Long abandoned metal mines are having a huge impact on rivers across the UK. BBC Inside Science reporter Patrick Hughes visits Cwmystwyth in Wales, where he finds lead, zinc and cadmium seeping into waterways. It’s the costly legacy left after hundreds of years of mining.
Roma Agrawal breaks down our modern world into seven essential basic inventions in her book Nuts and Bolts which has been shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize. She talks to Marnie about the surprising history behind some of these inventions.
And, as a cryogenic tank of bull semen is stolen from a farm in County Tyrone in Northern Ireland, it got us thinking: how can selective breeding help reduce carbon and methane emissions from cattle? Professor Eileen Wall from Scotland’s Rural College tells us more.
Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producers: Harrison Lewis, Hannah Robins and Patrick Hughes Editor: Richard Collings Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth
BBC Inside Science is produced in Cardiff by BBC Wales and West in collaboration with the Open University.
Aphid-repelling wheat, National Institute for Bioscience, Global map of smell, Parrot mimics
Malaria drug, Listener feedback, Imaging the singing voice, Classifying human species
Stars, Fracking, Ice Cores, Drunken Chimps
Origins of life, Earthquakes in London, Frog plague, Ancient pollen
Self-adapting robots, Artificial intelligence in medicine, Ageing healthily
El Nino, Echolocation, Seasons, Snakes
Seasonal Variation in Immunity, Chemosynthesis, Role of the ISS, Storing Digital Data in DNA
Listeners' Science Questions
Nepalese Earthquake, Monkey Hands, Maritime Light Pollution, Light in Bacteria
Healthy Guts; Future High Speed Trading; Body Clocks and Colour; William Smith's Geology Map
Hubble Space Telescope at 25
Legacy of Messenger, Computer Touch, AI and Traumatic Forgetting, Stained Glass Restoration
Invasive Species, Coral Seaview Survey, Evolution of the Brain, A New Virtual Reality
Genetic Map of the British Isles, Drones for Conservation, Lab Photosynthesis, Solar Eclipse
Large Hadron Collider Run Two, Flooding, Nasa's Biggest Rocket, Violin Evolution
Encoding memories; 350 years of the science journal; Women in science; Ceres
Artificial Intelligence, Desalination, History of Forensics, Music from Cells
Alzheimer's Disease, False Memory, Diamond Light Source, Twins in Space
Earth's Core; What Can Chemistry Do for Us?; Ocean Acidification; Darwin Day
Goshawk, Cosmic Renaissance, Carl Djerassi and Charles Townes
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