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2010 to present
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Podcaster's summary: Explorations in the world of science.
| Episodes |
| 2024-Apr-22 • 26 minutes Wild Inside: The Sea Lion Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin (and blubber) of the California sea lion. |
| 2024-Apr-15 • 26 minutes Wild Inside: The Aphid Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2024-Apr-08 • 26 minutes Wild Inside: The Bearded Vulture Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2024-Apr-02 • 26 minutes Wild Inside: The Red Kangaroo Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2024-Mar-25 • 27 minutes Uncharted: Access denied What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead? |
| 2024-Mar-21 • 49 minutes The Evidence: The science of the menopause How is the menopause viewed around the world? Claudia Hammond unpacks the latest science |
| 2024-Mar-18 • 27 minutes Uncharted: The gossip mill Gossip and rumour can affect morale but can the science of networks explain why? |
| 2024-Mar-11 • 15 minutes Uncharted: The happiness curve Do orangutans, or humans, experience a midlife crisis? And, why happiness is U shaped |
| 2024-Mar-04 • 27 minutes Uncharted: The doctor will see you now Two couples brought together by a tragedy and a tatty piece of paper with a serial number |
| 2024-Feb-26 • 27 minutes Uncharted: The returning soldier Uncharted with Hannah Fry |
| 2024-Feb-19 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Michael Wooldridge Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI |
| 2024-Feb-12 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Mercedes Maroto-Valer Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful. |
| 2024-Feb-05 • 29 minutes The Life Scientific: Sir Harry Bhadeshia Sir Harry Bhadeshia on his work in metallurgy and choreographing crystalline structures. |
| 2024-Jan-29 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Cathie Sudlow Jim Al-Khalili discusses population-wide health research with Professor Cathie Sudlow. |
| 2024-Jan-22 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Sir Michael Berry Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry. |
| 2024-Jan-15 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Sarah Harper Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sarah Harper about societal ageing and falling fertility |
| 2024-Jan-08 • 26 minutes The Life Scientific: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy Jim al-Khalili discusses monkey infanticide and human parenting with Sarah Hrdy |
| 2024-Jan-01 • 26 minutes The Life Scientific: Edward Witten Physicist Edward Witten on M-Theory, the leading contender for a 'theory of everything' |
| 2023-Dec-25 • 26 minutes What's stopping us from exercising in older age? James Gallagher tries to understand what holds us back from exercise as we age. |
| 2023-Dec-18 • 27 minutes When does sitting become bad for health? James Gallagher delves into the science to find out exactly how much sitting is too much? |
| 2023-Dec-12 • 50 minutes Putting the Mouth Back into the Body A look at the evidence that links the health of our mouths with the rest of our bodies. |
| 2023-Dec-11 • 27 minutes Tooth and Claw: Cheetahs The fastest land animal in the world – Adam Hart investigates the cheetah! |
| 2023-Dec-04 • 27 minutes Tooth and Claw: Piranhas Adam Hart investigates, do these South American fish deserve their frenzied reputation? |
| 2023-Nov-27 • 27 minutes Tooth and Claw: Great White Sharks Adam Hart investigates the most famous and feared predator in all the ocean! |
| 2023-Nov-20 • 27 minutes Tooth and Claw: Wolverines Adam Hart investigates, do wolverines deserve their reputation for gluttony and ferocity? |
| 2023-Nov-13 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Alex Antonelli Alex Antonelli on learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change |
| 2023-Nov-06 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Paul Murdin Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole |
| 2023-Oct-30 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Bahija Jallal Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies |
| 2023-Oct-23 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Chris Barratt Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill. |
| 2023-Oct-16 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Gideon Henderson Gideon Henderson on climate ‘clocks’ and dating ice ages. |
| 2023-Oct-10 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Deborah Greaves Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Deborah Greaves about wave energy and her love of the sea. |
| 2023-Oct-02 • 27 minutes Metamorphosis: Bee brains and the cockroach Erica McAlister on the bee intellect, and the nervous system of the cockroach |
| 2023-Oct-02 • 49 minutes The Evidence: Is the world becoming more allergic? Exploring the effect science has on the world around us |
| 2023-Sep-25 • 27 minutes Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle Erica McAlister on the innocuous black soldier fly and the Namib desert beetle |
| 2023-Sep-18 • 27 minutes Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise Blowflies may be reviled insects, but they are central to forensic entomology |
| 2023-Sep-11 • 27 minutes Metamorphosis: Drosophila melanogaster, hoverfly Insights from the insect world including the Drosophila melanogaster and metamorphosis |
| 2023-Sep-04 • 27 minutes Metamorphosis: Jumping fleas and mighty mouthparts Dr Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insects |
| 2023-Aug-28 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Harald Haas Harald Haas on making waves in light communication. |
| 2023-Aug-21 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Anne-Marie Imafidon Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science. |
| 2023-Aug-14 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Anne Ferguson-Smith Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics. |
| 2023-Aug-07 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Bruce Malamud Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards |
| 2023-Jul-31 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Andre Geim The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene |
| 2023-Jul-24 • 31 minutes In search of stardust A jazz musician becomes a cosmic dust hunter |
| 2023-Jul-17 • 28 minutes Bodies, brains and computers How technology is blurring the line between our bodies, our brains, and computers |
| 2023-Jul-10 • 27 minutes Remote touch Prof Ben Garrod investigates the technology trying to replicate human touch |
| 2023-Jul-08 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Exploring the concept of solastalgia The feeling of pain or distress associated with environmental change close to your home |
| 2023-Jul-03 • 27 minutes Smelly people Prof Ben Garrod uses new tech to sniff things out, and explores extending our senses |
| 2023-Jun-27 • 28 minutes Sound solutions Prof Ben Garrod meets conservationists with sound solutions to protect animal habitats |
| 2023-Jun-22 • 28 minutes Seeing more The new technologies pushing the boundaries of what we can see, hear, smell, and feel |
| 2023-Jun-12 • 28 minutes Sperm counts Are sperm counts falling? |
| 2023-Jun-05 • 28 minutes Psychedelics How psychedelics are shaking up psychiatry |
| 2023-May-29 • 28 minutes Fungal pandemic threat Why invasive fungal infections are on the rise and a potential pandemic could be a threat |
| 2023-May-22 • 28 minutes Food Insecurity Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2023-May-15 • 28 minutes Maggots in medicine The healthcare professionals who are turning to maggot therapy to help clean up wounds |
| 2023-May-08 • 28 minutes Lazy guide to exercise What is the least amount of exercise you can do to still stay healthy? |
| 2023-May-01 • 28 minutes The impossible number The Curious Cases team get to grips with the very real uses of imaginary numbers |
| 2023-Apr-27 • 28 minutes The mind-numbing medicine The Curious Cases team investigate the magical properties of anaesthetics. |
| 2023-Apr-24 • 27 minutes The resurrection quest The Curious Cases team ask if it's possible - or desirable - to bring back extinct species |
| 2023-Apr-10 • 28 minutes The puzzle of the pyramids The Curious Cases team discovers how Egypt's pyramids were really built. |
| 2023-Mar-27 • 28 minutes The Case of The Blind Man's Eye Why can't I see images in my mind? |
| 2023-Mar-25 • 49 minutes Our Microbes and Our Health The astonishing and mysterious world of the human microbiome. |
| 2023-Mar-20 • 27 minutes Judith Bunbury: Unearthing the secrets of Ancient Egypt Dr Judith Bunbury on enriching our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond |
| 2023-Mar-13 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Clifford Johnson New approaches to quantum questions and using science in films. |
| 2023-Mar-06 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Rebecca Kilner Jim al-Khalili hears how insects helped Rebecca Kilner solve evolutionary mysteries |
| 2023-Mar-04 • 28 minutes The magnetic mystery The Curious Cases team explore the strange world of magnetism |
| 2023-Feb-27 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Tim Lamont Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs. |
| 2023-Feb-20 • 28 minutes Bad Blood: Newgenics Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era? |
| 2023-Feb-13 • 28 minutes Bad Blood: The curse of Mendel How Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, an insight which inspired eugenics from the 1900s |
| 2023-Feb-06 • 28 minutes Bad Blood: Rassenhygiene The mass sterilisation of those deemed ‘unfit’ by the Nazis in the name of eugenics |
| 2023-Jan-30 • 28 minutes Bad Blood: Birth controlled The women forcibly sterilised against their will and the campaign for birth control |
| 2023-Jan-23 • 28 minutes Bad Blood: You will not replace us The rise of the idea that immigrants will out-breed and replace the dominant white 'race' |
| 2023-Jan-16 • 28 minutes Bad Blood: You've got good genes The origins of Eugenics and the idea that we could breed ourselves to a brighter future |
| 2023-Jan-09 • 27 minutes Tooth and Claw: Cougar Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2023-Jan-02 • 28 minutes Tooth and Claw: Wasps Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2022-Dec-26 • 28 minutes Tooth and Claw: African Wild Dog Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2022-Dec-24 • 51 minutes Preparing for the next pandemic Scientists warn it’s not if, but when, another pandemic will hit us |
| 2022-Dec-19 • 28 minutes Tooth and Claw: Komodo dragon Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2022-Dec-12 • 28 minutes Wild Inside: The Alpaca Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to success of the alpaca. |
| 2022-Dec-05 • 28 minutes Wild inside: The Harbour Porpoise Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of the enigmatic harbour porpoise |
| 2022-Nov-28 • 27 minutes Wild inside: Great Grey Owl Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2022-Nov-21 • 28 minutes Wild inside: The Cheetah The amazing internal anatomy of the cheetah and the secrets to survival |
| 2022-Nov-14 • 28 minutes The puzzle of the plasma doughnut “How does fusion work, and how can we do it safely on earth?” asks Les Walker |
| 2022-Nov-07 • 29 minutes The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses Why do things like pet hair, peanuts and pollen can get our immune systems so riled up? |
| 2022-Oct-31 • 26 minutes The problem of infinite Pi(e) How did we discover Pi? How do we know that it’s infinite and never repeats? asks Alex |
| 2022-Oct-24 • 28 minutes The suspicious smell Why do our bodies smell? And does our smell influence how much we like each other? |
