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BBC Inside Science

BBC Inside Science

Responding to your science questions

2 April 2026

26 minutes

Available for over a year

This week, we’re letting you run the airwaves. Victoria Gill puts your science questions to Catherine Heymans, Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Edinburgh, Mark Maslin, Professor of Earth System Science at University College London, and Penny Sarchet, Managing editor of New Scientist.

If you’ve ever wondered why men have nipples, how gravity slingshots work, or whether photosynthesis could solve our energy problems, that’s all on this week’s BBC Inside Science.

Presenter: Victoria Gill

Producers: Ella Hubber & Debbie Kilbride

Editor: Martin Smith

Production Co-ordinator: Jana Bennett-Holesworth