Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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The Life Scientific: Charles Godfray
Explorations in the world of science.
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The Life Scientific
Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies
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Fed: Beyond the bird
Dr Chris van Tulleken wrestles with the thorny issue of animal slaughter
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Fed: Big chicken
Dr Chris van Tulleken ponders the global cost of keeping the world in wings
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Fed: The fast food trap
Dr Chris van Tulleken gets a taste of a guilty pleasure - sinful yet delicious fast food
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Fed: Fine Print
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
Dr Chris van Tulleken asks whether we can raise a chicken that's good for the planet.
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Fed: U OK Hen?
Dr Chris van Tulleken explores what it takes to make a chicken happy.
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Fed: A Chicken and Egg Story
How human innovation turned chicken from backyard bird to multi-billion dollar industry.
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Fed: The invention of chicken
Dr Chris van Tulleken discovers how we changed chicken, and how chicken changed us
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Unstoppable: Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Unstoppable: Olga Gonz谩lez-Sanabria
Olga Gonz谩lez-Sanabria's work was instrumental for International Space Station
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Unstoppable: Asima Chatterjee
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Unstoppable: Florence Bell
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Unstoppable: Nzambi Matee
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Unstoppable: Hedy Lamarr
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Obsessed with the Quest: Humpback Heat Run
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
What does it mean to be a chimpanzee? And following the monarch butterfly migration.
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Wild Inside: The sea lion
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin (and blubber) of the California sea lion
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Wild Inside: The aphid
Insights into the anatomy and physiology of the tiny sap-sucking aphid
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Wild Inside: The Bearded Vulture
Explorations in the world of science.
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Wild Inside: The Red Kangaroo
Explorations in the world of science.
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Uncharted: Access denied
What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?
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Uncharted: The gossip mill
Gossip and rumour can affect morale but can the science of networks explain why?
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Uncharted: The happiness curve
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
Two couples brought together by a tragedy and a tatty piece of paper with a serial number
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Uncharted: The returning soldier
Uncharted with Hannah Fry
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The Life Scientific: Michael Wooldridge
Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI
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The Life Scientific: Mercedes Maroto-Valer
Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful.
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The Life Scientific: Sir Harry Bhadeshia
Sir Harry Bhadeshia on his work in metallurgy and choreographing crystalline structures.
