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Can we get plastic waste under control?

The UN attempts a global treaty on plastic, and the science of heartbreak.

• 27 mins

Ugly animals and asteroid Apophis

Plus, from wastewater monitoring to vaccines, how COVID-19 irrevocably altered science.

• 28 mins

Is treated sewage worse for the environment than raw?

Plus animal medicine and Eurovision

• 27 mins

Is gene therapy the future?

Plus, how aerosols change the weather and the secret vibrations bees make to communicate.

• 28 mins

Micro Nuclear Reactors

Can miniature nuclear reactors help us get to net zero by 2050?

• 28 mins

Why do we sleep?

We all know sleep is important 鈥� but why do we do it?

• 28 mins

How do we solve antibiotic resistance?

Also, the inescapable pull of a black hole and an EU ban on smoky flavoured crisps.

• 28 mins

Are implanted brain chips the future?

Also how we measure distance in space and what drugs in sewage are doing to our frogs.

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Taylor Swift Seismology

We delve into the geophysics of Taylor Swift鈥檚 seismic Eras tour.

• 28 mins

What makes an effective protest?

Also, a smiling robot, landfill methane emissions, and the perfect temperature for humans.

• 28 mins

Sun, sea... and science

Misunderstood seagulls, ice cream chemistry and the science of sun safety.

• 28 mins

Wimbledon Grass Science

Could white paint help tackle climate change? And 'synthetic embryos' for research.

• 28 mins

Should Antarctica be off limits?

Also, we dip into the Seine鈥檚 Olympic clean-up, and is Flying Ant Day really just one day?

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CERN鈥檚 Supercollider Plan

Is the 17 billion Euro project worth it?

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How much of a risk is space junk?

Also, sex before sport and how oceans influence how hot it is.

• 28 mins

Going for gold

Turning e-waste into jewellery and the genetics of a gold medal Olympian.

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Beavers of London

As beaver kits arrive in London, we ask if we should bring wilderness back to UK cities.

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Why aren鈥檛 we eating more insects?

We try some cricket tacos 鈥� and ask what role insects might play in our future diets.

• 27 mins

Predicting everything

Also, the latest on Alzheimer's drugs and how we work out Paralympic classifications.

• 30 mins

The Grenfell cladding

Why was the Grenfell Tower cladding so dangerous?

• 28 mins

The first civilian spacewalk

Also, the science of what we do with our nuclear waste and why.

• 27 mins

Is lab-grown meat the future of food?

From how it's made to farmers' perceptions, a deep dive into the edible innovation.

• 27 mins

How green is space travel?

We discuss whether a boom in space travel could be a problem for Earth鈥檚 climate.

• 28 mins

Could coal shut-down mark new era for energy?

What difference will closure of the UK鈥檚 last coal-fired power station make?

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Should we bring back extinct animals?

A US company claims it will bring back a woolly mammoth by 2028 鈥� how and why?

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Are our carbon sinks failing?

What鈥檚 happening to our carbon sinks?

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Whatever happened to graphene?

Twenty years on from the discovery of wonder material graphene, is it changing the world?

• 28 mins

Spooky Science

It鈥檚 our Halloween special, featuring blood-sucking leeches, the undead and pumpkin waste.

• 28 mins

COP29: Are climate summits working?

What is the point of UN climate conferences, and are they really doing enough?

• 28 mins

Nuclear medicine shortages and Jane Goodall on COP29

What are medical isotopes and why are we short of them? And we chat to Jane Goodall.

• 30 mins