| 2022-Oct-17 • 28 minutes The Wild and Windy Tale “How do winds start and why do they stop?” asks Georgina from the Isle of Wight. |
| 2022-Oct-10 • 28 minutes The Case of The Missing Gorilla “How can I be immersed in a book, and still notice my name?” asks Charlotte. |
| 2022-Oct-03 • 28 minutes Chi Onwurah Why politics needs more scientists and engineers. |
| 2022-Oct-01 • 51 minutes The Evidence: How pandemics end Is it premature to say the pandemic is over? |
| 2022-Sep-26 • 28 minutes David Eagleman Can we create new senses? Prof David Eagleman talks to Jim Al-Khalili. |
| 2022-Sep-20 • 28 minutes Frances Arnold Frances Arnold on turning microbes into living factories. |
| 2022-Sep-12 • 28 minutes Sir Martin Landray Jim al-Khalili speaks to Sir Martin Landray about the world's largest Covid-19 drug trial. |
| 2022-Sep-05 • 28 minutes How Covid Changed Science, part 3 Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science. |
| 2022-Aug-29 • 28 minutes How Covid changed science, part 2 Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science |
| 2022-Aug-22 • 28 minutes How Covid changed science, part 1 What has been the impact of Covid on the practice of science? |
| 2022-Aug-15 • 28 minutes Satellites versus the stars What are the benefits and unintended consequences of thousands more satellites in space? |
| 2022-Aug-08 • 26 minutes Plant based promises, diet and health Giles learns to cook a plant based Thai green curry. |
| 2022-Aug-01 • 28 minutes Plant based promises and sustainability Giles Yeo looks at the sustainability of plant based products |
| 2022-Jul-25 • 28 minutes Plant based promises, rise of the plant based burger Why do we need to eat more plant based foods? Giles Yeo looks at the alternatives. |
| 2022-Jul-18 • 28 minutes The mysterious particles of physics, part 3 Roland Pease explores the 100-km atom smasher physicists are planning at CERN |
| 2022-Jul-11 • 33 minutes The mysterious particles of physics, part 2 Dark matter's dark secrets. Researchers seeking the unseen stuff that fills the universe |
| 2022-Jul-04 • 30 minutes The mysterious particles of physics, part 1 The machine that found the Higgs Boson 10 years ago is about to start digging deeper |
| 2022-Jun-27 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Adam Hart When does a waggle dance become a tremble dance? |
| 2022-Jun-20 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Jacinta Tan How does a person with anorexia nervosa think? Jacinta Tan sheds light on this illness |
| 2022-Jun-13 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Pete Smith Restore peat bogs to mitigate climate change and improve bio-diversity. |
| 2022-Jun-06 • 28 minutes The colour conundrum How do we see colour and why are some people colour blind? |
| 2022-May-30 • 28 minutes The Turn of the Tide Why are tide times and ranges so different around the UK, asks Lynn? |
| 2022-May-28 • 50 minutes The Evidence: The nature of mental health Plant power and mental health. Is a nature-cure a cure-all? |
| 2022-May-23 • 28 minutes The Shocking White Hair Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners. |
| 2022-May-16 • 28 minutes Surprising symmetries Two eyes, two arms, two legs - we are roughly symmetrical on the outside. Why is that? |
| 2022-May-09 • 28 minutes The weird waves of wi-fi We use wi-fi every day, but do you know how it works? |
| 2022-May-02 • 28 minutes The Mystery of the Teenage Brain Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners. |
| 2022-Apr-25 • 28 minutes Wild Inside: The Ocean Sunfish Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of Mola mola the world's largest bony fish |
| 2022-Apr-18 • 27 minutes Wild Inside: The Burmese Python Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the internal secrets to success of the Burmese Python |
| 2022-Apr-11 • 27 minutes Wild Inside: Jungle royalty - the Jaguar Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside three animals from the big wild world. |
| 2022-Apr-02 • 51 minutes The Evidence: War trauma and mental health The psychological suffering caused by the toxic stress of war and conflict |
| 2022-Mar-28 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals How did mammals come to dominate our planet? Prof Steve Brusatte talks to Jim Al-Khalili |
| 2022-Mar-21 • 28 minutes The Life Scientific: Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA The man who found a way to decode DNA at speed |
| 2022-Mar-14 • 27 minutes Tooth and Claw: Wolves Wolves play a dark role in our imaginations but how does the real animal compare? |
| 2022-Mar-08 • 27 minutes Tooth and Claw: Army ant Adam Hart explores the villain of many a jungle horror movie - the army ant. |
| 2022-Feb-28 • 27 minutes Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes Adam Hart discovers why rattlesnakes make good mothers and how deadly their venom is. |
| 2022-Feb-26 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Drug-resistant superbugs The silent pandemic - drug resistant infections threaten the future of modern medicine |
| 2022-Feb-21 • 27 minutes Tooth and claw: Spotted hyena Professor Adam Hart resurrects the spotted hyena’s reputation, from scavenger to hunter |
| 2022-Feb-14 • 37 minutes Deep sea exploration The wonders and mysteries of the deep ocean, and the potential threats to it. |
| 2022-Feb-07 • 42 minutes A new space age? Could humans be on the Moon and Mars before this decade is out? |
| 2022-Jan-31 • 27 minutes African science, African future Professor Tom Kariuki examines the future of science in Africa |
| 2022-Jan-29 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Africa, the pandemic and healthcare independence The new momentum for vaccines, medicines and tests to be made for Africa in Africa |
| 2022-Jan-24 • 27 minutes The venomous vendetta Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam. |
| 2022-Jan-17 • 27 minutes The slippery situation 'What is the most slippy thing in the world?' asks 8 year old Evelyn from London. |
| 2022-Jan-10 • 27 minutes The painless heart Why does my heart muscle not ache after exercise? |
| 2022-Jan-03 • 27 minutes The weirdness of water, Part 2 of 2 Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry attempt to answer more questions on why water is weird |
| 2021-Dec-27 • 27 minutes The weirdness of water, Part 1 of 2 ‘Please explain the weirdness of water?’ asks Neil Morton in Stirling in Scotland. |
| 2021-Dec-25 • 50 minutes The Evidence: When will the pandemic end? Lessons from Omicron to end the pandemic |
| 2021-Dec-20 • 27 minutes The guiding hound How do guide dogs know where they're going? |
| 2021-Dec-13 • 34 minutes The James Webb Space Telescope A new giant space telescope that will show us the first stars that shone in the universe |
| 2021-Dec-06 • 28 minutes Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests |
| 2021-Nov-29 • 27 minutes Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares How genetic engineering became big business |
| 2021-Nov-27 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Healthcare pushed out by the pandemic The killer diseases ignored because of Covid-19 |
| 2021-Nov-22 • 27 minutes Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the 1970s. |
| 2021-Nov-15 • 27 minutes Listening to coral reefs Conservationist Rory Crawford meets the scientists surveying coral reefs using sound |
| 2021-Nov-08 • 27 minutes Geoengineering The Planet How we cool the planet with the latest geoengineering technologies. |
| 2021-Nov-01 • 27 minutes Geoengineering The Planet Geoengineering: can it work? |
| 2021-Oct-30 • 51 minutes The Evidence: When misinformation kills Tackling the “infodemic” – misinformation and Covid-19 |
| 2021-Oct-25 • 26 minutes Chilean mummies Jane Chambers learns about the world's oldest examples of mummification |
| 2021-Oct-18 • 27 minutes Earthshot 3 - The prize winners Five categories, a million pounds in each. Who has won the Earthshot prize? |
| 2021-Oct-11 • 28 minutes Earthshot 2 – Tackling our energy crisis Balancing our growing need for electricity while addressing climate change |
| 2021-Oct-04 • 28 minutes Earthshot 1 Winning ideas to improve the world around us. |
| 2021-Oct-02 • 50 minutes The Evidence: To boost or not to boost? The science and the ethics of vaccine booster shots |
| 2021-Sep-27 • 27 minutes China's great science leap Will China’s ambitions in space, quantum & biotech lead it to science super-power status? |
| 2021-Sep-20 • 28 minutes China's great science leap Is China set to become the next science superpower? |
| 2021-Sep-13 • 40 minutes Covid origins: The science What the science says about the start of the pandemic |
| 2021-Sep-06 • 33 minutes Future vaccines How the pandemic will change the vaccine landscape |
| 2021-Aug-30 • 27 minutes Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why. |
| 2021-Aug-29 • 48 minutes The Evidence: How will the pandemic end? Keeping a lid on risks of new covid variants as vaccinated countries ease restrictions |
| 2021-Aug-23 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Professor Martin Sweeting How Martin Sweeting made a satellite on his kitchen table |
| 2021-Aug-16 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Dr Nira Chamberlain Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems. |
| 2021-Aug-09 • 27 minutes Lost for words David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing |
| 2021-Aug-06 • 18 minutes Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode |
| 2021-Aug-02 • 27 minutes A sense of music What happens when music meets the animal mind? |
| 2021-Jul-31 • 53 minutes Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared |
| 2021-Jul-26 • 27 minutes Dare to repair: Fixing the future How does repair and repair-ability fit into our sustainable future? |
| 2021-Jul-19 • 27 minutes Dare to repair: The fight for the right to repair Exploring how citizens are fighting back for the right to repair their own stuff |
| 2021-Jul-12 • 27 minutes Dare to Repair: How we broke the future Why electronic gadgets dont last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard. |
| 2021-Jul-05 • 27 minutes Tooth and claw: Tigers What's it like facing a charging tiger and how best can we protect their growing numbers? |
| 2021-Jun-28 • 27 minutes Tooth and claw: Bears Adam Hart explores our complex relationship with bears |
| 2021-Jun-26 • 50 minutes The Evidence: How Covid damages the human body Covid the chameleon - the multiple ways this virus attacks our bodies |
| 2021-Jun-21 • 27 minutes Tooth and claw: Lions Our complex relationship with Earth’s greatest predators by the people who know them best |
| 2021-Jun-07 • 27 minutes Peter Goadsby on migraine Peter Goadsby on migraine attacks and the new treatments his research has inspired. |
| 2021-May-29 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Sharing Vaccines – what’s gone wrong? The ethics of putting children in rich countries ahead in the global vaccine queue |
| 2021-May-24 • 41 minutes Patient zero: Back from the brink When polio returned to Asia Pacific |
| 2021-May-03 • 27 minutes The noises that make us cringe Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so terrible? |
| 2021-Apr-26 • 27 minutes The Hamster Power Hypothesis How many hamsters on wheels would it take to power London? asks Judah from Virginia, USA. |
| 2021-Apr-19 • 28 minutes The Martian Mission Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners. |
| 2021-Apr-12 • 27 minutes The equal rights stuff When women and minorities first went into space |
| 2021-Apr-05 • 27 minutes Lithium: Chile’s white gold Why lithium makes such good batteries |
| 2021-Mar-27 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Mental health and the pandemic Mental health distress has risen around the world. How can people's suffering be eased? |
