Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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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
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Uncharted: The gossip mill
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Gossip and rumour can affect morale but can the science of networks explain why?
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Uncharted: The happiness curve
Mon 11 Mar 2024
Do orangutans, or humans, experience a midlife crisis? And, why happiness is U shaped
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Uncharted: The doctor will see you now
Mon 4 Mar 2024
Two couples brought together by a tragedy and a tatty piece of paper with a serial number
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The Life Scientific: Michael Wooldridge
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI
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The Life Scientific: Mercedes Maroto-Valer
Mon 12 Feb 2024
Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful.
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The Life Scientific: Sir Harry Bhadeshia
Mon 5 Feb 2024
Sir Harry Bhadeshia on his work in metallurgy and choreographing crystalline structures.
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The Life Scientific: Cathie Sudlow
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Jim Al-Khalili discusses population-wide health research with Professor Cathie Sudlow.
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The Life Scientific: Sir Michael Berry
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry.
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!
