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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- Sir Martin Landray on saving over a million lives

Tue, 28 Jun 2022
262
- Vlatko Vedral on the universe as quantum information

Tue, 21 Jun 2022
261
- Adam Hart on ants, bees and insect burgers

Tue, 14 Jun 2022
260
- Jacinta Tan on anorexia nervosa and the mind

Tue, 07 Jun 2022
259
- Pete Smith on why soil matters

Tue, 31 May 2022
258
- Chi Onwurah on why engineering is a caring profession.

Tue, 24 May 2022
257
- Ben Garrod on conservation and extinction

Tue, 22 Mar 2022
256
- Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals

Tue, 15 Mar 2022
255
- Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA

Tue, 08 Mar 2022
254
- Julia Shaw on memories that aren't true

Tue, 22 Feb 2022
253
- Sharon Peacock on hunting pandemic variants of concern

Tue, 02 Nov 2021
252
- Tim Clutton-Brock on meerkats, red deer and evolution

Tue, 26 Oct 2021
251
- Tim Spector and personalised diets for long term health

Tue, 19 Oct 2021
250
- The Patrick Vallance Interview

Tue, 12 Oct 2021
249
- The Life Scientific at 10: What does it take to be a scientist?

Tue, 12 Oct 2021
248
- Hannah Cloke and predicting floods

Tue, 05 Oct 2021
247
- Derk-Jan Dijk on the importance of sleep

Tue, 28 Sep 2021
246
- Brenda Boardman on making our homes energy efficient.

Tue, 21 Sep 2021
245
- David Eagleman on why reality is an illusion

Tue, 14 Sep 2021
244
- Hannah Fry on the power and perils of big data

Tue, 07 Sep 2021
243
- Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science

Tue, 01 Jun 2021
242
- Mike Tipton on how our bodies respond to extreme conditions

Tue, 25 May 2021
241
- Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems

Tue, 18 May 2021
240
- Helen Scales on marine conservation

Tue, 11 May 2021
239
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Liz Seward and the dream of spaceflight

Tue, 26 May 2020
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- Frank Kelly on air pollution

Tue, 19 May 2020

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