| 2021-Mar-08 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Jane Hurst Jane Hurst reveals how mice are ruled by their noses. |
| 2021-Mar-01 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Cath Noakes How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens. |
| 2021-Feb-27 • 51 minutes The Evidence: Keeping out Covid-19 The virus knows no borders, so do international travel restrictions work for Covid-19? |
| 2021-Feb-22 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Giles Yeo Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work. |
| 2021-Feb-15 • 27 minutes The power of night Lucy Cooke examines why it pays to stir when the sun goes down |
| 2021-Feb-08 • 27 minutes The power of one Lucy Cooke explores why some species shirk company in favour of a solitary life |
| 2021-Feb-01 • 28 minutes The power of celibacy Lucy Cooke discovers why some species reproduce without sex or the need for males |
| 2021-Jan-30 • 50 minutes The Evidence: The Shapeshifting Virus Will new vaccines work against the more infectious versions of the coronavirus? |
| 2021-Jan-25 • 34 minutes Science Trumped Let science speak, health expert Tony Fauci pleaded last week. So how was it sidelined? |
| 2021-Jan-18 • 28 minutes Plant scientist Dale Sanders Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili. |
| 2021-Jan-11 • 28 minutes Astrophysicist Andy Fabian Professor Andy Fabian on supermassive black holes and their dramatic hold over galaxies |
| 2021-Jan-04 • 27 minutes Marine conservationist Heather Koldewey Saving seahorses and turning old fishing nets into luxury carpets. |
| 2020-Dec-28 • 37 minutes Climate meltdown Wildfires, floods, hurricanes made 2020 record breaking. What it says about climate change |
| 2020-Dec-26 • 50 minutes Hopes and fears for Covid-19 vaccines Vaccines and virus mutations |
| 2020-Dec-21 • 27 minutes Evolutionary biologist Alice Roberts What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili |
| 2020-Dec-14 • 28 minutes Steve Haake Steve Haake talks to Jim al-Khalili about how technology improves sporting ability |
| 2020-Dec-07 • 27 minutes The Space Burrito Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles |
| 2020-Nov-30 • 27 minutes The Zedonk Problem What are ligons and tigers? What is a species? |
| 2020-Nov-28 • 51 minutes The Evidence: Pandemic rules: follower or flouter? Why a sense of “we” rather than “I” makes us more likely to follow pandemic rules |
| 2020-Nov-23 • 27 minutes The end of everything When and how is the universe going to end? |
| 2020-Nov-16 • 28 minutes Broad spectrum Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult. She explores how it appears in women |
| 2020-Nov-09 • 27 minutes Birds: singing for survival Birds are changing their tunes |
| 2020-Nov-02 • 28 minutes Digital touch Can touch be replicated digitally? |
| 2020-Oct-31 • 51 minutes The Evidence: Are national lockdowns evidence of policy failure? Locked in the lockdown cycle – evidence for a more targeted response |
| 2020-Oct-26 • 29 minutes Affectionate touch How we experience gentle touch |
| 2020-Oct-19 • 28 minutes Unwanted touch How can we stop unwanted touch? |
| 2020-Oct-12 • 28 minutes Touch hunger Why we’re starved of touch |
| 2020-Oct-05 • 28 minutes Megadrought in Chile Why Chile has a megadrought |
| 2020-Sep-28 • 27 minutes The sting in the tail What’s the point of wasps? |
| 2020-Sep-26 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Covid lessons for safe school reopening Will schools and colleges reopening fuel Covid-19 spread? |
| 2020-Sep-21 • 27 minutes The seeded cloud Can we make it rain? |
| 2020-Sep-14 • 28 minutes The growling stomach Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry? |
| 2020-Sep-07 • 26 minutes Return to Mars How will NASA’s latest robot rover search for life on Mars? |
| 2020-Aug-31 • 27 minutes Liz Seward Jim Al-Khalili talks to Liz Seward, Senior Space Strategist for Airbus Defence and Space. |
| 2020-Aug-24 • 27 minutes Professor Emma Bunce Emma Bunce tells Jim Al-Khalili why she is intrigued by the gas giants Jupiter and Neptune |
| 2020-Aug-17 • 28 minutes Frank Kelly What difference has lockdown made to our air? Frank Kelly talks to Jim Al-Khalili. |
| 2020-Aug-10 • 28 minutes On the menu Adam Hart explores our relationship with some of the animal kingdom's deadliest predators |
| 2020-Aug-03 • 26 minutes Human Genome Project's 20th Anniversary Twenty years of the Human Genome Project |
| 2020-Jul-27 • 28 minutes Brian Greene Brian Greene studies the universe at the largest and smallest scales imaginable. |
| 2020-Jul-20 • 28 minutes Jane Goodall Jane Goodall describes her life with the wild chimpanzees of Gombe. |
| 2020-Jul-13 • 26 minutes Bed Katy Brand reveals how our attitudes to sleep, sex and status are played out in the bed. |
| 2020-Jul-11 • 51 minutes Covid-19: Recovery The latest on how people are recovering from Covid-19 |
| 2020-Jul-06 • 28 minutes Toilet Katy Brand reveals how attitudes to the toilet have shaped it's place in history. |
| 2020-Jun-29 • 27 minutes Wine glass Katy Brand toasts the wine glass, learning why it became the gargantuan glass it is today |
| 2020-Jun-27 • 49 minutes The Evidence: Covid 19: vaccines and after lockdown The latest on vaccines and how people are behaving after lockdown |
| 2020-Jun-22 • 28 minutes Fork Katy Brand explores the life of the unsung hero of the cutlery world – the fork. |
| 2020-Jun-15 • 28 minutes High heel Katy Brand tracks the extraordinary life of the high heel, from past to the present. |
| 2020-Jun-13 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Covid 19: Transmission and South America How South America is handling the pandemic and a look at disease transmission. |
| 2020-Jun-08 • 28 minutes Toothbrush Katy Brand investigates the toothbrush from its humble start, as a stick, to the present. |
| 2020-Jun-01 • 26 minutes Helium Science and art of helium |
| 2020-May-30 • 49 minutes The Evidence: Covid 19: Sub-Saharan Africa and Testing How sub-Saharan Africa is handling the pandemic and the different kinds of tests |
| 2020-May-25 • 26 minutes Aluminium and strontium Science and art of aluminium and strontium |
| 2020-May-18 • 28 minutes Gold and silver Science and art of gold and silver |
| 2020-May-16 • 51 minutes The Evidence: Covid 19: ending lockdowns When and how to end lockdowns? |
| 2020-May-13 • 27 minutes Science of Dad Dr Oscar Duke discovers how pregnancy, birth and childcare affect the father |
| 2020-May-04 • 28 minutes Ignaz Semmelweiss: The hand washer Lindsey Fitzharris tells the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss, the hand washer |
| 2020-May-02 • 50 minutes The Evidence: Mental health and Covid 19 How is our mental health during the pandemic? |
| 2020-Apr-27 • 27 minutes Desert locust swarms A second wave of locusts threatens crops in East Africa. Scientists lead the fightback |
| 2020-Apr-20 • 27 minutes Anne Magurran Anne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity. |
| 2020-Apr-18 • 49 minutes The Evidence: Young people, lifting lockdowns, USA and Kenya updates International experts take a look at the science surrounding Covid-19 |
| 2020-Apr-13 • 27 minutes Richard Wiseman How to spot a liar. Professor Richard Wiseman tells Jim Al-Khalili |
| 2020-Apr-06 • 27 minutes Professor Saiful Islam Professor Saiful Islam on the materials that make renewable energy possible. |
| 2020-Apr-04 • 49 minutes The Evidence: Taiwan, Vaccines, Africa Preparedness International experts discuss the latest research into Covid-19 |
| 2020-Mar-30 • 27 minutes Elizabeth Fisher: Chromosomes in mice and men Elizabeth Fisher on the role of chromosomes in conditions like Down and Turner syndrome |
| 2020-Mar-24 • 27 minutes Adrian Owen Adrian Owen tells Jim Al-Khalili about his search for awareness in brain-injured patients. |
| 2020-Mar-21 • 49 minutes The Evidence: Coronavirus Special International experts take a global look at the science surrounding Covid-19. |
| 2020-Mar-16 • 35 minutes Professor Martha Clokie Professor Martha Clokie tells how she found viruses that destroy antibiotic-resistant bugs |
| 2020-Mar-10 • 26 minutes Demis Hassabis Demis Hassabis, CEO of Deep Mind, tells Jim Al-Khalili why he wants to create AI |
| 2020-Mar-02 • 28 minutes Isaac Newton and the story of the apple Did Newton's theory of gravity really come to him after seeing an apple fall? |
| 2020-Feb-24 • 27 minutes Science Stories - Sophia Jex-Blake Naomi Alderman tells the story of Sophia Jex-Blake, first woman doctor in Scotland |
| 2020-Feb-17 • 28 minutes Science Stories - Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing Naomi Alderman tells the story of Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing |
| 2020-Feb-10 • 28 minutes Stem cells: Hope and hype USA and Australia battle the unregulated stem cell clinic boom |
| 2020-Feb-03 • 27 minutes Stem cell hard sell How risky are stem cell injections? |
| 2020-Jan-27 • 28 minutes The road to Glasgow Across 2020 Matt McGrath will be reporting on what is happening to save the planet |
| 2020-Jan-20 • 27 minutes Ecological grief How is climate change affecting people's mental health? |
| 2020-Jan-13 • 27 minutes The misinformation virus Why fake science spreads faster online than the truth |
| 2020-Jan-06 • 27 minutes The silence of the genes James Gallagher tells the story of new lifesaving drugs that interfere with genes. |
| 2019-Dec-30 • 27 minutes Alexis Carrel and the immortal chicken heart Philip Ball tells the tale of Alexis Carrel’s immortal chicken heart |
| 2019-Dec-23 • 27 minutes Ramon Llull: Medieval prophet of computer science Philip Ball tells the story of Ramon Llull, the medieval prophet of computer science |
| 2019-Dec-16 • 27 minutes Ignaz Semmelweiss: The hand washer Lindsey Fitzharris tells the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss, the hand washer |
| 2019-Dec-09 • 27 minutes Madame Lavoisier's Translation of Oxygen Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2019-Dec-02 • 26 minutes Galileo's lost letter Galileo's lost letter questions how he challenged the Church. With Philip Ball. |
| 2019-Nov-25 • 26 minutes Robin Dunbar Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Robin Dunbar about his work on maintaining friendships. |
| 2019-Nov-18 • 26 minutes Katherine Joy Jim Al-Khalili talks to Katherine Joy about her work with moon rock. |
| 2019-Nov-11 • 26 minutes Sir Gregory Winter Jim Al-Khalili speaks to the 2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner, Sir Gregory Winter. |
| 2019-Nov-04 • 27 minutes Turi King: Solving the mystery of Richard III through DNA DNA detective Turi King discusses her life scientific with Jim al-Khalili. |
| 2019-Oct-28 • 28 minutes Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson How Richard Thompson alerted the world to the micro-plastics in the ocean. |
| 2019-Oct-21 • 26 minutes Protecting heads in sports How science and technology could protect sportsmen and women from traumatic brain injury |
| 2019-Oct-14 • 26 minutes Early diagnosis and research Finding a cure for Parkinson’s. Jane Hill on early diagnosis and repurposing drugs |
| 2019-Oct-07 • 26 minutes Exercise Jane Hill visits a boxing club in the Netherlands to discover the benefits for PD |
| 2019-Sep-30 • 26 minutes Living with Parkinson's What is life like with Parkinson’s? Jane Hill, whose father lived with PD, investigates. |
| 2019-Sep-23 • 26 minutes Preventing pesticide poisoning How banning pesticides in Sri Lanka led to a massive drop in suicides |
| 2019-Sep-16 • 26 minutes The power of peace Lucy Cooke discovers whether it's better to fight or make peace in the animal kingdom |
| 2019-Sep-09 • 26 minutes The power of petite Lucy Cooke discovers why being small can give you a step up on the evolutionary ladder |
