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Explorations in the world of science.

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Future vaccines
How the pandemic will change the vaccine landscape
06 Sep 2021,33 mins
Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why.
30 Aug 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: How will the pandemic end?
Keeping a lid on risks of new covid variants as vaccinated countries ease restrictions
29 Aug 2021,48 mins
The Life Scientific: Professor Martin Sweeting
How Martin Sweeting made a satellite on his kitchen table
23 Aug 2021,27 mins
The Life Scientific: Dr Nira Chamberlain
Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems.
16 Aug 2021,27 mins
Lost for words
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing
09 Aug 2021,27 mins
A sense of music
What happens when music meets the animal mind?
02 Aug 2021,27 mins
Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories
Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared
31 Jul 2021,53 mins
Dare to repair: Fixing the future
How does repair and repair-ability fit into our sustainable future?
26 Jul 2021,27 mins
Dare to repair: The fight for the right to repair
Exploring how citizens are fighting back for the right to repair their own stuff
19 Jul 2021,27 mins
Dare to Repair: How we broke the future
Why electronic gadgets dont last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard.
12 Jul 2021,27 mins
Tooth and claw: Tigers
What's it like facing a charging tiger and how best can we protect their growing numbers?
05 Jul 2021,27 mins
Tooth and claw: Bears
Adam Hart explores our complex relationship with bears
28 Jun 2021,26 mins
The Evidence: How Covid damages the human body
Covid the chameleon - the multiple ways this virus attacks our bodies
26 Jun 2021,49 mins
Tooth and claw: Lions
Our complex relationship with Earth’s greatest predators by the people who know them best
21 Jun 2021,26 mins
Peter Goadsby on migraine
Peter Goadsby on migraine attacks and the new treatments his research has inspired.
07 Jun 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: Sharing Vaccines – what’s gone wrong?
The ethics of putting children in rich countries ahead in the global vaccine queue
29 May 2021,50 mins
Patient zero: Back from the brink
When polio returned to Asia Pacific
24 May 2021,40 mins
The noises that make us cringe
Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so terrible?
03 May 2021,26 mins
The Hamster Power Hypothesis
How many hamsters on wheels would it take to power London? asks Judah from Virginia, USA.
26 Apr 2021,27 mins
The Martian Mission
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
19 Apr 2021,27 mins
The equal rights stuff
When women and minorities first went into space
12 Apr 2021,26 mins
Lithium: Chile’s white gold
Why lithium makes such good batteries
05 Apr 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: Mental health and the pandemic
Mental health distress has risen around the world. How can people's suffering be eased?
27 Mar 2021,49 mins
The Life Scientific: Jane Hurst
Jane Hurst reveals how mice are ruled by their noses.
08 Mar 2021,27 mins
The Life Scientific: Cath Noakes
How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens.
01 Mar 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: Keeping out Covid-19
The virus knows no borders, so do international travel restrictions work for Covid-19?
27 Feb 2021,50 mins
The Life Scientific: Giles Yeo
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work.
22 Feb 2021,27 mins
The power of night
Lucy Cooke examines why it pays to stir when the sun goes down
15 Feb 2021,27 mins
The power of one
Lucy Cooke explores why some species shirk company in favour of a solitary life
08 Feb 2021,27 mins