You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.

I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.

I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,

relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.

So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,

and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.

So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.

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You have downloaded BBC Inside Science first broadcast on the 17th of October 24, with me, Marnie Chesterton.

Hello, in the next half hour, does playing video games make you smarter?

And talking of smart, a psychologist wins the Nobel Prize in physics, what's shifting in science world?

And Jacques Hughes, scientists find the culprit behind the second biggest mass extinction event.

But we start with some worrying noises emerging from climate science.

You don't need much of a science background to know that we take oxygen in and breathe out carbon dioxide,

and plants do the reverse.

It's very useful if you're trying to get this greenhouse

gas out of the atmosphere. That's the deal. But according to a team of international researchers,

initial calculations from last year suggest that this deal might be off. Earth's natural

carbon sinks might be failing.

What does this mean and what is the fallout for the battle against the changing climate?

Joining me to discuss is climate scientist from University College London Mark Maslin.

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