Jul 23, 2026 · 26 min · 9 segments
Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth has announced that the US military will be screening military personnel aged 30 and older for testosterone deficiency. Those found with low testosterone levels will…
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Tom WhippleHost
Damian BlasiGuest
Kit YatesPanelist
Kathryn AyresGuest
Joe HerbertGuest
Roland Pease
Hello, I'm Tom Whipple, and welcome to Inside Science from the BBC World Service.
Today, well, [sighs] I'm frankly, I'm worried that we might have peaked as a science show.
That's basically all of science there, except, of course, I hear you say there is one thing missing.
I'm gonna be bringing news of monkeys that can do maths and also machines that can do maths as well.
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