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    Protecting heads in sports

    How science and technology could protect sportsmen and women from traumatic brain injury

  3. Preventing pesticide poisoning

    How banning pesticides in Sri Lanka led to a massive drop in suicides

  4. The power of peace

    Lucy Cooke discovers whether it's better to fight or make peace in the animal kingdom

  5. The power of petite

    Lucy Cooke discovers why being small can give you a step up on the evolutionary ladder

  6. The power of deceit

    Lucy Cooke discovers why being a bit sneaky may be an excellent evolutionary strategy.

  7. Patient Undone

    Prof Deborah Bowman reveals how a cancer diagnosis transformed her view of medical ethics

  8. The Great Science Publishing Scandal

    Matthew Cobb asks who owns research. Scientists, publishers or the public?

  9. Erica McAlister

    Dr Erica McAlister talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the beautiful world of flies.

  10. Richard Peto

    Epidemiologist Richard Peto talks about his work on the links between tobacco and disease.

  11. Lovelock at 100: Gaia on Gaia

    James Lovelock on how he developed Gaia theory.

  12. What next for the Moon?

    The Moon rush is back. And everyone is a player. Roland Pease looks at the new space race

  13. Irene Tracey on pain in the brain

    Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain.

  14. Paul Davies on the origin of life and the evolution of cancer

    Paul Davies talks to Jim al-Khalili about the origin of life and the search for aliens.

  16. Why do birds sing?

    6/6 And why does the human voice change as we age?

  17. Does infinity exist?

    Rutherford and Fry embark on a never-ending quest for infinite knowledge

  18. Why do we get d茅j脿 vu?

    4/6 Plus is anything really random?

  19. Will we ever find alien life?

    3/6 Where are we looking for alien life and what are the chances of finding it?

  20. Why people have different pain thresholds

    2/6 Plus, how fast can a human run?

  21. How do instruments make music?

    1/6 Why do different musical instruments sound unique?

  22. A sense of time

    Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me?

  23. Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes

    Jim al-Khalili talks chimp gestures with Dr Cat Hobaiter

  24. Carlo Rovelli on rethinking the nature of time

    Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli on why time is not what it seems

  25. Corinne Le Qu茅r茅 on carbon and climate

    Corinne Le Qu茅r茅 on carbon and the global climate

  26. Ken Gabriel on why your smartphone is smart

    Ken Gabriel on inventing micro devices found in smartphones

  27. Donna Strickland and extremely powerful lasers

    Donna Strickland on inventing extremely powerful lasers and winning a Nobel Prize

  28. Unbottling the past

    The discovery and recreation of an iconic perfume formula for Soir de Paris

  29. California burning

    Roland Pease investigates the growing fire hazard in California

  30. ShakeAlertLA - California鈥檚 earthquake early warning system

    The mobile app that will warn southern Californians if an earthquake is heading their way

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