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Erica McAlister
Dr Erica McAlister talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the beautiful world of flies.
12 Aug 2019,26 mins
Richard Peto
Epidemiologist Richard Peto talks about his work on the links between tobacco and disease.
05 Aug 2019,26 mins
Lovelock at 100: Gaia on Gaia
James Lovelock on how he developed Gaia theory.
29 Jul 2019,26 mins
What next for the Moon?
The Moon rush is back. And everyone is a player. Roland Pease looks at the new space race
22 Jul 2019,26 mins
Irene Tracey on pain in the brain
Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain.
15 Jul 2019,26 mins
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.
08 Jul 2019,26 mins
Vaccination: The Global Picture
Global attitudes towards vaccines
From New York to Madagascar: attitudes to vaccines around the world
24 Jun 2019,26 mins
Vaccination: The Global Picture
Can psychology boost vaccination rates?
Is compulsory vaccination necessary or can gentle persuasion boost immunisation rates?
01 Jul 2019,26 mins
Why do birds sing?
6/6 And why does the human voice change as we age?
17 Jun 2019,27 mins
Does infinity exist?
Rutherford and Fry embark on a never-ending quest for infinite knowledge
10 Jun 2019,26 mins
Why do we get déjà vu?
4/6 Plus is anything really random?
03 Jun 2019,26 mins
Will we ever find alien life?
3/6 Where are we looking for alien life and what are the chances of finding it?
27 May 2019,27 mins
Why people have different pain thresholds
2/6 Plus, how fast can a human run?
20 May 2019,26 mins
How do instruments make music?
1/6 Why do different musical instruments sound unique?
13 May 2019,28 mins
A sense of time
Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me?
06 May 2019,26 mins
Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes
Jim al-Khalili talks chimp gestures with Dr Cat Hobaiter
29 Apr 2019,26 mins
Carlo Rovelli on rethinking the nature of time
Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli on why time is not what it seems
22 Apr 2019,26 mins
Corinne Le Quéré on carbon and climate
Corinne Le Quéré on carbon and the global climate
15 Apr 2019,26 mins
Ken Gabriel on why your smartphone is smart
Ken Gabriel on inventing micro devices found in smartphones
08 Apr 2019,26 mins
Donna Strickland and extremely powerful lasers
Donna Strickland on inventing extremely powerful lasers and winning a Nobel Prize
01 Apr 2019,26 mins
Unbottling the past
The discovery and recreation of an iconic perfume formula for Soir de Paris
25 Mar 2019,26 mins
California burning
Roland Pease investigates the growing fire hazard in California
18 Mar 2019,26 mins
ShakeAlertLA - California’s earthquake early warning system
The mobile app that will warn southern Californians if an earthquake is heading their way
11 Mar 2019,26 mins
Chemists' Dirty Secrets
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
25 Feb 2019,26 mins
Chemists' Dirty Secrets
From the Cold War to the present day
The role chemists have played in the development of chemical weapons
04 Mar 2019,26 mins
The Chase
Eye in the Sky
SOFIA is a flying observatory setting out to study Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon
28 Jan 2019,26 mins
The Chase
Back from the Dead
The hunt for the Night Parrot: a fat, dumpy, green parrot that lives in the desert
04 Feb 2019,26 mins
The Chase
Trouble in paradise
How scientists are trying to eradicate rats and mosquitoes threatening French Polynesia
11 Feb 2019,26 mins
The Chase
Tracks across time
Scientists race to save a set of 95-million-year-old footprints
18 Feb 2019,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 7
Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms
Two thousand years ago Lucretius composed about atoms and the natural world
07 Jan 2019,26 mins