Listeners' Science Questions

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Listeners' Science Questions

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28 minutes

Released:

May 7, 2015

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Adam Rutherford investigates the news in science and science in the news.

Released:

May 7, 2015

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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

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Neanderthals; Plague; Wind Tunnel; Music Timing; Stem Cells: Adam Rutherford asks: What did the Neanderthals ever do for us? by BBC Inside Science
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Stem cell news; Science practicals; Phantom head; Sewage power: Is this week's new stem cell research a breakthrough for regenerative medicine? by BBC Inside Science
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Lab-grown leather; Goal line technology; Bacteria outrage; Marine buoy: New goal line technology kicks in this month - Adam Rutherford looks at how Hawk-Eye works by BBC Inside Science
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Bovine TB; Coral sunscreen; Space junk: Bovine TB, sunscreens from nature, and cleaning up space junk. by BBC Inside Science
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Artificial reefs; Scanning beehives; Ape feet; NMR: The science of artificial reefs, and why our feet are more ape-like than we thought. by BBC Inside Science
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Research bias; Sniffer dogs; Lasers; Roadkill: Alice Roberts looks at research bias, training sniffer dogs, mapping roadkill and lasers by BBC Inside Science
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Y chromosome; Everest avalanche; Aphid survey; Longitude: Adam Rutherford finds out, when it comes to chromosomes, what's the point of the Y. by BBC Inside Science
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Bees; Whales; Pain; Gay genes: Bee diseases, whale-spotting question, epigenetics of pain and genes for sexual preference by BBC Inside Science
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Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope: With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if trains crash more often in summer by BBC Inside Science
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Fukushima ice wall; Martian menus; Science practicals; Eye tracker: Will the proposed ice wall at Fukushima nuclear plant finally fix their radioactive leaks? by BBC Inside Science
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Badger culls; Douglas Mawson; Plastics; Uptalk: The global march of valley-girl 'uptalk' - now men too are upwardly inflecting. by BBC Inside Science
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Universal flu vaccine; Science games; AllTrials; Penguin camera: Search for a universal flu vaccine, and the scientists using online games for research. by BBC Inside Science
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Bacteriophages; Breath-detecting disease; Our bees electric and DNA Barcoding: Bacteriophages as a tool to fight infections; bees and their electric sensing for nectar by BBC Inside Science
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Bioscience to bioweapons; Synthetic diamonds; Stem cell transplants: Could the same knowledge used to save lives create viruses to use as weapons of terror? by BBC Inside Science
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Chemical weapons; Crowd-sourcing weather; Fingerprint ID; Dino drill: Adam Rutherford asks how difficult it is to destroy chemical weapons. by BBC Inside Science
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Higgs Boson; Neutrinos; Antarctic echo locator; Rainforest fungi; Alabama rot: Tiny particles and the huge and hugely expensive experiments needed in order to find them. by BBC Inside Science
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Hay Festival: Adam Rutherford and guests at the Hay Festival on what science learns when things go wrong by BBC Inside Science
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US shutdown; Nobels; New climate science; Airport heart attack headlines: With the US government on lockdown, Dr Adam Rutherford considers the risks for science. by BBC Inside Science
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Fracking FAQs; Fingerprint feedback; Lipstick forensics; Snake hook: Adam Rutherford tackles the subject of fracking in the UK, sorting myth from science fact. by BBC Inside Science
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$Fracking FAQs; Fingerprint feedback; Lipstick forensics; Snake hook: Adam Rutherford tackles the subject of fracking in the UK, sorting myth from science fact.$
Therapeutic hypothermia; Cameras on Gaia; Methane; Wine microbiota: Adam Rutherford toasts microbial 'terroir', the fungi and bacteria that make grapes unique by BBC Inside Science
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2D supermaterials; Inside an MRI; Antarctic architecture: Dr Adam Rutherford explores supermaterials, brain scanning and Antarctic architecture. by BBC Inside Science
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Water on Comets; DNA in Space; Sounds of the Ocean; Science in Fashion: Earth's water does not come from comets, the recent Rosetta mission suggests. by BBC Inside Science
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Bird Atlas; Flywheels; Energy capture; Science lessons for MPs: The citizen science army who've logged 19 million birds for the new UK Ireland Bird Atlas. by BBC Inside Science
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Antarctic Invaders; Patents; Longitude Challenges for Water and Antibiotics: Adam Rutherford finds out why Antarctica isn't such a pristine environment after all. by BBC Inside Science
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The Large Hadron Collider Upgrade, Voltaglue, Cambridge Zoology Museum, Francis Willughby: The Large Hadron Collider Upgrade, Voltaglue, Cambridge Zoology Museum, Francis Willughby. by BBC Inside Science
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Informed consent, El Nino, Gravitational Waves, Cloud cover: Can we be used in experiments without our consent? Adam Rutherford investigates. by BBC Inside Science
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Animal research; Astronaut selection; Show us your instrument: Publication of the annual government statistics on scientific research on animals. by BBC Inside Science
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Engineering for floods; Neanderthal genes; Switching senses; Genes in Space game: Adam Rutherford asks architects and engineers how to protect homes against floods. by BBC Inside Science
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Horsemeat; NanoSims; Early bacteria; Crystallography: Scientists are ready to form the vanguard in the fight to protect UK food from criminals. by BBC Inside Science
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Antarctic melt; brain enhancing devices, atomic clocks and anti-bat moth sounds: Adam Rutherford discusses the irreversible melting of the Antarctic Western Ice shelf. by BBC Inside Science
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