| 2019-Sep-02 • 26 minutes The power of deceit Lucy Cooke discovers why being a bit sneaky may be an excellent evolutionary strategy. |
| 2019-Aug-26 • 28 minutes Patient Undone Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis transformed her view of medical ethics |
| 2019-Aug-19 • 27 minutes The Great Science Publishing Scandal Matthew Cobb asks who owns research. Scientists, publishers or the public? |
| 2019-Aug-12 • 27 minutes Erica McAlister Dr Erica McAlister talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the beautiful world of flies. |
| 2019-Aug-05 • 27 minutes Richard Peto Epidemiologist Richard Peto talks about his work on the links between tobacco and disease. |
| 2019-Jul-29 • 27 minutes Lovelock at 100: Gaia on Gaia James Lovelock on how he developed Gaia theory. |
| 2019-Jul-22 • 28 minutes What next for the Moon? The Moon rush is back. And everyone is a player. Roland Pease looks at the new space race |
| 2019-Jul-15 • 27 minutes Irene Tracey on pain in the brain Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain. |
| 2019-Jul-08 • 27 minutes Paul Davies on the origin of life and the evolution of cancer Paul Davies talks to Jim al-Khalili about the origin of life and the search for aliens. |
| 2019-Jul-01 • 27 minutes Can psychology boost vaccination rates? Is compulsory vaccination necessary or can gentle persuasion boost immunisation rates? |
| 2019-Jun-24 • 27 minutes Global attitudes towards vaccines From New York to Madagascar: attitudes to vaccines around the world |
| 2019-Jun-17 • 28 minutes Why do birds sing? 6/6 And why does the human voice change as we age? |
| 2019-Jun-10 • 26 minutes Does infinity exist? Rutherford and Fry embark on a never-ending quest for infinite knowledge |
| 2019-Jun-03 • 26 minutes Why do we get déjà vu? 4/6 Plus is anything really random? |
| 2019-May-27 • 27 minutes Will we ever find alien life? 3/6 Where are we looking for alien life and what are the chances of finding it? |
| 2019-May-20 • 26 minutes Why people have different pain thresholds 2/6 Plus, how fast can a human run? |
| 2019-May-13 • 28 minutes How do instruments make music? 1/6 Why do different musical instruments sound unique? |
| 2019-May-06 • 26 minutes A sense of time Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me? |
| 2019-Apr-29 • 27 minutes Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes Jim al-Khalili talks chimp gestures with Dr Cat Hobaiter |
| 2019-Apr-22 • 27 minutes Carlo Rovelli on rethinking the nature of time Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli on why time is not what it seems |
| 2019-Apr-15 • 26 minutes Corinne Le Quéré on carbon and climate Corinne Le Quéré on carbon and the global climate |
| 2019-Apr-08 • 26 minutes Ken Gabriel on why your smartphone is smart Ken Gabriel on inventing micro devices found in smartphones |
| 2019-Apr-01 • 26 minutes Donna Strickland and extremely powerful lasers Donna Strickland on inventing extremely powerful lasers and winning a Nobel Prize |
| 2019-Mar-25 • 30 minutes Unbottling the past The discovery and recreation of an iconic perfume formula for Soir de Paris |
| 2019-Mar-18 • 26 minutes California burning Roland Pease investigates the growing fire hazard in California |
| 2019-Mar-11 • 28 minutes ShakeAlertLA - California’s earthquake early warning system The mobile app that will warn southern Californians if an earthquake is heading their way |
| 2019-Mar-04 • 28 minutes From the Cold War to the present day The role chemists have played in the development of chemical weapons |
| 2019-Feb-25 • 28 minutes From the Crimean War to the end of World War Two Andrea Sella looks at the role chemists have played in the development of weapons |
| 2019-Feb-18 • 27 minutes Tracks across time Scientists race to save a set of 95-million-year-old footprints |
| 2019-Feb-11 • 26 minutes Trouble in paradise How scientists are trying to eradicate rats and mosquitoes threatening French Polynesia |
| 2019-Feb-04 • 28 minutes Back from the Dead The hunt for the Night Parrot: a fat, dumpy, green parrot that lives in the desert |
| 2019-Jan-28 • 26 minutes Eye in the Sky SOFIA is a flying observatory setting out to study Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon |
| 2019-Jan-14 • 26 minutes Kepler's Snowflake Philip Ball tells the story of Johannes Kepler and the six cornered snowflake. |
| 2019-Jan-07 • 26 minutes Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms Two thousand years ago Lucretius composed about atoms and the natural world |
| 2018-Dec-31 • 26 minutes Eddington's eclipse and Einstein's celebrity Philip Ball tells the story of Arthur Eddington's confirmation of general relativity |
| 2018-Dec-24 • 28 minutes Earthrise The story of one of the most iconic photos of the last 50 years |
| 2018-Dec-17 • 26 minutes The Supercalculators Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup. |
| 2018-Dec-10 • 29 minutes The China Syndrome China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact |
| 2018-Dec-03 • 26 minutes How Much Plastic Can We Recycle? Professor Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic. |
| 2018-Nov-26 • 26 minutes Why We Fell In Love with Plastic Professor Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic. |
| 2018-Nov-19 • 26 minutes Finding the Coelacanths A huge, four-limbed fish, was discovered 65 million years after its supposed extinction |
| 2018-Nov-12 • 26 minutes The Big Bang and Jet Streams Evidence for the big bang was initially thought to be a mistake in the data |
| 2018-Nov-05 • 26 minutes Viagra and CRISPR Viagra was first developed to treat heart disease, but it had some surprising side-effects |
| 2018-Oct-29 • 26 minutes Tracking the First Animals on Earth In search of the first animals on the Earth, more than half a billion years ago |
| 2018-Oct-29 • 26 minutes Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting How a poor woman became one of 19th-century Britain's most successful fossil finders |
| 2018-Oct-22 • 26 minutes Cooling the City How can we adapt and prepare our cities for extreme weather conditions? |
| 2018-Oct-15 • 26 minutes Tourism and Transparency Matthew Hill explores the Chinese approach to organ transplantation. |
| 2018-Oct-08 • 26 minutes Who To Believe? Matthew Hill explores the Chinese approach to organ transplantation. |
| 2018-Oct-01 • 26 minutes The Long Hot Summer - Part Two How did mild temperatures in the Arctic affect 2018's extreme weather? |
| 2018-Sep-24 • 27 minutes The Long Hot Summer Roland Pease asks why the Northern Hemisphere had unusually high temperatures this year. |
| 2018-Sep-17 • 26 minutes Sodium Why sodium powers everything we do |
| 2018-Sep-10 • 26 minutes Iron How iron has shaped human biology and culture |
| 2018-Sep-03 • 26 minutes Fluorine How the feared element ended up giving us better teeth, mood and health |
| 2018-Aug-20 • 26 minutes Hypatia: The Murdered Mathematician Naomi Alderman on the life and death of Hypatia, the ancient Greek mathematician |
| 2018-Aug-13 • 29 minutes Descartes' "Daughter" Philip Ball goes back to the 17th Century to talk about Descartes and his "daughter" |
| 2018-Aug-06 • 27 minutes Making Natural Products in the Lab How 19th century chemist Wohler made a natural product in the lab |
| 2018-Jul-30 • 27 minutes The Real Cyrano de Bergerac Philip Ball on the real Cyrano de Bergerac and his 17th century space ship. |
| 2018-Jul-23 • 26 minutes The Nun’s Salamander Why are Mexican nuns breeding a rare salamander? Could they save this remarkable species? |
| 2018-Jul-16 • 27 minutes The Aztec Salamander Saving a cultural icon and biomedical marvel from extinction. |
| 2018-Jul-09 • 27 minutes Gateway to the Mind Could our microbiome have an influence on our mood and behaviour? |
| 2018-Jul-02 • 27 minutes Dirt and Development How the microbes in us set us on a path of health or chronic disease |
| 2018-Jun-25 • 27 minutes Manipulating Our Hidden Half New research into manipulating our microbiome to stay healthy and beat chronic disease |
| 2018-Jun-18 • 27 minutes Do Insects Feel Pain? Do insects experience pain and suffering? |
| 2018-Jun-11 • 27 minutes Killing Insects for Conservation Killing insects in the name of research upsets some people. How do scientists justify it? |
| 2018-Jun-04 • 27 minutes What’s the Tiniest Dinosaur? And how do bats differentiate their own echolocation signals? |
| 2018-May-28 • 27 minutes Can Anything Travel Faster Than Light? Plus, how can we measure the age of the Universe? |
| 2018-May-21 • 27 minutes Why Do We Dream? And are machines better than humans when it comes to recognising faces? |
| 2018-May-14 • 27 minutes Can We Use Chemistry to Bake the Perfect Cake? And what makes something sharp? |
| 2018-May-07 • 27 minutes Why Do Some Songs Get Stuck in Your Head? And why do I get so many static shocks? |
| 2018-Apr-30 • 27 minutes Behaving Better Online Gaia Vince meets the scientists studying our built in human behaviour |
| 2018-Apr-23 • 27 minutes The Cooperative Species Why human cooperation fails online |
| 2018-Apr-16 • 27 minutes Bringing Schrodinger's Cat to Life Roland Pease meets the quantum scientists hoping to bring Schrodinger's cat to life |
| 2018-Apr-09 • 27 minutes Barbara McLintock Philip Ball tells the story of US geneticist and 1983 Nobel prize winner Barbara McLintock |
| 2018-Apr-02 • 27 minutes D'Arcy Thompson A man who put maths into biology and saw physics in shells, seeds and bees 100 years ago |
| 2018-Mar-26 • 27 minutes The Far Future What fragments of our civilisation will persist 10,000 years in the future? |
| 2018-Mar-19 • 26 minutes Why We Cut Men Across the world, 1 in 3 men are circumcised. Mary-Ann Ochota investigates why we cut men |
| 2018-Mar-12 • 27 minutes Iodine Why iodine is essential for our health? |
| 2018-Mar-05 • 27 minutes Phosphorus How a discovery in boiled urine led to the trade union movement and chemical weapons. |
| 2018-Feb-26 • 27 minutes Lead The impact of the use and abuse of lead on humanity. |
| 2018-Feb-19 • 26 minutes The Power of Sloth Lucy Cooke discovers the joy of sloth and sloths and the benefits of being really slow. |
| 2018-Feb-12 • 27 minutes Pain of Torture Does knowing that someone is inflicting pain on you deliberately make the pain worse? |
| 2018-Feb-05 • 27 minutes Controlling Pain How do brains control pain? Irene Tracey asks can we distance ourselves from agony |
| 2018-Jan-29 • 27 minutes Knowing Pain Phantom limb pain, babies’ pain, people without pain, help understand the nature of pain. |
| 2018-Jan-22 • 27 minutes Seeing Pain Why do some people feel more pain than others and what happens in the brain during surgery |
| 2018-Jan-15 • 27 minutes Humphry Davy The story of how Humphry Davy discovered laughing gas in 1799. |
| 2018-Jan-09 • 27 minutes Lise Meitner How physicist Lise Meitner unlocked the science of the atom bomb that cost Hitler dearly |
| 2018-Jan-01 • 27 minutes The Day the Earth Moved How scientists learned the earth’s crust is made up of shifting plates. |
| 2017-Dec-25 • 26 minutes Maria Merian How a 13-year old girl mapped metamorphosis in the 1600s. Naomi Alderman presents |
| 2017-Dec-18 • 26 minutes Alcuin of York Philip Ball dives into the Dark Ages to reveal the author of the river crossing riddle |
| 2017-Dec-11 • 26 minutes Cheating the Atmosphere Dodgy emissions data could fatally undermine the Paris Climate Agreement |
| 2017-Dec-04 • 28 minutes Better Brains New hope for incurable neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia |
| 2017-Nov-21 • 26 minutes What would happen if you fell into a black hole? Plus, could we make a sonic weapon? |
| 2017-Nov-20 • 26 minutes What will happen when the Earth’s poles swap? And why do planets spin? |
| 2017-Nov-13 • 26 minutes Why can’t we remember being a baby? Plus, could a party balloon reach space? |
