The Life Scientific Episodes Episode guide
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Theresa Marteau on how to change behaviour
Prof Dame Theresa Marteau tells Jim Al-Khalili about her life and work.
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Mark Spencer on how plants solve crimes
Inside the mind of a forensic botanist, Mark Spencer.
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Sarah Bridle on the carbon footprint of food
Why did a rising star in the study of dark energy turn her attention to climate change?
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Richard Bentall on the causes of mental ill health
Why madness is in the world not in us. Prof Richard Bentall talks about his life and work.
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Jane Hurst on the secret life of mice
Jane Hurst reveals how mice are ruled by their noses.
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Anne Johnson on the importance of public health
From HIV to influenza and Covid-19, why prevention is better than cure.
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Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat
Giles Yeo reveals the role our genes play in the obesity epidemic.
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Cath Noakes on making buildings Covid-safe
How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens.
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Chris Jackson on sustainable geology
Geologist Chris Jackson on the earth's past, deep salt and abseiling into a volcano.
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Neil Ferguson on modelling Covid-19
Predicting the spread of Covid-19. Neil Ferguson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about lockdown.
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Sarah Gilbert on developing a vaccine for Covid-19
How did Sarah Gilbert get so far, so fast in developing a vaccine for Covid-19?
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Steve Haake on technology, sport and health
Steve Haake talks to Jim al-Khalili about how technology improves sporting ability.
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Francesca Happ茅 on autism
Francesca Happ茅 talks to Jim al-Khalili about the abilities of people with autism.
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Heather Koldewey on marine conservation
Saving seahorses and turning old fishing nets into luxury carpets.
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Dale Sanders on feeding the world
Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Andy Fabian on black holes
Professor Andy Fabian on supermassive black holes and their dramatic hold over galaxies.
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Alice Roberts on bones
What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili.
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Clifford Stott on riot prevention
How to stop peaceful protests turning into riots.
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Emma Bunce on the gas giants
Professor Emma Bunce shares her passion for Jupiter and Neptune with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Jane Goodall on living with wild chimpanzees
Jane Goodall describes her life with the wild chimpanzees of Gombe.
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Liz Seward and the dream of spaceflight
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Liz Seward about designing spacecraft.
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Frank Kelly on air pollution
The impact of lockdown on the quality of the air we breathe.
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Debbie Pain on conserving globally threatened bird species
Professor Debbie Pain talks to Jim Al-Khalili about conserving our endangered birdlife.
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Jim McDonald on power networks
Is the National Grid fit for purpose? Jim McDonald talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Brian Greene on how the universe is made of string
Is the universe really made of string? Physicist Brian Greene talks to Jim Al Khalili.
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Matthew Cobb on how we detect smells
What maggots teach us about our sense of smell. Prof Matthew Cobb tells Jim Al-Khalli
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Anya Hurlbert on seeing colour
Anya Hurlbert tells Jim Al-Khalili how colours are made in the mind.
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Myles Allen on understanding climate change
The physicist behind net zero. Prof Myles Allen talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Optical communications pioneer Polina Bayvel
The invention of the optical fibres that makes ultra-fast broadband possible.
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2019 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, Sir Peter Ratcliffe
The 2019 Nobel Prize-winner Sir Peter Ratcliffe on living with low oxygen.
