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Scientifically...

Home of the best science programmes from BBC Radio 4 introduced by Dr. Alex Lathbridge.

Home of the best science programmes from BBC Radio 4 introduced by Dr. Alex Lathbridge.

 

#63

28ish Days Later - Day One: Power

Discover more episodes in the series by searching for 28ish Days Later on BBC Sounds. What... more

01 Apr 2022

15 MINS

15:09

01 Apr 2022


#62

Political Animals: Sex-Switching Fish and Non-Binary Brains - 3/3

Zoologist Lucy Cooke is on a mission: to break down the 'sexist stereotype' she believes h... more

03 Mar 2022

28 MINS

28:42

03 Mar 2022


#61

Political Animals: Mole-Rat Queens and Genital Power - 2/3

Zoologist Lucy Cooke is on a mission: to break down the 'sexist stereotype' she believes h... more

03 Mar 2022

29 MINS

29:13

03 Mar 2022


#60

Political Animals: Sex, Monkeys and the 'Coy Female' Myth - 1/3

Zoologist Lucy Cooke is on a mission: to break down the 'sexist stereotype' she believes h... more

24 Feb 2022

28 MINS

28:59

24 Feb 2022


#59

Wild Inside: The Ocean Sunfish

Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of Mola mola the world's largest bony fish t... more

22 Dec 2021

29 MINS

29:06

22 Dec 2021


#58

Wild Inside:The Burmese Python

Ben Garrod and Jess French delve deep inside the predatory Burmese python to examine its e... more

17 Dec 2021

29 MINS

29:11

17 Dec 2021


#57

Wild Inside: Jungle Royalty - The Jaguar

Wild Inside embarks on something we hardly ever witness – a look inside some of nature’s m... more

07 Dec 2021

29 MINS

29:08

07 Dec 2021


#56

A Good Read with Adam Rutherford and Farrah Jarral

As part of Radio 4's Day of the Scientist Harriett Gilbert asks two scientists and broadca... more

12 Oct 2021

28 MINS

28:00

12 Oct 2021


#55

The Life Scientific at 10: What does it take to be a scientist?

How damaging is the stereotype of white males in white coats? Do scientists think differen... more

12 Oct 2021

56 MINS

56:46

12 Oct 2021


#54

The Sir Patrick Vallance interview

As Chief Scientific Advisor to the government during a pandemic, Sir Patrick Vallance's ca... more

12 Oct 2021

37 MINS

37:23

12 Oct 2021


#53

The Men in the White Coats

Prof Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture, from Victor F... more

12 Oct 2021

57 MINS

57:09

12 Oct 2021


#52

Celebrating the life of Sir Clive Sinclair: Computers at home

This week in Scientifically… we celebrate the life of Sir Clive Sinclair with this episode... more

17 Sep 2021

14 MINS

14:02

17 Sep 2021


#51

Jim Al-Khalili's Life Scientific

In an ideal (quantum) world, Jim Al-Khalili would be interviewing himself about his life a... more

03 Sep 2021

35 MINS

35:27

03 Sep 2021


#50

Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 3

CRISPR is the latest and most powerful technique for changing the genetic code of living t... more

11 Aug 2021

29 MINS

29:00

11 Aug 2021


#49

Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 2

Professor Matthew Cobb looks at how genetic engineering became big business - from the fir... more

28 Jul 2021

29 MINS

29:01

28 Jul 2021


#48

Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 1

Biologist Matthew Cobb presents the first episode in a series which looks at the fifty yea... more

21 Jul 2021

29 MINS

29:02

21 Jul 2021


#47

The Blind Astronomer

This is the story, and the sound, of Puerto Rican scientist Wanda Díaz-Merced, who is revo... more

24 Jun 2021

28 MINS

28:26

24 Jun 2021


#46

Dare to Repair: Fixing the Future - Episode 3

Mark Miodownik, explores the environmental consequences of the throwaway society we have b... more

12 May 2021

35 MINS

35:33

12 May 2021


#45

Dare To Repair: The Right to Repair - Episode 2

Many electronics manufacturers are making it harder and harder for individuals and indepen... more

05 May 2021

35 MINS

35:36

05 May 2021


#44

Dare To Repair: How We Broke the Future - Episode 1

We love our electronic gadgets, gizmos and appliances. But when it comes to repairing and ... more

30 Apr 2021

34 MINS

34:18

30 Apr 2021


#43

Gagarin and the lost Moon

On 12 April 1961, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became an explorer like none other before him, go... more

21 Apr 2021

57 MINS

57:41

21 Apr 2021


#42

Hardware, Software, Anywhere: Anywhere - Episode 3

Nick Baker’s collection of programmes and interviews reflects on how the impact of technol... more

07 Apr 2021

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:07

07 Apr 2021


#41

Hardware, Software, Anywhere: Hardware - Episode 2

Nick Baker’s collection of programmes and interviews reflects on how the impact of technol... more

31 Mar 2021

59 MINS

59:18

31 Mar 2021