The Life Scientific by BBC Radio 4

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.

Category: Science & Medicine

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- Peter Goadsby on migraine

Tue, 04 May 2021
238
- Jane Clarke on Protein Folding

Tue, 27 Apr 2021
237
- Professor Martin Sweeting, inventor of microsatellites

Tue, 20 Apr 2021
236
- Theresa Marteau on how to change behaviour

Tue, 13 Apr 2021
235
- Mark Spencer on how plants solve crimes

Tue, 09 Mar 2021
234
- Sarah Bridle on how changing our diet could help to save the planet

Tue, 02 Mar 2021
233
- Richard Bentall on the causes of mental ill health

Tue, 23 Feb 2021
232
- Jane Hurst on the secret life of mice

Tue, 16 Feb 2021
231
- Anne Johnson on the importance of public health

Tue, 02 Feb 2021
230
- Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat

Tue, 26 Jan 2021
229
- Cath Noakes on making buildings Covid-safe

Tue, 19 Jan 2021
228
- Chris Jackson on sustainable geology

Tue, 12 Jan 2021
227
- Scientists in the Spotlight during the Pandemic

Tue, 15 Dec 2020
226
- Neil Ferguson on modelling Covid-19

Tue, 22 Sep 2020
225
- Sarah Gilbert on developing a vaccine for Covid-19

Tue, 15 Sep 2020
224
- Steve Haake on technology, sport and health

Tue, 08 Sep 2020
223
- Francesca Happé on autism

Tue, 01 Sep 2020
222
- Heather Koldewey on marine conservation

Tue, 25 Aug 2020
221
- Dale Sanders on feeding the world

Tue, 18 Aug 2020
220
- Andy Fabian on black holes

Tue, 11 Aug 2020
219
- Alice Roberts on bones

Tue, 04 Aug 2020
218
- Clifford Stott on riot prevention

Tue, 16 Jun 2020
217
- Emma Bunce on the gas giants

Tue, 09 Jun 2020
216
- Jane Goodall on living with wild chimpanzees

Tue, 02 Jun 2020
215
- Liz Seward and the dream of spaceflight

Tue, 26 May 2020
214
- Frank Kelly on air pollution

Tue, 19 May 2020
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- Debbie Pain on conserving globally threatened bird species

Tue, 12 May 2020
212
- Jim McDonald on power networks

Tue, 05 May 2020
211
- Brian Greene on how the universe is made of string

Tue, 28 Apr 2020
210
- Matthew Cobb on how we detect smells

Tue, 03 Mar 2020
209
- Anya Hurlbert on seeing colour

Tue, 25 Feb 2020
208
- Myles Allen on understanding climate change

Tue, 18 Feb 2020
207
- Optical communications pioneer Polina Bayvel

Tue, 11 Feb 2020
206
- 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, Sir Peter Ratcliffe

Tue, 04 Feb 2020
205
- Peter Fonagy on a revolution in mental health care

Tue, 28 Jan 2020
204
- Susannah Maidment on stegosaurs

Tue, 14 Jan 2020
203
- Patricia Wiltshire on how pollen can solve crimes.

Tue, 07 Jan 2020
202
- Elizabeth Fisher on chromosomes in mice and men

Tue, 12 Nov 2019
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- Demis Hassabis on artificial intelligence

Tue, 05 Nov 2019
200
- Saiful Islam on materials to power the 21st century

Tue, 29 Oct 2019
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- Adrian Owen

Tue, 22 Oct 2019
198
- Martha Clokie on the viruses that could improve our health

Tue, 15 Oct 2019
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- Anne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity

Tue, 08 Oct 2019
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- Richard Wiseman on lying, luck and the paranormal

Tue, 01 Oct 2019
195
- Jonathan Ball on his arms race against viruses

Tue, 30 Jul 2019
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- Robin Dunbar on why we have friends

Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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- Katherine Joy on moon rock

Tue, 16 Jul 2019
192
- DNA detective Turi King

Tue, 09 Jul 2019
191
- Ewine van Dishoeck on cosmic chemistry

Tue, 02 Jul 2019
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- Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson

Tue, 25 Jun 2019

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