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Preparing for the next pandemic

Scientists warn it鈥檚 not if, but when, another pandemic will hit us

• 50 mins

Tooth and Claw: African Wild Dog

Explorations in the world of science.

• 28 mins

Tooth and Claw: Wasps

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Tooth and Claw: Cougar

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: You've got good genes

The origins of Eugenics and the idea that we could breed ourselves to a brighter future

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: You will not replace us

The rise of the idea that immigrants will out-breed and replace the dominant white 'race'

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: Birth controlled

The women forcibly sterilised against their will and the campaign for birth control

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: Rassenhygiene

The mass sterilisation of those deemed 鈥榰nfit鈥� by the Nazis in the name of eugenics

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: The curse of Mendel

How Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, an insight which inspired eugenics from the 1900s

• 28 mins

Bad Blood: Newgenics

Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?

• 28 mins

The Life Scientific: Tim Lamont

Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs.

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Rebecca Kilner

Jim al-Khalili hears how insects helped Rebecca Kilner solve evolutionary mysteries

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Clifford Johnson

New approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.

• 27 mins

Judith Bunbury: Unearthing the secrets of Ancient Egypt

Dr Judith Bunbury on enriching our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond

• 27 mins

Our Microbes and Our Health

The astonishing and mysterious world of the human microbiome.

• 49 mins

The Case of The Blind Man's Eye

Why can't I see images in my mind?

• 27 mins

The magnetic mystery

The Curious Cases team explore the strange world of magnetism

• 27 mins

The puzzle of the pyramids

The Curious Cases team discovers how Egypt's pyramids were really built.

• 27 mins

The resurrection quest

The Curious Cases team ask if it's possible - or desirable - to bring back extinct species

• 27 mins

The mind-numbing medicine

The Curious Cases team investigate the magical properties of anaesthetics.

• 28 mins

The impossible number

The Curious Cases team get to grips with the very real uses of imaginary numbers

• 27 mins

Lazy guide to exercise

What is the least amount of exercise you can do to still stay healthy?

• 27 mins

Maggots in medicine

The healthcare professionals who are turning to maggot therapy to help clean up wounds

• 28 mins

Food Insecurity

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Fungal pandemic threat

Why invasive fungal infections are on the rise and a potential pandemic could be a threat

• 27 mins

Psychedelics

How psychedelics are shaking up psychiatry

• 27 mins

Sperm counts

Are sperm counts falling?

• 27 mins

Seeing more

The new technologies pushing the boundaries of what we can see, hear, smell, and feel

• 27 mins

Sound solutions

Prof Ben Garrod meets conservationists with sound solutions to protect animal habitats

• 27 mins

Smelly people

Prof Ben Garrod uses new tech to sniff things out, and explores extending our senses

• 27 mins