Mike Edmunds on decoding galaxies and ancient astronomical artefacts
Mike Edmunds on the chemical make-up of galaxies and decoding the Antikythera Mechanism
- 32 mins
- 23 Apr 2024
BBC Sounds - The Life Scientific - Available Episodes
The Life Scientific
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future.
Episodes (308 Available)
- Hannah Critchlow on the connected brain
Neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow on connections within - and between - brains.
- 28 mins
- 16 Apr 2024
- Fiona Rayment on the applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond
Jim Al-Khalili talks to the president of the Nuclear Institute about all things nuclear.
- 28 mins
- 09 Apr 2024
- Nick Longrich on discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones
Jim Al-Khalili talks dinosaurs and ‘one in a million year’ events with Dr Nick Longrich.
- 28 mins
- 02 Apr 2024
- Sheila Willis on using science to help solve crime
Forensic scientist Dr Sheila Willis on when the worlds of science and the law collide.
- 28 mins
- 26 Mar 2024
- Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work.
- 28 mins
- 19 Mar 2024
- Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies
Sir Jonathan Van-Tam discusses his work around infectious diseases and Covid-19.
- 36 mins
- 12 Mar 2024
- Michael Wooldridge on AI and sentient robots
Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI.
- 37 mins
- 19 Dec 2023
- Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful
Jim Al-Khalili chats to a 'solutions scientist' about solving our CO2 problem.
- 28 mins
- 12 Dec 2023
- Sir Harry Bhadeshia on the choreography of metals
Sir Harry Bhadeshia on his work in metallurgy and choreographing crystalline structures.
- 28 mins
- 05 Dec 2023
- Cathie Sudlow on data in healthcare
Jim Al-Khalili discusses population-wide health research with Professor Cathie Sudlow.
- 28 mins
- 28 Nov 2023
- Sir Michael Berry on phenomena in physics' borderlands
Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry
- 28 mins
- 21 Nov 2023
- Professor Sarah Harper on how population change is remodelling societies.
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sarah Harper about societal ageing and falling fertility
- 28 mins
- 14 Nov 2023
- Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on human evolution and parenthood
Jim Al-Khalili discusses monkey infanticide and human parenting with Sarah Hrdy.
- 30 mins
- 07 Nov 2023
- Edward Witten on 'the theory of everything'
Physicist Edward Witten on M-Theory, the leading contender for a 'theory of everything'.
- 28 mins
- 31 Oct 2023
- Alex Antonelli on learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change
Jim Al-Khalili meets the Kew Gardens' director using bio-geography to protect biodiversity
- 28 mins
- 19 Sep 2023
- Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole
Paul Murdin shares his story of the first identification of a black hole, Cygnus X-1.
- 32 mins
- 12 Sep 2023
- Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies
Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies.
- 28 mins
- 05 Sep 2023
- Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
Sir Colin Humphreys on LEDs, electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
- 28 mins
- 29 Aug 2023
- Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill
Professor Chris Barratt discusses breaking new ground in male fertility research.
- 28 mins
- 22 Aug 2023