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The Life Scientific podcast

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The Life Scientific

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  BBC Radio 4  

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

 

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#322

Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space

What's it like living underwater for two weeks? What's the trickiest part of training to b... more

31 Dec 2024

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:04

31 Dec 2024

#321

Anna Korre on capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations

As the famous frog once said, it's not easy being green. And when it comes to decarbonisin... more

24 Sep 2024

28 MINS

28:28

24 Sep 2024

#320

Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies

Rosalie David is a pioneer in the study of ancient Egypt. In the early 1970s, she launched... more

17 Sep 2024

28 MINS

28:22

17 Sep 2024

#319

Peter Stott on climate change deniers and Italian inspiration

In the summer of 2003, Europe experienced its most intense heatwave on record - one that s... more

10 Sep 2024

28 MINS

28:29

10 Sep 2024

#318

Ijeoma Uchegbu on using nanoparticles to transform medicines

Imagine a nanoparticle, less that a thousandth of the width of a human hair, that is so pr... more

03 Sep 2024

28 MINS

28:25

03 Sep 2024

#317

Darren Croft on killer whale matriarchs and the menopause

Darren Croft studies one of the ocean’s most charismatic and spectacular animals – the kil... more

27 Aug 2024

28 MINS

28:24

27 Aug 2024

#316

Bill Gates on vaccines, conspiracy theories and the pleasures of pickleball

Bill Gates is one of the world's best-known billionaires - but after years at the corporat... more

20 Aug 2024

35 MINS

35:59

20 Aug 2024

#315

Kip Thorne on black holes, Nobel Prizes and taking physics to Hollywood

The final episode in this series of The Life Scientific is a journey through space and tim... more

06 Aug 2024

35 MINS

35:38

06 Aug 2024

#314

Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics

It's summer - no really - and although the weather might have been mixed, the sporting lin... more

30 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:29

30 Jul 2024

#313

Dawn Bonfield on inclusive engineering, sustainable solutions and why she once tried to leave the se...

The engineering industry, like many other STEM sectors, has a problem with diversity: one ... more

23 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:21

23 Jul 2024

#312

Raymond Schinazi on revolutionising treatments for killer viruses

In recent decades, we've taken huge steps forward in treating formerly fatal viruses: with... more

16 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:39

16 Jul 2024

#311

Janet Treasure on eating disorders and the quest for answers

From anorexia nervosa to binge-eating, eating disorders are potentially fatal conditions t... more

09 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:36

09 Jul 2024

#310

Anne Child on Marfan syndrome and love at first sight

Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that makes renders the body’s connective tissues inc... more

02 Jul 2024

28 MINS

28:35

02 Jul 2024

#309

Conny Aerts on star vibrations and following your dreams

Many of us have heard of seismology, the study of earthquakes; but what about asteroseismo... more

25 Jun 2024

28 MINS

28:35

25 Jun 2024

#308

Mike Edmunds on decoding galaxies and ancient astronomical artefacts

What is the universe made of? Where does space dust come from? And how exactly might one g... more

23 Apr 2024

32 MINS

32:42

23 Apr 2024

#307

Hannah Critchlow on the connected brain

With 86 billion nerve cells joined together in a network of 100 trillion connections, the ... more

16 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:09

16 Apr 2024

#306

Fiona Rayment on the applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond

The reputation of the nuclear industry has had highs and lows during the career of Dr Fion... more

09 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:27

09 Apr 2024

#305

Nick Longrich on discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones

We are fascinated by dinosaurs. From blockbuster hits to bestselling video games, skeleton... more

02 Apr 2024

28 MINS

28:11

02 Apr 2024

#304

Sheila Willis on using science to help solve crime

Dr Sheila Willis is a forensic scientist who was Director General of Forensic Science Irel... more

27 Mar 2024

28 MINS

28:11

27 Mar 2024

#303

Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people

Professor Charles Godfray, Director of the the Oxford Martin School tells Jim Al-Kahlili a... more

19 Mar 2024

28 MINS

28:10

19 Mar 2024

#302

Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies

Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, or ‘JVT’ as he's arguably better known, first came to widespread pub... more

12 Mar 2024

36 MINS

36:49

12 Mar 2024

#301

Michael Wooldridge on AI and sentient robots

Humans have a long-held fascination with the idea of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a dys... more

19 Dec 2023

37 MINS

37:55

19 Dec 2023