Discovery

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Sir Martin Landray
Jim al-Khalili speaks to Sir Martin Landray about the world's largest Covid-19 drug trial.
12 Sep 2022,27 mins
How Covid Changed Science, part 3
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
05 Sep 2022,27 mins
How Covid changed science, part 2
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science
29 Aug 2022,27 mins
How Covid changed science, part 1
What has been the impact of Covid on the practice of science?
22 Aug 2022,27 mins
Satellites versus the stars
What are the benefits and unintended consequences of thousands more satellites in space?
15 Aug 2022,28 mins
Plant based promises, diet and health
Giles learns to cook a plant based Thai green curry.
08 Aug 2022,26 mins
Plant based promises and sustainability
Giles Yeo looks at the sustainability of plant based products
01 Aug 2022,28 mins
Plant based promises, rise of the plant based burger
Why do we need to eat more plant based foods? Giles Yeo looks at the alternatives.
25 Jul 2022,27 mins
The mysterious particles of physics, part 3
Roland Pease explores the 100-km atom smasher physicists are planning at CERN
18 Jul 2022,27 mins
The mysterious particles of physics, part 2
Dark matter's dark secrets. Researchers seeking the unseen stuff that fills the universe
11 Jul 2022,33 mins
The mysterious particles of physics, part 1
The machine that found the Higgs Boson 10 years ago is about to start digging deeper
04 Jul 2022,30 mins
The Life Scientific: Adam Hart
When does a waggle dance become a tremble dance?
27 Jun 2022,27 mins
The Life Scientific: Jacinta Tan
How does a person with anorexia nervosa think? Jacinta Tan sheds light on this illness
20 Jun 2022,27 mins
The Life Scientific: Pete Smith
Restore peat bogs to mitigate climate change and improve bio-diversity.
13 Jun 2022,27 mins
The colour conundrum
How do we see colour and why are some people colour blind?
07 Jun 2022,27 mins
The Turn of the Tide
Why are tide times and ranges so different around the UK, asks Lynn?
30 May 2022,27 mins
The Evidence: The nature of mental health
Plant power and mental health. Is a nature-cure a cure-all?
28 May 2022,50 mins
The Shocking White Hair
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
23 May 2022,27 mins
Surprising symmetries
Two eyes, two arms, two legs - we are roughly symmetrical on the outside. Why is that?
16 May 2022,27 mins
The weird waves of wi-fi
We use wi-fi every day, but do you know how it works?
09 May 2022,27 mins
The Mystery of the Teenage Brain
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
02 May 2022,27 mins
Wild Inside: The Ocean Sunfish
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of Mola mola the world's largest bony fish
25 Apr 2022,27 mins
Wild Inside: The Burmese Python
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the internal secrets to success of the Burmese Python
18 Apr 2022,27 mins
Wild Inside: Jungle royalty - the Jaguar
Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside three animals from the big wild world.
11 Apr 2022,27 mins
The Evidence: War trauma and mental health
The psychological suffering caused by the toxic stress of war and conflict
02 Apr 2022,50 mins
The Life Scientific: Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals
How did mammals come to dominate our planet? Prof Steve Brusatte talks to Jim Al-Khalili
28 Mar 2022,27 mins
The Life Scientific: Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA
The man who found a way to decode DNA at speed
21 Mar 2022,27 mins
Tooth and Claw: Wolves
Wolves play a dark role in our imaginations but how does the real animal compare?
15 Mar 2022,27 mins
Tooth and Claw: Army ant
Adam Hart explores the villain of many a jungle horror movie - the army ant.
08 Mar 2022,27 mins
Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes
Adam Hart discovers why rattlesnakes make good mothers and how deadly their venom is.
01 Mar 2022,27 mins