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Inuits and Denisovans, Sex and woodlice, Peace through particle physics, Caspar the octopus in peril?

Can Inuits survive the Arctic cold thanks to deep past liaisons with another species?

• 30 mins

Listeners' Questions

Adam Rutherford puts listeners' science questions to his team of experts.

• 30 mins

RIP Granny the oldest Orca - Graphene + Silly Putty - Moving a Giant Magnet - Space in 2017

Science mourns the death of the world's oldest killer whale, 'Granny'.

• 30 mins

The perils of explaining science, Living to 500, What's good for your teeth and The future of stargazing

Why the simplest explanations are not always the best when it comes to science.

• 30 mins

Antarctic science rescue, Killing cancer with viruses, Measuring wind from space and the Last man on the moon

Why the British Antarctic science base is being temporarily abandoned.

• 30 mins

Crime, volcanoes, ghosts and how we are influenced by the genes of unrelated others

How the genes of unrelated others can influence our health and behaviour.

• 30 mins

Wildlife trafficking, New quantum computers, Ancient bird beaks, Glassblowing.

How measures set up to conserve endangered species are being eroded.

• 30 mins

Measuring human impact on earth, Awards for engineers, Sounds of space junk.

Quantifying the impact of humanity on the earth's natural systems.

• 30 mins

Science and cyber security, Dinosaur babies, Winston Churchill and level crossings

Testing cyber security with science.

• 30 mins

The perils of fake science news, The neanderthal inside us, What The Beatles really sang - statistically speaking

How a woolly story about resurrecting mammoths raises serious questions for medical ethics

• 30 mins

Earth's Earliest Life, The Benefits of Pollution, Sexuality and Science and New ideas on Evolution

The World's oldest sedimentary rocks reveal traces of our earliest ancestors.

• 30 mins

Rise of the Robots: 1. The history of things to come

Adam Rutherford explores the role of robots in past societies

• 28 mins

Rise of the Robots: 2. More human than human

Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with contemporary humanoid robots

• 28 mins

Cells and Celluloid: Aliens on Film

With Adam Rutherford and Francine Stock.

• 57 mins

Rise of the Robots: 3. Where is my mind?

Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us

• 27 mins

Boaty McBoatface in Antarctica, Aeroplane biofuels, Bakhshali manuscript, Goldilocks zones

Boaty McBoatface in Antarctica, aeroplane biofuels, Bakhshali manuscript, Goldilocks zones

• 30 mins

Comet 67P images; Etna eruption; Brain navigation; Octopus intelligence

Comet 67P images, Etna eruption, brain navigation, octopus intelligence.

• 30 mins

Climate change and extreme weather; Primate brain size; Earthquake forecasting; Planet 9

Climate change and extreme weather; primate brain size; earthquake forecasting; planet 9.

• 30 mins

Creation of island Britain, Sleep gene, Mary Kelly forensics, Global Tree Search survey

How a megaflood severed Britain's connection to what is now France 450,000 years ago.

• 30 mins

23andMe Genetic Sequencing, Human Knockout genes, Coral Bleaching

23andMe genetic sequencing, Human knockout genes, Coral bleaching.

• 30 mins

Cassini鈥檚 death, scrapping diesel, weather balloon, satellites monitoring volcanos

Cassini's death; scrapping diesel cars; weather balloons; satellites monitoring volcanoes

• 30 mins

Homo naledi, First humans in America, Dark matter detector, New theory of dark matter

Homo naledi; first humans in America; dark matter detector; new theory of dark matter.

• 30 mins

The moral brain, stem cell developments, ancient DNA in cave dirt, mangrove forest

Shocking experiment shows how the brain makes us do the right thing.

• 30 mins

Violins - Social networks and cliques in great tits and snow monkeys - Exploring DNA and art

Do new violins sound better than old famed instruments? A scientist and soloist discuss.

• 30 mins

Childhood cancers - Ghana telescope - Nano-listening device for cells - Ancient whales

Searching for 100-year-old tumours to boost research on rare childhood cancers.

• 30 mins

Sherpas - dolphin rescue - quantum computing - hot lavas

What is the secret of the Sherpa people's adaptation to life at high altitude?

• 30 mins

The Importance of Basic Research

Adam Rutherford and guests discuss the usefulness of useless knowledge at the Hay Festival

• 30 mins

Early Humans Were Even Earlier Than We Thought

Homo sapiens walked the earth at least 300,000 years ago.

• 30 mins

Science in Fire Prevention

Applying scientific techniques to reduce fire risk in tall buildings

• 30 mins

Forensics Centre in Dundee; D'Arcy Thompson centenary; Scottish science adviser; Coffee and climate

Dundee University forensics science centre expands to test new psychoactive substances.

• 30 mins