satellite, and electric cars.
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Australian bush fires; Veganuary and LIGO
Thu 9 Jan 2020
Gareth Mitchell discusses the Australian bush fires; Veganuary and LIGO
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The hidden history in our DNA - Part 2 - Travel and Culture
Thu 2 Jan 2020
The hidden history in our DNA - Part 2 - Travel and Culture
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The hidden history in our DNA - Part 1 - Sex and Disease
Boxing Day 2019
The hidden history in our DNA - Part 1 - Sex and Disease
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Ten years of Zooniverse; what happened to volcano Anak Krakatau and visualising maths
Thu 19 Dec 2019
Ten years of Zooniverse; what happened to volcano Anak Krakatau and visualising maths.
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Earliest hunting scene cave painting; animal domestication syndrome
Thu 12 Dec 2019
Earliest prehistoric hunting scene; fox domestication study flaw
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Global Carbon Emissions; Parker Solar Probe and simulating swaying buildings
Thu 5 Dec 2019
Global Carbon Emissions; Simulating swaying buildings and Parker Solar Probe
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What's the problem with palm oil and should we be supporting sustainably grown oil? Virtual reality skin
Thu 28 Nov 2019
Should we be supporting sustainably grown palm oil? Virtual reality skin
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