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Net Zero

Net Zero

FromBBC Inside Science


Net Zero

FromBBC Inside Science

ratings:
Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Apr 27, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Far away and not enough, those are criticisms of the government’s latest net zero initiative – a plan to reduce emissions . We ask Jim Watson Professor of Energy Policy and Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources for his assessment.

And there’s money to be made from private health testing, the growth of Covid testing has been followed by an upsurge in private screening for cancer in particular, but how useful is it really? BBC Health correspondent Matthew Hill takes a look.

Every cell in out body carries an electrical charge. In her new book, We Are Electric: The New Science of Our Body’s Electrome, Sally Adee discusses how this facet might be harnessed for the detection of illnesses, medical treatments and whether it will allow us to develop hidden powers.

The World Wood Web is a concept showing how trees communicate with each other through an underground fungal network. The idea was first proposed by Suzanne Simard, Now professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia, who tells us how she came up with the concept and about her work on the hidden relationships of trees.
Released:
Apr 27, 2023
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.