Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
Episodes to download
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The Evidence: The Shapeshifting Virus
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Will new vaccines work against the more infectious versions of the coronavirus?
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Science Trumped
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Let science speak, health expert Tony Fauci pleaded last week. So how was it sidelined?
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Plant scientist Dale Sanders
Mon 18 Jan 2021
Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Astrophysicist Andy Fabian
Mon 11 Jan 2021
Professor Andy Fabian on supermassive black holes and their dramatic hold over galaxies
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Marine conservationist Heather Koldewey
Mon 4 Jan 2021
Saving seahorses and turning old fishing nets into luxury carpets.
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Climate meltdown
Mon 28 Dec 2020
Wildfires, floods, hurricanes made 2020 record breaking. What it says about climate change
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Evolutionary biologist Alice Roberts
Mon 21 Dec 2020
What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili
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Steve Haake
Mon 14 Dec 2020
Steve Haake talks to Jim al-Khalili about how technology improves sporting ability
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The Space Burrito
Mon 7 Dec 2020
Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles
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The Evidence: Pandemic rules: follower or flouter?
Sat 28 Nov 2020
Why a sense of “we” rather than “I” makes us more likely to follow pandemic rules
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Broad spectrum
Mon 16 Nov 2020
Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult. She explores how it appears in women
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The Evidence: Are national lockdowns evidence of policy failure?
Sat 31 Oct 2020
Locked in the lockdown cycle – evidence for a more targeted response
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The Evidence: Covid lessons for safe school reopening
Sat 26 Sep 2020
Will schools and colleges reopening fuel Covid-19 spread?
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The growling stomach
Mon 14 Sep 2020
Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?
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Liz Seward
Mon 31 Aug 2020
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Liz Seward, Senior Space Strategist for Airbus Defence and Space.
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Professor Emma Bunce
Mon 24 Aug 2020
Emma Bunce tells Jim Al-Khalili why she is intrigued by the gas giants Jupiter and Neptune
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Frank Kelly
Mon 17 Aug 2020
What difference has lockdown made to our air? Frank Kelly talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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On the menu
Mon 10 Aug 2020
Adam Hart explores our relationship with some of the animal kingdom's deadliest predators
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