| 2017-Nov-13 • 26 minutes Why can’t we remember being a baby? Plus, could a party balloon reach space? |
| 2017-Nov-06 • 26 minutes How do cats find their way home? Plus, why do we itch and should we scratch? |
| 2017-Oct-30 • 26 minutes How much of my body is bacteria? Plus, why do we have different blood types? |
| 2017-Oct-23 • 26 minutes Sydney Brenner: A Revolutionary Biologist Sydney Brenner talks about his part in the DNA revolution between the 1950s and 1980s |
| 2017-Oct-16 • 27 minutes SOS Snail Helen Scales reports on the international rescue mission to save the Partula snail |
| 2017-Oct-09 • 26 minutes Indian Science – The Colonial Legacy How did British imperialism affect India’s scientific development? |
| 2017-Oct-02 • 26 minutes India's Ancient Science Rediscovering influential Indian ideas on mathematics, metallurgy and engineering |
| 2017-Sep-25 • 26 minutes Africa’s Great Green Wall Transforming the Sahal into the next wonder of the world through Africa’s Great Green Wall |
| 2017-Sep-18 • 27 minutes Internet of Things Can we Control the Dark Side of the Internet? |
| 2017-Sep-11 • 27 minutes Dark Side of the World Wide Web Did the World Wide Web's Utopian ideals spread crime and obscenity? |
| 2017-Sep-04 • 27 minutes The Origin of the Internet The origins of the internet, and why nobody thought of making it secure |
| 2017-Aug-28 • 27 minutes Silicon - The World's Building Block The key component of rocks, sand and materials from glass and concrete to microelectronics |
| 2017-Aug-21 • 27 minutes The Day the Sun Went Dark For the first time in almost 100 years the USA is experiencing a full solar eclipse |
| 2017-Aug-14 • 27 minutes Carbon - the backbone of life Why is all known life built on carbon? |
| 2017-Aug-07 • 27 minutes And then there was Li The element that links the formation of the universe with the functioning of our brains |
| 2017-Aug-01 • 27 minutes Oxygen: The breath of Life Trevor Cox takes a deep breath and tells the story of oxygen on earth and in space |
| 2017-Jul-24 • 31 minutes Mercury - Chemistry's Jekyll and Hyde The most beautiful and shimmering of the elements, the weirdest, and yet the most reviled |
| 2017-Jul-17 • 27 minutes Eating Well in Lyon: Healthy Diets to prevent Bowel Cancer Anu Anand is in Lyon, looking at what we eat and drink and the risk of bowel cancer |
| 2017-Jul-10 • 27 minutes Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad Anu Anand on detecting and treating prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago. |
| 2017-Jul-03 • 26 minutes The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black Women & Breast Cancer Anu Anand explores why more black women are more likely to die of breast cancer in the US |
| 2017-Jun-26 • 26 minutes Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania |
| 2017-Jun-21 • 26 minutes Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens |
| 2017-Jun-16 • 26 minutes Dying in Comfort in Mongolia The Mongolian matriarch who is helping people with terminal liver cancer die in comfort |
| 2017-Jun-05 • 27 minutes Can Robots be Truly Intelligent? Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us |
| 2017-May-29 • 27 minutes Robots - More Human than Human? Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with contemporary humanoid robots |
| 2017-May-22 • 27 minutes History of the Rise of the Robots From the Ancient Greeks to Maria in Metropolis, Adam Rutherford explores robots in culture |
| 2017-May-15 • 28 minutes Quantum Supremacy With IBM, Google and Microsoft all making bold claims for quantum computing, what's up? |
| 2017-May-08 • 27 minutes Re-engineering Life Roland Pease meets the engineers and biologists hacking life's circuits |
| 2017-May-01 • 27 minutes Hunting for Life on Mars Professor Monica Grady searches for signs of life on Mars |
| 2017-Apr-24 • 27 minutes Lifechangers: Charles Bolden Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2017-Apr-17 • 27 minutes Lifechangers: Neil deGrasse Tyson Kevin Fong talks to astrophysicist and populariser of science, Neil deGrasse Tyson |
| 2017-Apr-10 • 27 minutes Lifechangers: George Takei Kevin Fong talks to Star Trek actor and activist George Takei. |
| 2017-Apr-06 • 27 minutes The Bee All and End All Bees pollinate plants, can detect bombs and compose music. What would we do without them? |
| 2017-Mar-27 • 27 minutes Extending Embryo Research Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2017-Mar-20 • 27 minutes The Split Second Decision Dr Kevin Fong asks how vulnerable is our high end decision making |
| 2017-Mar-13 • 27 minutes Human Hibernation Could humans pull off the trick of hibernation to conquer long term space travel? |
| 2017-Mar-03 • 26 minutes Delivering Clean Air More delivery vans means more air pollution in our cities. What are the alternatives? |
| 2017-Feb-27 • 27 minutes Make Me a Cyborg Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates. |
| 2017-Feb-21 • 27 minutes Why do some people have no sense of direction? Plus, why is my mum tone deaf? |
| 2017-Feb-13 • 27 minutes Why am I left-handed? What determines left or right handedness and why are lefties in the minority? |
| 2017-Feb-06 • 27 minutes Does the full Moon make us act oddly? And could we live on another planet? |
| 2017-Jan-30 • 27 minutes Why do we get middle-aged spread? Plus, what’s the strongest substance in the world? |
| 2017-Jan-23 • 27 minutes Does nothing exist? Does nothing really exist, and where can we find it? |
| 2017-Jan-16 • 27 minutes Sesame Open The new science facility, SESAME, that aims to promote peace in the middle east |
| 2017-Jan-09 • 38 minutes The Future of the Climate Deal What will President Trump mean for international deals to avert climate change? |
| 2017-Jan-02 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 3 - Mesmerism and Parapsychology The showmanship of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism |
| 2016-Dec-26 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 3 - The Woman Who Tamed Lightning Hertha Ayrton was the first woman admitted to the Institution of Electrical Engineers |
| 2016-Dec-19 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 3 - Testosterone: Elixir of Masculinity How testosterone has been used and abused in history |
| 2016-Dec-12 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 3 - Making the Earth Move How a dying man's book demoted the earth and reconstructed the universe. |
| 2016-Dec-05 • 27 minutes Origins of Human Culture What’s special about human culture |
| 2016-Nov-28 • 27 minutes Mind Reading Gaia Vince explores how scientists are trying to read others' minds. |
| 2016-Nov-21 • 32 minutes Custom of Cutting An investigation into female genital mutilation in East and West Africa |
| 2016-Nov-14 • 27 minutes The Inflamed Mind Can your immune system make you psychotic or depressed? |
| 2016-Nov-07 • 26 minutes The City that Fell into the Earth How do you move a city? Lesley Riddoch travels to Arctic Sweden to find out |
| 2016-Oct-31 • 26 minutes The Sun King of China Meet the undisputed leader of China's booming solar industry |
| 2016-Oct-24 • 26 minutes The Mars of the Mid-Atlantic Peter Gibbs explores Ascension Island, a barren Atlantic rock made fertile by man |
| 2016-Oct-17 • 27 minutes Creating the Crick Creating the Francis Crick Institute |
| 2016-Oct-10 • 27 minutes Black Holes: A Tale of Cosmic Death and Rebirth LIGO, Gravitational Waves, and the new astronomy of nature’s ultimate state of matter |
| 2016-Oct-03 • 27 minutes The Whale Menopause What do killer whales tell us about the human menopause? |
| 2016-Sep-26 • 27 minutes Reversing Parkinson's Cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease |
| 2016-Sep-19 • 27 minutes Could we send our litter into space? Plus, why is everything in space round? |
| 2016-Sep-13 • 27 minutes Why do we faint? And can animals count? |
| 2016-Sep-05 • 27 minutes Why do people shout on their cellphones? And what causes traffic jams? |
| 2016-Aug-29 • 27 minutes How do you make the perfect cup of tea? Plus, why do we cry? Is there any useful purpose? |
| 2016-Aug-22 • 27 minutes What makes gingers ginger? Plus, what is the point of body hair? |
| 2016-Aug-15 • 27 minutes China Science Rising Rebecca Morelle reports on China's science ambitions. |
| 2016-Aug-08 • 27 minutes The Power of Cute Lucy Cooke explores our seeming obsession with all things cute. |
| 2016-Aug-01 • 27 minutes Failing Gracefully Dr Kevin Fong explores the role technology plays in high-risk systems |
| 2016-Jul-25 • 27 minutes Going Lean: Health and the Toyota Way Kevin Fong discovers how a car maker is helping to improve healthcare |
| 2016-Jul-18 • 27 minutes “Faster, Better, Cheaper” Kevin Fong explores the success and failure of NASA’s missions to Mars |
| 2016-Jul-12 • 27 minutes The Business of Failure Dr Kevin Fong explores the problems with the US air ambulance industry. |
| 2016-Jul-04 • 27 minutes Cleaning Up the Oceans Roland Pease asks what damage plastic waste is doing in the oceans |
| 2016-Jun-27 • 27 minutes Life on the East Asian Flyway - Part 4: The Arctic New life, new dangers and new hopes for the endangered shorebirds on the tundra |
| 2016-Jun-20 • 27 minutes Life on the East Asian Flyway - Part Three: Yellow Sea North Can China’s birdwatchers and North Korea’s economy save migratory birds from extinction? |
| 2016-Jun-13 • 27 minutes Life on the East Asian Flyway – Part Two: Yellow Sea South Hear the calls of the Chinese bird hunter turned conservationist |
| 2016-Jun-06 • 27 minutes Life on the East Asian Flyway The world’s greatest migration - countless birds fly north from Australia to the Arctic |
| 2016-May-30 • 27 minutes The Neglected Sense Kathy Clugston is anosmic - she has no sense of smell and sets out to discover why |
| 2016-May-23 • 27 minutes After Ebola Rebuilding Sierra Leone’s healthcare system |
| 2016-May-16 • 27 minutes Benefits of Bilingualism - Part Two The benefits of bilingualism: keeping our minds healthy |
| 2016-May-09 • 27 minutes Benefits of Bilingualism - Part One Gaia Vince explores the benefits of bilingualism for children |
| 2016-May-02 • 27 minutes Our Unnatural Selection How humans are inadvertently driving the evolution of other species |
| 2016-Apr-25 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 2 - Margaret Cavendish Aristocrat writer and thinker Margaret Cavendish and the birth of the scientific method |
| 2016-Apr-18 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 2 - Orgueil Meteorite The riddle of the 19th century French meteorite that carried a secret for 100 years. |
| 2016-Apr-11 • 27 minutes The Horn Dilemma Will the sale of harvested rhino horn help to stop poaching? |
| 2016-Apr-01 • 27 minutes African Einsteins Will Einstein’s successors be African? It’s very likely - and some of them will be women |
| 2016-Mar-28 • 27 minutes Feeding the World - Part Two How to future proof our crops above and below ground, to endure climate change |
| 2016-Mar-21 • 27 minutes Feeding the World - Part One Kathy Willis meets scientists seeking the genetic diversity to future-proof our crops |
| 2016-Mar-14 • 27 minutes Editing the Genome - Part Two Should we try to wipe out mosquitoes? With CRISPR, it may now be possible. |
| 2016-Mar-07 • 27 minutes Editing the Genome We have a powerful new tool to alter DNA. What medical uses should be off limits? |
| 2016-Feb-29 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 1 - Einstein’s Ice Box What happened when Einstein decided to fix the fridge? |
| 2016-Feb-22 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 1 - Eels and Human Electricity How an eel sparked our interest in electricity |
| 2016-Feb-15 • 27 minutes Science Stories: Series 1 - Cornelis Drebbel The magical world of Cornelis Drebbel, inventor of the first submarine in 1621 |
