Science In Action podcast

Science In Action

The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

 

#335

How science got here, and where next

As anti-science leaves research reeling, does evidence-based policy in a scientific societ... more

30 Oct 2025

31 MINS

31:30

30 Oct 2025


#334

Coral extinctions and chalky unknowns

As two species of coral are killed off by the 2023 heatwave in the Florida reefs, the abil... more

23 Oct 2025

37 MINS

37:58

23 Oct 2025


#333

Paris agreement impacts and drought realities

Ten years on from the Paris climate agreement, has it helped? Also, an international droug... more

16 Oct 2025

38 MINS

38:45

16 Oct 2025


#332

Old faces and big spaces in small places

The 2025 Nobel prizes are announced this week – how did Science in Action’s predictions fa... more

09 Oct 2025

31 MINS

31:57

09 Oct 2025


#331

A mystery satellite has been jamming GPS in Europe

Scientists detect for the first time an unknown source of GPS interference coming from spa... more

02 Oct 2025

36 MINS

36:03

02 Oct 2025


#330

Autism and the epigenetics of early brain development

Epigenetic changes during early brain development, and the complexities of autism. Also, h... more

25 Sep 2025

36 MINS

36:15

25 Sep 2025


#329

Stephen Hawking gets it right again

Gravitational waves show two black holes merge just how Hawking predicted. Plus, a space m... more

18 Sep 2025

26 MINS

26:29

18 Sep 2025


#328

Asteroids, comets and where to find them

Scientists’ latest plans for welcoming interstellar visitor 3I/Atlas next month, and arran... more

11 Sep 2025

26 MINS

26:28

11 Sep 2025


#327

Why is Afghanistan so vulnerable to earthquakes?

Despite the relatively low magnitude, earthquakes in Afghanistan this week have left more ... more

04 Sep 2025

28 MINS

28:22

04 Sep 2025


#326

How Fear Spreads

What can modern epidemiological methods tell us about French Revolutionary history? Also, ... more

28 Aug 2025

37 MINS

37:16

28 Aug 2025


#325

Not cold fusion all over again

A desktop nuclear fusion reactor that uses electrochemistry to up the ante. Also, a global... more

21 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:13

21 Aug 2025


#324

Vaccine study retraction request rejected

US Health Secretary RFK Jr’s call to retract a study on childhood vaccines is resisted by ... more

14 Aug 2025

30 MINS

30:43

14 Aug 2025


#323

An end to allergic reactions?

As the United States secretary of health and human services, Robert F Kennedy Jr., announc... more

07 Aug 2025

29 MINS

29:37

07 Aug 2025


#322

Getting ahead of tsunamis

After most of the population of the Pacific rim sought higher ground this week, we speak w... more

31 Jul 2025

30 MINS

30:19

31 Jul 2025


#321

Discovering Betelgeuse’s Betelbuddy

Have we found Betelgeuse’s ‘Betelbuddy?’ An astronomical mystery seems to be solved as the... more

24 Jul 2025

29 MINS

29:56

24 Jul 2025