Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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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.
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The Life Scientific: Sarah Harper
Mon 15 Jan 2024
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sarah Harper about societal ageing and falling fertility
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The Life Scientific: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Mon 8 Jan 2024
Jim al-Khalili discusses monkey infanticide and human parenting with Sarah Hrdy
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The Life Scientific: Edward Witten
New Year's Day 2024
Physicist Edward Witten on M-Theory, the leading contender for a 'theory of everything'
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What's stopping us from exercising in older age?
Christmas Day 2023
James Gallagher tries to understand what holds us back from exercise as we age.
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When does sitting become bad for health?
Mon 18 Dec 2023
James Gallagher delves into the science to find out exactly how much sitting is too much?
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Putting the Mouth Back into the Body
Tue 12 Dec 2023
A look at the evidence that links the health of our mouths with the rest of our bodies.
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Tooth and Claw: Cheetahs
Mon 11 Dec 2023
The fastest land animal in the world 鈥� Adam Hart investigates the cheetah!
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Tooth and Claw: Piranhas
Mon 4 Dec 2023
Adam Hart investigates, do these South American fish deserve their frenzied reputation?
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Tooth and Claw: Great White Sharks
Mon 27 Nov 2023
Adam Hart investigates the most famous and feared predator in all the ocean!
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Tooth and Claw: Wolverines
Mon 20 Nov 2023
Adam Hart investigates, do wolverines deserve their reputation for gluttony and ferocity?
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The Life Scientific: Alex Antonelli
Mon 13 Nov 2023
Alex Antonelli on learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change
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The Life Scientific: Paul Murdin
Mon 6 Nov 2023
Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole
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The Life Scientific: Bahija Jallal
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies
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The Life Scientific: Chris Barratt
Mon 23 Oct 2023
Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill.
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The Life Scientific: Gideon Henderson
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Gideon Henderson on climate 鈥榗locks鈥� and dating ice ages.
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The Life Scientific: Deborah Greaves
Mon 9 Oct 2023
Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Deborah Greaves about wave energy and her love of the sea.
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Metamorphosis: Bee brains and the cockroach
Mon 2 Oct 2023
Erica McAlister on the bee intellect, and the nervous system of the cockroach
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The Evidence: Is the world becoming more allergic?
Mon 2 Oct 2023
Exploring the effect science has on the world around us
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Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle
Mon 25 Sep 2023
Erica McAlister on the innocuous black soldier fly and the Namib desert beetle
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!
