Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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The Life Scientific: Cathie Sudlow
Jim Al-Khalili discusses population-wide health research with Professor Cathie Sudlow.
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The Life Scientific: Sir Michael Berry
Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry.
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The Life Scientific: Sarah Harper
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sarah Harper about societal ageing and falling fertility
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The Life Scientific: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
Jim al-Khalili discusses monkey infanticide and human parenting with Sarah Hrdy
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The Life Scientific: Edward Witten
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?
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?
James Gallagher delves into the science to find out exactly how much sitting is too much?
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Tooth and Claw: Cheetahs
The fastest land animal in the world 鈥� Adam Hart investigates the cheetah!
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Tooth and Claw: Piranhas
Adam Hart investigates, do these South American fish deserve their frenzied reputation?
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Tooth and Claw: Great White Sharks
Adam Hart investigates the most famous and feared predator in all the ocean!
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Tooth and Claw: Wolverines
Adam Hart investigates, do wolverines deserve their reputation for gluttony and ferocity?
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The Life Scientific: Alex Antonelli
Alex Antonelli on learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change
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The Life Scientific: Paul Murdin
Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole
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The Life Scientific: Bahija Jallal
Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies
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The Life Scientific: Chris Barratt
Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill.
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The Life Scientific: Gideon Henderson
Gideon Henderson on climate 鈥榗locks鈥� and dating ice ages.
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The Life Scientific: Deborah Greaves
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
Erica McAlister on the bee intellect, and the nervous system of the cockroach
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Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle
Erica McAlister on the innocuous black soldier fly and the Namib desert beetle
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Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise
Blowflies may be reviled insects, but they are central to forensic entomology
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Metamorphosis: Drosophila melanogaster, hoverfly
Insights from the insect world including the Drosophila melanogaster and metamorphosis
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Metamorphosis: Jumping fleas and mighty mouthparts
Dr Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insects
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The Life Scientific: Harald Haas
Harald Haas on making waves in light communication.
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The Life Scientific: Anne-Marie Imafidon
Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science.
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The Life Scientific: Anne Ferguson-Smith
Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics.
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The Life Scientific: Bruce Malamud
Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards
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The Life Scientific: Andre Geim
The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene
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In search of stardust
A jazz musician becomes a cosmic dust hunter
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Bodies, brains and computers
How technology is blurring the line between our bodies, our brains, and computers
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Remote touch
Prof Ben Garrod investigates the technology trying to replicate human touch
