Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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The Life Scientific: Mike Edmunds
Mon 23 Sep 2024
What is the universe made of? Where does space dust come from? Prof Mike Edmunds tackles
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The Life Scientific: Fiona Rayment
Mon 9 Sep 2024
Fiona Rayment on the applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond.
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The Life Scientific
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies
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Fed: Beyond the bird
Mon 12 Aug 2024
Dr Chris van Tulleken wrestles with the thorny issue of animal slaughter
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Fed: Big chicken
Mon 5 Aug 2024
Dr Chris van Tulleken ponders the global cost of keeping the world in wings
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Fed: The fast food trap
Mon 29 Jul 2024
Dr Chris van Tulleken gets a taste of a guilty pleasure - sinful yet delicious fast food
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The Evidence: Salt
Tue 23 Jul 2024
You eat it every day, but how much do you know about the incredible science of salt?
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Fed: Fine Print
Mon 22 Jul 2024
Dr Chris van Tulleken asks if we can trust what's on the label when it comes to food.
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Fed: The Ethical Consumer's Dilemma
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Dr Chris van Tulleken asks whether we can raise a chicken that's good for the planet.
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Fed: A Chicken and Egg Story
Mon 1 Jul 2024
How human innovation turned chicken from backyard bird to multi-billion dollar industry.
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Fed: The invention of chicken
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Dr Chris van Tulleken discovers how we changed chicken, and how chicken changed us
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Unstoppable: Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner
Mon 17 Jun 2024
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Unstoppable: Olga Gonz谩lez-Sanabria
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Olga Gonz谩lez-Sanabria's work was instrumental for International Space Station
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Unstoppable: Asima Chatterjee
Mon 3 Jun 2024
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Unstoppable: Florence Bell
Mon 27 May 2024
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Unstoppable: Nzambi Matee
Mon 20 May 2024
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Unstoppable: Hedy Lamarr
Mon 13 May 2024
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Obsessed with the Quest: Humpback Heat Run
Mon 6 May 2024
Filming the humpback heat run and exploring the deepest points of our oceans.
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Obsessed with the Quest: Inside the Minds of Chimpanzees
Mon 29 Apr 2024
What does it mean to be a chimpanzee? And following the monarch butterfly migration.
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Wild Inside: The sea lion
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin (and blubber) of the California sea lion
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Wild Inside: The aphid
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Insights into the anatomy and physiology of the tiny sap-sucking aphid
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Uncharted: Access denied
Mon 25 Mar 2024
What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?
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The Evidence: The science of the menopause
Thu 21 Mar 2024
How is the menopause viewed around the world? Claudia Hammond unpacks the latest science
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
