BBC Inside Science

BBC Radio 4

A weekly programme that illuminates the mysteries and challenges the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.

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BBC Inside Science

Episodes (643)

Thursday Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?
Thu Mar 5th How is war being fought in space?
Feb 26th Does new science get us closer to finding out how life on earth began?

BBC Inside Science

Mar 12, 2026
26½ minutes
24 MB

This week new research suggests that in recent years the Earth has been warming faster than we predicted. But scientists are undecided on whether this change is going to be permanent. Laura Wilcox, Professor of Aerosol-Climate Interactions at the University of Reading explains. Tom Whipple is joined by Kit Yates, Author and Professor of Mathematical Biology and Public Engagement at the University of Bath. They mark the ten year anniversary of a game of ‘Go’ in which a computer programme called AlphaGo beat human Go champion Lee Sodol. Computer scientist at Google DeepMind Thore Graepel was witness to t...

BBC Inside Science

Is the Earth warming faster than we expected?

BBC Radio 4

00:00 -26:29