| 2016-Feb-08 • 27 minutes El Nino El Nino in the Pacific is in full swing, threatening with flood, fire and famine |
| 2016-Feb-01 • 27 minutes An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the legacy of Einstein's great theory. |
| 2016-Jan-25 • 27 minutes An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein's great theory |
| 2016-Jan-18 • 27 minutes Scotland’s Dolphins How photo-ID techniques are tracking protected bottlenose dolphins |
| 2016-Jan-11 • 27 minutes Nature's Numbers What can babies and an Amazonian tribe tell us about the origins of mathematics? |
| 2016-Jan-04 • 27 minutes Nature's Numbers What can animals tell us about the origins of our numerical abilities? |
| 2015-Dec-28 • 27 minutes Future of Energy Jack Stewart looks at the future of the supply, demand, and viability of energy sources |
| 2015-Dec-21 • 27 minutes The Power of Equations Jim al-Khalili and fellow physicists on the beauty and power of equations |
| 2015-Dec-14 • 27 minutes Enceladus: A second genesis of life at Saturn? The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets. |
| 2015-Dec-07 • 27 minutes Humboldt - the Inventor of Nature Retracing the footsteps Alexander Von Humboldt - the forgotten father of environmentalism |
| 2015-Nov-30 • 27 minutes Unbreathable: The Modern Problem of Air Pollution Roland Pease looks into the 3.3 million people killed each year by polluted air |
| 2015-Nov-23 • 27 minutes Future of Biodiversity Kathy Willis, Director of Science Kew Gardens, discusses biodiversity with Jim al-Khalili |
| 2015-Nov-16 • 27 minutes Problems of Developing Drugs Jim al-Khalili meets Patrick Vallance heading drug development at a pharmaceutical company |
| 2015-Nov-09 • 27 minutes The Genetics of Intelligence Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence |
| 2015-Nov-02 • 27 minutes How to Make an Awesome Surf Wave Surfer Helen Scales goes in search of the perfect man-made wave |
| 2015-Oct-26 • 27 minutes Lion Hunting in Africa Can trophy hunting lions be good for conservation? |
| 2015-Oct-19 • 27 minutes The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in San Francisco to talk alien visitations |
| 2015-Oct-12 • 27 minutes The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in Chicago, to discuss fossils and evolution |
| 2015-Oct-05 • 27 minutes The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles What happens when science meets Hollywood? |
| 2015-Sep-26 • 27 minutes The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New York Is science a force for good or evil? Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests discuss |
| 2015-Sep-21 • 27 minutes Life Changers - Didier Queloz Kevin Fong talks to astrophysicist and planet hunter Didier Queloz. |
| 2015-Sep-14 • 27 minutes Life Changers - Anita Sengupta Nasa engineer Anita Sengupta on landing a rover on Mars |
| 2015-Sep-07 • 27 minutes Life Changers - Venki Ramakrishnan Kevin Fong talks to the Indian-born Nobel Laureate Professor Venki Ramakrishnan |
| 2015-Aug-31 • 27 minutes Life Changers - Kathryn Maitland Kathryn Maitland has a burning passion to transform clinical research across Africa. |
| 2015-Aug-24 • 27 minutes Women on the ‘Problem with Science’ A global perspective on the barriers to women in science. |
| 2015-Aug-17 • 27 minutes Truth about the Body Mass Index As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test. |
| 2015-Aug-10 • 27 minutes The Great Telescopes and Evolution Simon Schaffer tells of the astronomers who grappled with evolution long before Darwin. |
| 2015-Jul-27 • 27 minutes The Colour Purple How William Perkin brought purple to the people in Victorian London |
| 2015-Jul-20 • 27 minutes Maurice Wilkins The third man behind the unravelling of DNA's double helix Maurice Wilkins |
| 2015-Jul-13 • 27 minutes James Watt and Steam Power How the engine that powered the industrial revolution nearly ran out of steam |
| 2015-Jul-06 • 27 minutes Sounds Of Space: Deep Space Voyaging further into deep space, with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green. |
| 2015-Jun-29 • 27 minutes Sounds of Space: The Solar System Take a sonic journey through the Solar System with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green |
| 2015-Jun-22 • 27 minutes Future of European Science The European Research Council’s policy of backing high risk, high gain basic science |
| 2015-Jun-15 • 27 minutes The Bone Wars The tale of dinosaur hunters Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh and their legendary feud |
| 2015-Jun-08 • 27 minutes Stephanie Shirley: Software Pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley made a fortune selling computer programmes to companies |
| 2015-Jun-01 • 27 minutes Origins of War Is war a uniquely human act or can its origins be found in our evolutionary past? |
| 2015-May-25 • 27 minutes What the Songbird Said The science of birdsong and its relationship to human language |
| 2015-May-18 • 27 minutes Shedding Light on the Brain Biologists use light to explore the brain - and to alter it |
| 2015-May-11 • 27 minutes Future of Solar Energy Roland Pease explores Perovskite, the new material experts say will transform solar power |
| 2015-May-04 • 27 minutes Scotland's Forgotten Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell How the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell paved the way for today's technology |
| 2015-Apr-27 • 27 minutes Science of Stammering Exploring the condition of stammering, widely misunderstood and occurs in all cultures |
| 2015-Apr-20 • 27 minutes Jane Francis The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili. |
| 2015-Apr-13 • 27 minutes The Teenage Brain: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore A cognitive neuroscientist unlocks the mysteries of the teenage brain |
| 2015-Apr-06 • 27 minutes Matt Taylor The Rosetta comet mission and the man in charge of landing the robot Philae on comet 67P |
| 2015-Mar-30 • 27 minutes John O'Keefe Nobel Prize 2014 winner John O'Keefe on his work on spatial ability and basketball |
| 2015-Mar-23 • 27 minutes Does Money Make you Mean? Hong Kong psychologists test the effects of money from our generosity to agression |
| 2015-Mar-16 • 27 minutes Does Money Make you Mean? Does becoming rich make you less kind to those around you? |
| 2015-Mar-09 • 27 minutes Finding Your Voice The impact of selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking |
| 2015-Mar-02 • 27 minutes Placebo Problem The medical phenomenon of the nocebo effect, the fear that something is harmful |
| 2015-Feb-23 • 27 minutes Throwaway Society 2/2 Can the world’s companies manufacture four times more stuff without gutting the planet? |
| 2015-Feb-16 • 27 minutes Throwaway Society What is swelling the world’s mountain of electrical and electronic waste? |
| 2015-Feb-09 • 27 minutes The Science of Smell Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again |
| 2015-Feb-02 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth |
| 2015-Jan-26 • 27 minutes The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden |
| 2015-Jan-19 • 27 minutes Hot Gossip - Part Two Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip |
| 2015-Jan-12 • 27 minutes Hot Gossip - Part One Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip |
| 2015-Jan-05 • 27 minutes Virtual Therapy Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality |
| 2014-Dec-29 • 27 minutes Animal Personality From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why? |
| 2014-Dec-22 • 27 minutes Can Maths Combat Terrorism? Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates |
| 2014-Dec-15 • 27 minutes New Space to Fly The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes |
| 2014-Dec-08 • 27 minutes Vagus Nerve Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health? |
| 2014-Dec-01 • 27 minutes Elspeth Garman Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter |
| 2014-Nov-24 • 27 minutes Painful Medicine The hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers |
| 2014-Nov-17 • 27 minutes Chris Toumazou European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, on the science of invention |
| 2014-Nov-10 • 27 minutes The Making of the Moon The past, the present and the future of the Moon |
| 2014-Nov-03 • 27 minutes Trauma at War Exploring trauma medicine on the frontline in Afghanistan |
| 2014-Oct-27 • 27 minutes Trauma: The Fight for Life How modern trauma medicine evolved from conflict and catastrophe to help save lives |
| 2014-Oct-20 • 27 minutes Brian Cox Physicist and media star Brian Cox on fame and quantum mechanics |
| 2014-Oct-13 • 27 minutes Urine Trouble: What’s in our Water What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body? |
| 2014-Oct-06 • 27 minutes Patients Doing It for Themselves How patients are taking control of their own treatment and their own clinical trials |
| 2014-Sep-29 • 27 minutes Preventing Disease in Animals The pioneering genetic techniques to combat disease in our livestock |
| 2014-Sep-22 • 27 minutes Beyond the Abyss Exploring the ocean's deepest realm - the Hadal zone, 6,000 to 11,000 metres down |
| 2014-Sep-15 • 27 minutes Power Transmission Could super grids supplying DC electricity be the solution to rising demand for energy? |
| 2014-Sep-08 • 27 minutes Biosafety As mistakes involving deadly pathogens come to light, what lessons will be learnt? |
| 2014-Sep-01 • 27 minutes Mum and Dad and Mum Meet the girl with DNA from three people |
| 2014-Aug-25 • 27 minutes Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part Two The world needs new antibiotics: drug companies don’t want to make them. What next? |
| 2014-Aug-18 • 26 minutes Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part One Why our antibiotics are failing. Is this the end of modern medicine? |
| 2014-Aug-11 • 27 minutes Cosmology Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang? |
| 2014-Aug-04 • 29 minutes Rosetta Mission Arriving At Comet Orbiting and landing on a comet. The most daring science space mission ever? |
| 2014-Jul-28 • 27 minutes Professor Sir Michael Rutter Child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter influenced understanding of autism and behaviour |
| 2014-Jul-21 • 27 minutes What has Happened to El Nino? What is making this year’s predicted El Nino so hard to forecast? |
| 2014-Jul-14 • 27 minutes Swarming Robots Adam Hart on how insect and cell structure research is helping develop swarming robots |
| 2014-Jul-07 • 27 minutes Anaesthesia How do general anaesthetics work in the body? |
| 2014-Jun-30 • 27 minutes Janet Hemingway Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance with Jim al-Khalili |
| 2014-Jun-23 • 27 minutes Ageing and the Brain Do our mental powers really decline in old age? |
| 2014-Jun-16 • 27 minutes Driverless Cars The engineers inventing vehicles that drive themselves |
| 2014-Jun-09 • 27 minutes Driverless Cars The future cars with sensors that can send messages to other cars, trucks and pedestrians |
| 2014-Jun-02 • 27 minutes Taming the Sun ITER, the world's effort to harness nuclear fusion, and the most complex experiment ever |
| 2014-May-26 • 27 minutes Beauty and the Brain Dr Tiffany Jenkins explores what neuroscience knows about art |
| 2014-May-19 • 27 minutes Alf Adams Alf Adams remembers his small idea that changed the world, with Jim Al-Khalili. |
| 2014-May-12 • 27 minutes Mark Miodownik Mark Miodownik talks nuclear weapons, 3D printers and smart materials with Jim Al-Khalili. |
| 2014-May-05 • 27 minutes Sue Black Forensic scientist Sue Black on the clues she uses to identify human bodies |
| 2014-Apr-28 • 27 minutes Whatever Happened to Biofuels - Part Two Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria. |
