Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
Jim al-Khalili and fellow physicists on the beauty and power of equations
21 Dec 2015,·26 mins
The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets.
14 Dec 2015,·26 mins
Retracing the footsteps Alexander Von Humboldt - the forgotten father of environmentalism
07 Dec 2015,·26 mins
Roland Pease looks into the 3.3 million people killed each year by polluted air
30 Nov 2015,·26 mins
Kathy Willis, Director of Science Kew Gardens, discusses biodiversity with Jim al-Khalili
23 Nov 2015,·26 mins
Jim al-Khalili meets Patrick Vallance heading drug development at a pharmaceutical company
16 Nov 2015,·26 mins
Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence
09 Nov 2015,·26 mins
Surfer Helen Scales goes in search of the perfect man-made wave
02 Nov 2015,·26 mins
Can trophy hunting lions be good for conservation?
26 Oct 2015,·26 mins
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in San Francisco to talk alien visitations
19 Oct 2015,·26 mins
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in Chicago, to discuss fossils and evolution
12 Oct 2015,·26 mins
What happens when science meets Hollywood?
05 Oct 2015,·26 mins
Is science a force for good or evil? Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests discuss
28 Sep 2015,·26 mins
Kevin Fong talks to astrophysicist and planet hunter Didier Queloz.
21 Sep 2015,·26 mins
Nasa engineer Anita Sengupta on landing a rover on Mars
14 Sep 2015,·26 mins
Kevin Fong talks to the Indian-born Nobel Laureate Professor Venki Ramakrishnan
07 Sep 2015,·26 mins
Kathryn Maitland has a burning passion to transform clinical research across Africa.
31 Aug 2015,·26 mins
A global perspective on the barriers to women in science.
24 Aug 2015,·26 mins
As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test.
17 Aug 2015,·26 mins
Simon Schaffer tells of the astronomers who grappled with evolution long before Darwin.
10 Aug 2015,·26 mins
Henry Moseley was seen as Britain’s greatest physicist, but was killed in World War One
03 Aug 2015,·26 mins
How William Perkin brought purple to the people in Victorian London
27 Jul 2015,·26 mins
The third man behind the unravelling of DNA's double helix Maurice Wilkins
20 Jul 2015,·26 mins
How the engine that powered the industrial revolution nearly ran out of steam
13 Jul 2015,·26 mins
Voyaging further into deep space, with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green.
06 Jul 2015,·26 mins
Take a sonic journey through the Solar System with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green
29 Jun 2015,·26 mins
The European Research Council’s policy of backing high risk, high gain basic science
22 Jun 2015,·26 mins
The tale of dinosaur hunters Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh and their legendary feud
15 Jun 2015,·26 mins
Dame Stephanie Shirley made a fortune selling computer programmes to companies
08 Jun 2015,·26 mins
Is war a uniquely human act or can its origins be found in our evolutionary past?
01 Jun 2015,·26 mins
