Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Brian Greene
Brian Greene studies the universe at the largest and smallest scales imaginable.
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Jane Goodall
Jane Goodall describes her life with the wild chimpanzees of Gombe.
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Science of Dad
Dr Oscar Duke discovers how pregnancy, birth and childcare affect the father
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Ignaz Semmelweiss: The hand washer
Lindsey Fitzharris tells the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss, the hand washer
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Desert locust swarms
A second wave of locusts threatens crops in East Africa. Scientists lead the fightback
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Anne Magurran
Anne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity.
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Richard Wiseman
How to spot a liar. Professor Richard Wiseman tells Jim Al-Khalili
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Professor Saiful Islam
Professor Saiful Islam on the materials that make renewable energy possible.
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Elizabeth Fisher: Chromosomes in mice and men
Elizabeth Fisher on the role of chromosomes in conditions like Down and Turner syndrome
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Adrian Owen
Adrian Owen tells Jim Al-Khalili about his search for awareness in brain-injured patients.
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Professor Martha Clokie
Professor Martha Clokie tells how she found viruses that destroy antibiotic-resistant bugs
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Demis Hassabis
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Deep Mind, tells Jim Al-Khalili why he wants to create AI
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Stem cells: Hope and hype
USA and Australia battle the unregulated stem cell clinic boom
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Stem cell hard sell
How risky are stem cell injections?
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Ecological grief
How is climate change affecting people's mental health?
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The misinformation virus
Why fake science spreads faster online than the truth
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The silence of the genes
James Gallagher tells the story of new lifesaving drugs that interfere with genes.
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Alexis Carrel and the immortal chicken heart
Philip Ball tells the tale of Alexis Carrel鈥檚 immortal chicken heart
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Ramon Llull: Medieval prophet of computer science
Philip Ball tells the story of Ramon Llull, the medieval prophet of computer science
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Ignaz Semmelweiss: The hand washer
Lindsey Fitzharris tells the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss, the hand washer
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Madame Lavoisier's Translation of Oxygen
Explorations in the world of science.
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Galileo's lost letter
Galileo's lost letter questions how he challenged the Church. With Philip Ball.
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Robin Dunbar
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Robin Dunbar about his work on maintaining friendships.
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Katherine Joy
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Katherine Joy about her work with moon rock.
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Sir Gregory Winter
Jim Al-Khalili speaks to the 2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner, Sir Gregory Winter.
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Turi King: Solving the mystery of Richard III through DNA
DNA detective Turi King discusses her life scientific with Jim al-Khalili.
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Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson
How Richard Thompson alerted the world to the micro-plastics in the ocean.
