The Life Scientific Episodes Available now
Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Should babies under two watch TV? Jim talks to psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
Prof Robert Mair
Robert Mair talks about tunnelling under Big Ben, Crossrail and engineering for the future
Amoret Whitaker
Amoret Whitaker talks about insects and their role in helping solve crimes.
John Gurdon
2012 Nobel Prize winner John Gurdon on cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep.
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond on gall bladders, global history and the birds of Papua New Guinea.
Monica Grady
Jim Al-Khalili and Prof Monica Grady weigh up the evidence for life on Mars.
Hugh Montgomery
Jim Al-Khalili interviews Professor Hugh Montgomery about the gene for fitness.
Sir Mark Walport
Jim Al-Khalili talks to the next government chief scientific advisor, Sir Mark Walport.
Sunetra Gupta
Jim Al-Khalili meets Prof Sunetra Gupta, a scientist and novelist.
David Nutt
Jim Al-Khalili interviews Prof David Nutt about research into drugs and the brain.