| 2014-Apr-21 • 27 minutes Whatever Happened to Biofuels? Can we make biofuels from the sugars in the inedible parts of plants? |
| 2014-Apr-14 • 27 minutes Peter Higgs Peter Higgs opens up to Jim Al-Khalili about the Higgs boson. |
| 2014-Apr-07 • 27 minutes Vikram Patel Jim al-Khalili discusses global mental health with psychiatrist Professor Vikram Patel |
| 2014-Mar-31 • 27 minutes Inside the Shark's Mind Can science stop sharks attacking humans? |
| 2014-Mar-24 • 27 minutes The Biology of Freedom Is free will unique to humans or a biological trait that evolved over time? |
| 2014-Mar-17 • 27 minutes Fructose: the Bittersweet Sugar Is fructose a 'toxic additive' or a healthy fruit sugar? |
| 2014-Mar-10 • 27 minutes Hack my Hearing Can hacking hearing aids create a new super sense for people with hearing loss? |
| 2014-Mar-03 • 27 minutes Show me the Way to Go Home How animals navigate, from homing instincts to smell maps and astronomy |
| 2014-Feb-24 • 27 minutes Saving the Oceans - Part Four Aboriginal knowledge and modern science helps to preserve Australia’s marine ecology |
| 2014-Feb-17 • 27 minutes Saving the Oceans - Part Three Commercial fishing’s impact on bird evolution, and the threat of coral eating starfish |
| 2014-Feb-10 • 27 minutes Saving the Oceans - Part Two Saving sharks and snails in the Pacific using modern technology and traditional practice |
| 2014-Feb-03 • 27 minutes Saving the Oceans - Part One Tackling the problems of population and rising seas for the Pacific islands of Kirabati |
| 2014-Jan-27 • 27 minutes Fixing Nitrogen What are alternatives to the process that takes nitrogen from the air to make fertilizer? |
| 2014-Jan-20 • 27 minutes Chronotypes Why are some people 'early birds' while others are 'night owls'? |
| 2014-Jan-13 • 27 minutes Geoengineering Can putting chemicals in the stratosphere to block the sun stop global warming? |
| 2014-Jan-06 • 27 minutes The Return To Mawson's Antarctica - Part Four The mission to rescue the Australian Antarctic Expedition trapped in ice for 10 days |
| 2013-Dec-30 • 27 minutes The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part Three Penguins, seals and a stranded vessel - join the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013 |
| 2013-Dec-23 • 27 minutes The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part Two Could changes in the water underneath the ice have consequences for the world's oceans? |
| 2013-Dec-16 • 27 minutes The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part One Join polar scientists on an expedition to part of Antarctica last explored 100 years ago |
| 2013-Dec-09 • 27 minutes Self-Healing Materials The new materials that can self-mend, from concrete cracks to car paint scratches |
| 2013-Dec-02 • 27 minutes The Power of the Unconscious The crucial role of our unconscious, and how scientists are harnessing its powers |
| 2013-Nov-25 • 27 minutes Gut Microbiota The important relationship between microbes that live in our gut and our health |
| 2013-Nov-18 • 27 minutes Nirvana by Numbers Did the number zero come out of religious culture in ancient India? |
| 2013-Nov-11 • 27 minutes Jenny Graves Prof Jenny Graves on the evolution of sex genes from fauna to the male Y chromosome |
| 2013-Nov-04 • 27 minutes Mike Benton Jim al-Khalili discusses digging up dinosaurs in remote places with Professor Mike Benton |
| 2013-Oct-28 • 27 minutes Joanna Haigh The professor who studies the sun and the impact of its radiation on the Earth's climate |
| 2013-Oct-21 • 27 minutes Russell Foster Professor of circadian neuroscience Russell Foster on how light controls our wellbeing |
| 2013-Oct-14 • 27 minutes Ashes to Ashes Could an emerald coloured beetle wipe out ash trees in Europe? |
| 2013-Oct-07 • 27 minutes Ashes to Ashes Can ash trees be saved from the deadly ash dieback fungus? |
| 2013-Sep-30 • 27 minutes Fracking for Shale Gas What does fracking involve and what impact does it have on the environment? |
| 2013-Sep-23 • 27 minutes The Future of Navigation How robust is GPS and what are the consequences of the system's weaknesses? |
| 2013-Sep-16 • 27 minutes Deep Down Inside How deep brain stimulation is treating Parkinson's and depression |
| 2013-Sep-09 • 27 minutes E-cigarettes Do e-cigarettes really help smokers quit and are they safe? |
| 2013-Sep-02 • 27 minutes Raising Allosaurus Can scientists bring extinct animals back from the dead? |
| 2013-Aug-26 • 27 minutes CERN and Science in Africa The impact of the search for the Higgs boson on science teaching in Africa |
| 2013-Aug-19 • 27 minutes The Story of SARS, Part Two Kevin Fong explores the personal and medical impact of SARS ten years on |
| 2013-Aug-12 • 27 minutes The Story of SARS, Part One Meet the medical staff who fought to contain the spread of this pandemic |
| 2013-Aug-05 • 27 minutes Crossrail: Tunnelling under London How 26 miles of precision engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology |
| 2013-Jul-29 • 27 minutes Oxytocin Can taking the hormone oxytocin make people more sociable, trusting and loving? |
| 2013-Jul-22 • 27 minutes Forecasting Earthquakes Can we ever reliably predict earthquakes to justify the cost of forecasting them? |
| 2013-Jul-15 • 27 minutes Plate Tectonics and Life Plate tectonics: the force that shaped the Earth - and shaped the life on it |
| 2013-Jul-08 • 27 minutes Quorum Sensing Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other? |
| 2013-Jul-01 • 27 minutes Build Me a Brain Scientists connect cultures of living human neurons to robots to see how the brain works |
| 2013-Jun-24 • 27 minutes Solar Max Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth |
| 2013-Jun-17 • 27 minutes Amoret Whitaker Forensic entomologist Amoret Whitaker on insects and their role in solving crimes |
| 2013-Jun-10 • 27 minutes Alan Watson Around a million cosmic rays pass through us every night but where do they come from? |
| 2013-Jun-03 • 27 minutes On The Trail of the American Honeybee Dr Adam Hart explores the impact of migratory bee-keeping in the United States |
| 2013-May-27 • 27 minutes On the Trail of the American Honeybee 1/2 How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops |
| 2013-May-20 • 27 minutes Deep Sea Vents Are newly discovered deep ocean ecosystems threatened by deep sea mining? |
| 2013-May-13 • 27 minutes After Sandy How can science protect New York from future super storms? |
| 2013-May-06 • 27 minutes The Crying Game Why do we cry and why are emotional tears a uniquely human trait? |
| 2013-Apr-29 • 27 minutes A Trip Around Mars - Part Two Canyons, craters and mountains: The spectacular Martian terrain carved by swathes of water |
| 2013-Apr-22 • 27 minutes A Trip Around Mars with Kevin Fong - Part One The alien mountains, canyons and craters that inspire scientists and writers |
| 2013-Apr-15 • 27 minutes Noel Sharkey Jim Al-Khalili talks to roboticist and psychologist, Noel Sharkey. |
| 2013-Apr-08 • 27 minutes Annette Karmiloff-Smith on toddlers and TV Should babies under two watch TV? Jim talks to psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith. |
| 2013-Apr-01 • 27 minutes Premiership Science Like football, science is an international endeavour complete with its own stars. |
| 2013-Mar-18 • 18 minutes What If... We could stay young forever? 3/3 Peter Bowes concludes his exploration of the drive to live longer by looking at diet. |
| 2013-Mar-11 • 18 minutes What If... We could stay young forever? 2/3 Peter Bowes asks if exercise and lifestyle changes hold the key to staying young. |
| 2013-Mar-04 • 18 minutes What If... We could stay young forever? 1/3 Peter Bowes explores how science and lifestyle could hold the promise to staying young. |
| 2013-Feb-25 • 27 minutes What If... We could all become cyborgs? Dr Andrew Holding meets some of the people straddling the line between man and machine. |
| 2013-Feb-18 • 18 minutes Sexual Nature 3/3 Life’s many paths to being female or male: in humans, komodo dragons and transexual fish |
| 2013-Feb-11 • 18 minutes Sexual Nature 2/3 How did sex begin and why do some many species keep doing it? |
| 2013-Feb-04 • 18 minutes Sexual Nature 1/3 Frolicking fossils and suggestive theories - the evolutionary history of sex |
| 2013-Jan-28 • 18 minutes Quantum Biology What is quantum biology and why is it important? |
| 2013-Jan-21 • 18 minutes The ENCODE Project Adam Rutherford reports on the recent discovery that much of our DNA is not useless junk. |
| 2013-Jan-14 • 18 minutes John Gurdon 2012 Nobel Prize winner, John Gurdon, on cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep |
| 2013-Jan-07 • 18 minutes Jared Diamond Jared Diamond on gall bladders, global history and the birds of Papua New Guinea |
| 2012-Dec-31 • 18 minutes The Life Scientific: Andrea Sella - Chemist Jim Al-Khalili meets chemist and science showman Andrea Sella. |
| 2012-Dec-24 • 18 minutes Why do women outlive men Why do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing |
| 2012-Dec-17 • 18 minutes Piltdown Man Piltdown Man – could such a shocking case of scientific fraud happen again? |
| 2012-Dec-10 • 18 minutes Particle Physics What are particle physicists doing after finding the Higgs boson? |
| 2012-Dec-03 • 18 minutes Last Man, First Scientist on the Moon An interview with the only geologist to explore the moon's surface, Harrison Schmitt |
| 2012-Nov-26 • 18 minutes Hallucination 2/2 Geoff Watts explores the science of hallucination. |
| 2012-Nov-19 • 18 minutes Hallucination 1/2 Understanding hallucination may provide new treatments for psychosis and schizophrenia |
| 2012-Nov-12 • 18 minutes The Age We Made How might cities, mobile phones and humans become fossilised in years to come? |
| 2012-Nov-05 • 18 minutes The Age We Made - Part 3 Are humans launching a new geological epoch through species extinction and farming? |
| 2012-Oct-29 • 18 minutes The Age We Made - Part 2 Are humans creating a new geological epoch through climate change and fossil fuels? |
| 2012-Oct-22 • 18 minutes The Age We Made - Part 1 Is humanity launching a new geological age on the Earth? |
| 2012-Oct-15 • 18 minutes End of Drug Discovery Speeding up the drug development process to treat the major diseases facing us |
| 2012-Oct-08 • 18 minutes End of Drug Discovery The long and expensive struggle to get medicines to market |
| 2012-Sep-24 • 18 minutes The sound of deafness The science of hearing; cochlear implants; the sound of deafness |
| 2012-Sep-17 • 18 minutes Darwin's Tunes Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect tune? |
| 2012-Sep-10 • 18 minutes Frankenstein's Moon Lunar and stellar insights on Hamlet and Frankenstein. Astronomy and literature collide. |
| 2012-Sep-07 • 18 minutes Episode 3 Why do we need to send people to explore Mars – and who is likely to take them there? |
| 2012-Sep-03 • 18 minutes The Life Scientific : Lloyd Peck - Antarctic Scientist Jim Al-Khalili meets Antarctic scientist Lloyd Peck and discovers giant sea spiders. |
| 2012-Aug-31 • 18 minutes Episode 2 Can the heroic age of Antarctic exploration show the way back to the moon? |
| 2012-Aug-27 • 18 minutes The Life Scientific : Barbara Sahakian - Neuroscientist Jim Al-Khalili talks to neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian about her Life Scientific. |
| 2012-Aug-17 • 18 minutes Episode 1 Amundsen may have beaten Scott to the South Pole but science was the real winner |
| 2012-Aug-13 • 18 minutes Saving the Ganges River Dolphin On the Brahmaputra, counting and saving the Ganges River Dolphin. |
| 2012-Aug-06 • 18 minutes Nasa's Curiosity robot lands on Mars Nasa's Curiosity robot lands on Mars – the search for extraterrestrial life steps up. |
| 2012-Jul-30 • 18 minutes Future Flight: Prog 2 of 2 Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who are designing flying cars and green aircraft. |
