Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Birds: singing for survival
Birds are changing their tunes
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Megadrought in Chile
Why Chile has a megadrought
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The sting in the tail
What鈥檚 the point of wasps?
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The seeded cloud
Can we make it rain?
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The growling stomach
Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?
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Return to Mars
How will NASA鈥檚 latest robot rover search for life on Mars?
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Liz Seward
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Liz Seward, Senior Space Strategist for Airbus Defence and Space.
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Professor Emma Bunce
Emma Bunce tells Jim Al-Khalili why she is intrigued by the gas giants Jupiter and Neptune
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Frank Kelly
What difference has lockdown made to our air? Frank Kelly talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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On the menu
Adam Hart explores our relationship with some of the animal kingdom's deadliest predators
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Human Genome Project's 20th Anniversary
Twenty years of the Human Genome Project
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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?
