Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
The science of birdsong and its relationship to human language
25 May 2015,·26 mins
Biologists use light to explore the brain - and to alter it
18 May 2015,·26 mins
Roland Pease explores Perovskite, the new material experts say will transform solar power
11 May 2015,·26 mins
How the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell paved the way for today's technology
04 May 2015,·26 mins
Exploring the condition of stammering, widely misunderstood and occurs in all cultures
27 Apr 2015,·26 mins
The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
20 Apr 2015,·26 mins
A cognitive neuroscientist unlocks the mysteries of the teenage brain
13 Apr 2015,·26 mins
The Rosetta comet mission and the man in charge of landing the robot Philae on comet 67P
06 Apr 2015,·26 mins
Nobel Prize 2014 winner John O'Keefe on his work on spatial ability and basketball
30 Mar 2015,·26 mins
Hong Kong psychologists test the effects of money from our generosity to agression
23 Mar 2015,·26 mins
Does becoming rich make you less kind to those around you?
16 Mar 2015,·26 mins
The impact of selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking
09 Mar 2015,·26 mins
The medical phenomenon of the nocebo effect, the fear that something is harmful
02 Mar 2015,·26 mins
Can the world’s companies manufacture four times more stuff without gutting the planet?
23 Feb 2015,·26 mins
What is swelling the world’s mountain of electrical and electronic waste?
16 Feb 2015,·26 mins
Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again
09 Feb 2015,·26 mins
Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth
02 Feb 2015,·26 mins
Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden
26 Jan 2015,·26 mins
Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip
19 Jan 2015,·26 mins
Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip
12 Jan 2015,·26 mins
Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality
05 Jan 2015,·26 mins
From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?
29 Dec 2014,·26 mins
Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates
22 Dec 2014,·26 mins
The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes
15 Dec 2014,·26 mins
Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?
08 Dec 2014,·26 mins
Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter
01 Dec 2014,·26 mins
The hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers
24 Nov 2014,·26 mins
European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, on the science of invention
17 Nov 2014,·26 mins
The past, the present and the future of the Moon
10 Nov 2014,·26 mins
Exploring trauma medicine on the frontline in Afghanistan
03 Nov 2014,·26 mins
