Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles
07 Dec 2020,·27 mins
What are ligons and tigers? What is a species?
30 Nov 2020,·27 mins
Why a sense of “we” rather than “I” makes us more likely to follow pandemic rules
28 Nov 2020,·51 mins
When and how is the universe going to end?
23 Nov 2020,·27 mins
Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult. She explores how it appears in women
16 Nov 2020,·26 mins
Birds are changing their tunes
09 Nov 2020,·26 mins
Touch hunger
Why we’re starved of touch
12 Oct 2020,·26 mins
Unwanted touch
How can we stop unwanted touch?
19 Oct 2020,·26 mins
Affectionate touch
How we experience gentle touch
26 Oct 2020,·26 mins
Digital touch
Can touch be replicated digitally?
02 Nov 2020,·26 mins
Locked in the lockdown cycle – evidence for a more targeted response
31 Oct 2020,·51 mins
Why Chile has a megadrought
05 Oct 2020,·26 mins
What’s the point of wasps?
28 Sep 2020,·27 mins
Will schools and colleges reopening fuel Covid-19 spread?
26 Sep 2020,·50 mins
Can we make it rain?
21 Sep 2020,·27 mins
Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?
14 Sep 2020,·27 mins
How will NASA’s latest robot rover search for life on Mars?
07 Sep 2020,·26 mins
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Liz Seward, Senior Space Strategist for Airbus Defence and Space.
31 Aug 2020,·26 mins
Emma Bunce tells Jim Al-Khalili why she is intrigued by the gas giants Jupiter and Neptune
24 Aug 2020,·26 mins
What difference has lockdown made to our air? Frank Kelly talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
17 Aug 2020,·26 mins
Adam Hart explores our relationship with some of the animal kingdom's deadliest predators
10 Aug 2020,·26 mins
Twenty years of the Human Genome Project
03 Aug 2020,·26 mins
Brian Greene studies the universe at the largest and smallest scales imaginable.
27 Jul 2020,·26 mins
Jane Goodall describes her life with the wild chimpanzees of Gombe.
20 Jul 2020,·26 mins
Toothbrush
Katy Brand investigates the toothbrush from its humble start, as a stick, to the present.
08 Jun 2020,·26 mins
High heel
Katy Brand tracks the extraordinary life of the high heel, from past to the present.
15 Jun 2020,·26 mins
Fork
Katy Brand explores the life of the unsung hero of the cutlery world – the fork.
22 Jun 2020,·26 mins
Wine glass
Katy Brand toasts the wine glass, learning why it became the gargantuan glass it is today
29 Jun 2020,·26 mins
Toilet
Katy Brand reveals how attitudes to the toilet have shaped it's place in history.
06 Jul 2020,·26 mins
Bed
Katy Brand reveals how our attitudes to sleep, sex and status are played out in the bed.
13 Jul 2020,·26 mins