| 2012-Jul-23 • 18 minutes Future Flight: Prog 1 of 2 Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who will transform the way we fly around the world. |
| 2012-Jul-16 • 18 minutes Artificial Photosynthesis Prof Andrea Sella reports on the race to better nature at harnessing the sun's energy. |
| 2012-Jul-09 • 18 minutes Artificial Blood Vivienne Parry meets scientists hoping to create artificial blood. |
| 2012-Jul-02 • 18 minutes Gene Therapy Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis |
| 2012-Jun-25 • 18 minutes Legacy Of Alan Turing - Episode Two Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer. |
| 2012-Jun-18 • 18 minutes Legacy Of Alan Turing - Episode One Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer |
| 2012-Jun-11 • 18 minutes Flu Suppressed research into how bird flu could become more infectious has now been released. |
| 2012-Jun-05 • 18 minutes Transit of Venus 2012 Marek Kukula explores the science behind the Transit of Venus 2012. |
| 2012-May-28 • 18 minutes 28/05/2012 GMT Physicist Tejinder Virdee on the search for the elusive Higgs boson at Cern. |
| 2012-May-21 • 18 minutes Hurricane Rash Kevin Fong looks at the birth of plastic surgery and its links to the air battles of WWII. |
| 2012-May-14 • 18 minutes The Science of Morality Carinne Piekema explores the science of moral behaviour and the ethical issues this raises |
| 2012-May-07 • 18 minutes 1000 Days: A Legacy of Life Could health depend on what happens in the womb? Mark Porter reports on this new idea. |
| 2012-Apr-30 • 18 minutes Scott's Legacy: Programme 3 - Mars Why do we need to send people to explore Mars – and who is likely to take them there? |
| 2012-Apr-23 • 18 minutes Scott's Legacy: Programme 2 - Moon Can the heroic age of Antarctic exploration show the way back to the Moon? |
| 2012-Apr-16 • 18 minutes Scott's Legacy: Programme 1 - Antarctica Amundsen may have beaten Scott to the South Pole but science was the real winner. |
| 2012-Apr-09 • 41 minutes Titanic - In Her Own Words Extended Special re-creating the Titanic Morse code conversation 100 years later. |
| 2012-Apr-02 • 27 minutes The Human Race: Global Body - Sydney Lynne Malcolm discusses what the future holds for the health of the human body. |
| 2012-Mar-26 • 27 minutes The Human Race: Global Body - Los Angeles Lynne Malcolm discovers if the Hollywood dream is true for the million of LA immigrants. |
| 2012-Mar-19 • 27 minutes The Human Race: The Global Body - Manila In Global Body, Lynne Malcolm explores moving to the big city. |
| 2012-Mar-12 • 27 minutes The Human Race: The Global Body - Sri Lanka Lynne Malcolm looks into how the modern world is affecting our biology in Sri Lanka. |
| 2012-Mar-05 • 50 minutes Fukushima nuclear accident The scientific legacy of the Fukushima nuclear accident. |
| 2012-Feb-27 • 27 minutes Episode 2 Rebecca Morelle reports on scientists' discoveries in the deepest parts of the oceans. |
| 2012-Feb-20 • 27 minutes Episode 1 Rebecca Morelle reports on submersibles to travel to the deepest point of the ocean. |
| 2012-Feb-13 • 18 minutes Time Science writer Zeeya Merali joins physicists discussing the nature of time. |
| 2012-Feb-06 • 18 minutes Smart Streets Angela Saini explores the revolution taking place in the streets beneath our feet. |
| 2012-Jan-30 • 18 minutes Depression Geoff Watts meets researchers trying to find a new way to fight depression. |
| 2012-Jan-23 • 18 minutes Depression Geoff Watts meets researchers asking the question: why do we get depressed? |
| 2012-Jan-16 • 17 minutes Seti, the past, present and future Documentary series exploring the past, present and future of Seti. |
| 2012-Jan-09 • 18 minutes Seti, the past, present and future Documentary series exploring the past, present and future of Seti |
| 2012-Jan-02 • 18 minutes Hypersonic Flight Gareth Mitchell asks how near we are to achieving hypersonic flight. |
| 2011-Dec-26 • 18 minutes Spooklights Chemist Andrea Sella investigates things that go flash in the dark. |
| 2011-Dec-19 • 18 minutes 19/12/2011 GMT Higgs particles at CERN. Roland Pease visits the world’s biggest atom smasher. |
| 2011-Dec-12 • 18 minutes Antivirals Kevin Fong looks at new techniques aiming to cure all viral infections. |
| 2011-Dec-05 • 18 minutes 05/12/2011 GMT Vivienne Parry explores the crucial role the hormone leptin plays in the body. |
| 2011-Nov-28 • 18 minutes Antarctic subglacial lake exploration Exploring Antarctica's subglacial lakes for lifeforms new to science. |
| 2011-Nov-21 • 18 minutes Neutrinos Roland Pease investigates if neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light. |
| 2011-Nov-14 • 18 minutes 14/11/2011 GMT Jon Stewart examines how scientists are trying to bridge the gap between robots and humans |
| 2011-Nov-07 • 18 minutes Robots that Care In the first of two programmes, Jon Stewart investigates the rise of social robots. |
| 2011-Oct-31 • 18 minutes India's e-governance project Angela Saini reports from India on the country’s vast e-governance project |
| 2011-Oct-24 • 18 minutes 24/10/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Oct-17 • 18 minutes 17/10/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Oct-10 • 18 minutes 10/10/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Oct-03 • 18 minutes 03/10/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Sep-26 • 18 minutes 26/09/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Sep-19 • 18 minutes 19/09/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Sep-12 • 18 minutes 12/09/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Sep-05 • 18 minutes 05/09/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Aug-29 • 18 minutes 29/08/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Aug-22 • 18 minutes 22/08/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Aug-15 • 18 minutes 15/08/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Aug-08 • 18 minutes 08/08/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Aug-01 • 18 minutes 01/08/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Jul-25 • 18 minutes 25/07/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Jul-18 • 18 minutes 18/07/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Jul-11 • 18 minutes 11/07/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Jul-05 • 18 minutes 04/07/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Jun-27 • 18 minutes 27/06/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Jun-20 • 18 minutes 20/06/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Jun-13 • 18 minutes 13/06/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Jun-06 • 18 minutes 06/06/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-May-30 • 18 minutes 30/05/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-May-23 • 18 minutes 23/05/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-May-16 • 18 minutes 16/05/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-May-09 • 18 minutes 09/05/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-May-02 • 18 minutes 02/05/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Apr-21 • 18 minutes 25/04/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Apr-18 • 18 minutes 18/04/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Apr-11 • 50 minutes The Gagarin Legacy In a special edition, the BBC's Discovery programme marks the 50th anniversary of the world's first manned space flight |
| 2011-Apr-04 • 18 minutes 04/04/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Mar-28 • 18 minutes 28/03/2011 GMT Explorations in the world of science. |
| 2011-Mar-23 • 27 minutes Caught In The Web Vera Frankl investigates 'Internet Addiction', talking to web users and experts from the UK, USA and China. |
| 2011-Mar-16 • 26 minutes Memristors Memristors - the next stage in computer technology, offering faster computing and vastly increased memory. |
| 2011-Mar-09 • 27 minutes Artificial Meat Would you eat artificial meat, grown in a lab? Geoff Watts investigates. |
| 2011-Mar-02 • 27 minutes Fixing the Nitrogen Fix Chemistry's reputation is not always good. Roland Pease asks if chemistry can change its profile and be seen to be green. |
| 2011-Feb-23 • 27 minutes Episode 1 Chemistry's reputation is not always good. Roland Pease asks if chemistry can change its profile and be seen to be green. |
| 2011-Feb-16 • 27 minutes Last Chance To Fly The Space Shuttle As NASA prepares for the final flight of the Space Shuttle program, astronaut Jeff Hoffman looks back on its 30 year history. |
| 2011-Feb-09 • 27 minutes Honey - The Golden Treasure Dr Adam Hart explores the remarkable properties of honey, from its basic chemistry to the biological processes that create it. |
| 2011-Feb-02 • 27 minutes Episode 3 We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison. |
| 2011-Jan-26 • 27 minutes Episode 2 We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison. |
| 2011-Jan-19 • 27 minutes Episode 1 We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison. |
| 2011-Jan-12 • 26 minutes Episode 3 Professor of Acoustic Engineering Trevor Cox talks to musicians and scientists to look at the acoustics of musical instruments. |
| 2011-Jan-05 • 27 minutes Episode 2 Professor of Acoustic Engineering Trevor Cox talks to musicians and scientists to look at the acoustics of musical instruments. |
| 2010-Dec-29 • 27 minutes Episode 1 Professor of Acoustic Engineering Trevor Cox talks to musicians and scientists to look at the acoustics of musical instruments. |
| 2010-Dec-22 • 27 minutes 21/12/2010 GMT Nanoparticles are all around us. What effect could they be having on our environment? |
| 2010-Dec-15 • 27 minutes 14/12/2010 GMT Nanoparticles are all around us. What effect could they be having on our environment? |
| 2010-Dec-08 • 27 minutes Science And Libel Ben Goldacre explores the battle to protect science writers from the threat of libel action. |
| 2010-Nov-24 • 27 minutes Episode 5 - Morten Kringelbach A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the BBC World Service with the Wellcome Collection. |
| 2010-Nov-17 • 26 minutes Episode 4 - Gwen Adshead A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the BBC World Service with the Wellcome Collection. |
| 2010-Nov-10 • 26 minutes Episode 3 - Brian Greene A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the BBC World Service with the Wellcome Collection. |
| 2010-Nov-03 • 26 minutes Episode 2 - Kevin Marsh A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the BBC World Service with the Wellcome Collection. |
| 2010-Oct-27 • 27 minutes Episode 1 - Cynthia Kenyon A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the BBC World Service with the Wellcome Collection. |
| 2010-Oct-20 • 27 minutes The Heart Has Its Reasons Does the head really rule the heart as modern science would tell us? Tim Healey asks if the heart plays a role in our emotions. |
| 2010-Oct-13 • 27 minutes 12/10/2010 GMT Medical sleuths in West Africa make startling discoveries that could change child health care worldwide. |
| 2010-Oct-06 • 26 minutes 05/10/2010 GMT Medical sleuths in West Africa make startling discoveries that could change child health care worldwide. |
| 2010-Sep-29 • 27 minutes Richard Feynman, Physicist Brian Cox presents a tribute to Richard Feynman, widely regarded as the most influential physicist since Einstein. |
| 2010-Sep-22 • 26 minutes The Alien Equation Kevin Fong examines the equation that seeks to answer one of the most profound questions in science: Are we alone in the cosmos? |
| 2010-Sep-15 • 27 minutes Graphene Roland Pease reports on graphene, an atomically thin form of carbon that looks set to transform technology. |
| 2010-Sep-08 • 27 minutes Muscles Vivienne Parry hears how new research into muscle wastage is turning the accepted view of "use it or lose it" on its head. |