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Discovery Episodes

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    Future of Solar Energy

    Roland Pease explores Perovskite, the new material experts say will transform solar power

  2. Scotland's Forgotten Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell

    How the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell paved the way for today's technology

  3. Science of Stammering

    Exploring the condition of stammering, widely misunderstood and occurs in all cultures

  4. Jane Francis

    The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

  5. The Teenage Brain: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

    A cognitive neuroscientist unlocks the mysteries of the teenage brain

  6. Matt Taylor

    The Rosetta comet mission and the man in charge of landing the robot Philae on comet 67P

  7. John O'Keefe

    Nobel Prize 2014 winner John O'Keefe on his work on spatial ability and basketball

  8. Does Money Make you Mean?

    Hong Kong psychologists test the effects of money from our generosity to agression

  9. Does Money Make you Mean?

    Does becoming rich make you less kind to those around you?

  10. Finding Your Voice

    The impact of selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking

  11. Placebo Problem

    The medical phenomenon of the nocebo effect, the fear that something is harmful

  12. Throwaway Society 2/2

    Can the world鈥檚 companies manufacture four times more stuff without gutting the planet?

  13. Throwaway Society

    What is swelling the world鈥檚 mountain of electrical and electronic waste?

  14. The Science of Smell

    Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again

  15. The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey

    Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth

  16. The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence

    Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden

  17. Hot Gossip - Part Two

    Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip

  18. Hot Gossip - Part One

    Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip

  19. Virtual Therapy

    Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality

  20. Animal Personality

    From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?

  21. Can Maths Combat Terrorism?

    Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates

  22. New Space to Fly

    The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes

  23. Vagus Nerve

    Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?

  24. Elspeth Garman

    Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter

  25. Painful Medicine

    The hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers

  26. Chris Toumazou

    European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, on the science of invention

  27. The Making of the Moon

    The past, the present and the future of the Moon

  28. Trauma at War

    Exploring trauma medicine on the frontline in Afghanistan

  29. Trauma: The Fight for Life

    How modern trauma medicine evolved from conflict and catastrophe to help save lives

  30. Brian Cox

    Physicist and media star Brian Cox on fame and quantum mechanics

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