Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene
31 Jul 2023,·27 mins
A jazz musician becomes a cosmic dust hunter
24 Jul 2023,·30 mins
How technology is blurring the line between our bodies, our brains, and computers
17 Jul 2023,·27 mins
Prof Ben Garrod investigates the technology trying to replicate human touch
10 Jul 2023,·27 mins
The feeling of pain or distress associated with environmental change close to your home
08 Jul 2023,·50 mins
Prof Ben Garrod uses new tech to sniff things out, and explores extending our senses
03 Jul 2023,·27 mins
Prof Ben Garrod meets conservationists with sound solutions to protect animal habitats
26 Jun 2023,·27 mins
The new technologies pushing the boundaries of what we can see, hear, smell, and feel
19 Jun 2023,·27 mins
Are sperm counts falling?
12 Jun 2023,·27 mins
How psychedelics are shaking up psychiatry
05 Jun 2023,·27 mins
Why invasive fungal infections are on the rise and a potential pandemic could be a threat
29 May 2023,·27 mins
22 May 2023,·27 mins
The healthcare professionals who are turning to maggot therapy to help clean up wounds
15 May 2023,·28 mins
What is the least amount of exercise you can do to still stay healthy?
08 May 2023,·27 mins
The Curious Cases team get to grips with the very real uses of imaginary numbers
01 May 2023,·27 mins
The Curious Cases team investigate the magical properties of anaesthetics.
24 Apr 2023,·28 mins
The Curious Cases team ask if it's possible - or desirable - to bring back extinct species
17 Apr 2023,·27 mins
The Curious Cases team discovers how Egypt's pyramids were really built.
10 Apr 2023,·27 mins
The Curious Cases team explore the strange world of magnetism
03 Apr 2023,·27 mins
Why can't I see images in my mind?
27 Mar 2023,·27 mins
The astonishing and mysterious world of the human microbiome.
25 Mar 2023,·49 mins
Dr Judith Bunbury on enriching our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond
20 Mar 2023,·27 mins
New approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.
13 Mar 2023,·27 mins
Jim al-Khalili hears how insects helped Rebecca Kilner solve evolutionary mysteries
06 Mar 2023,·27 mins
Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs.
27 Feb 2023,·27 mins
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
20 Feb 2023,·28 mins
How Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, an insight which inspired eugenics from the 1900s
13 Feb 2023,·28 mins
The mass sterilisation of those deemed ‘unfit’ by the Nazis in the name of eugenics
06 Feb 2023,·27 mins
The women forcibly sterilised against their will and the campaign for birth control
30 Jan 2023,·27 mins
The rise of the idea that immigrants will out-breed and replace the dominant white 'race'
23 Jan 2023,·27 mins
