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Series 2

Episode 14

Pennie Latin visits the Edinburgh Science Festival to explore male and female brains.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Handedness

Pennie Latin explores what determines handedness and the effects of hand dominance.

• 28 mins

Series 3

The Flu Virus

Pennie Latin hears why flu is a worldwide problem and learns about the battle against it.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Peter Higgs

Pennie Latin meets Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs.

• 28 mins

Series 3

The Psychology of Cheating

Pennie Latin explores what drives people to deceive, dupe and defraud.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Lee Cronin

Pennie Latin meets Professor Lee Cronin, who talks about recreating the origins of life.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Biometrics

Pennie Latin explores the personal world of biometrics.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Dame Anne Glover

Pennie Latin talks to Professor Dame Anne Glover about communicating science.

• 28 mins

Series 3

The Queensferry Crossing

Pennie Latin explores the science involved in the construction of the Queensferry Crossing

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Andrew Morris

Professor Andrew Morris talks about how access to personal data has changed healthcare.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Hydrogen power

Pennie Latin explores whether hydrogen could be the power source of the future.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Geoff Palmer

Pennie Latin talks to Geoff Palmer, the UK's first professor of brewing and distilling.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Rank and Hierarchy

Pennie Latin looks at the role of rank and hierarchy in society.

• 28 mins

Memories are made of this

Pennie Latin explores how the brain makes and retrieves memories.

• 28 mins

Series 4

The Selfie

Pennie Latin explores whether there is more to a selfie than mere self-obsession.

• 28 mins

Series 4

The Anatomy of a Stroke

Pennie Latin explores what happens inside the brain during a stroke.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Professor Iain Stewart

Pennie Latin meets Iain Stewart, professor of geoscience communication.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Urban Mining

Pennie Latin explores how gold is being recovered from unused smartphones.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Antimicrobial Resistance

Pennie Latin looks at how Scotland is trying to fight antimicrobial resistance.

• 28 mins

Series 4

The Northern Lights

Pennie Latin meets Dr Melanie Windridge to hear about the science of the Northern Lights.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Soundscape Ecology

Pennie Latin explores how sound reflects the evolving world we live in.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Professor Richard Morris

Pennie Latin talks to Prof Richard Morris about how the brain and memory create identity.

• 28 mins

Series 4

The Moon

Pennie Latin looks at the race to return to the moon.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Fracking

Pennie Latin explores the science of fracking.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Professor Vincent Janik

Pennie Latin explores dolphin communication with Professor Vincent Janik.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Professor Lorna Dawson

Pennie Latin meets forensic soil scientist Professor Lorna Dawson.

• 28 mins

Series 5

The Adolescent Brain

Pennie Latin examines how our brains evolve and develop as we go through adolescence.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Snow and Ice

Pennie Latin explores the science of snow and ice.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Child Tissue Donation

Pennie Latin talks to Sarah Gray about donating her child's tissue to scientific research.

• 28 mins

Series 5

The Scottish Wildcat

Pennie Latin explores efforts to save the endangered Scottish Wildcat.

• 28 mins