The Life Scientific Podcast
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
Episodes to download
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George Davey-Smith on health inequalities
Tue 1 Mar 2016
Epidemiologist Prof George Davey-Smith talks to Jim Al-Khalili about health inequalities.
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Dr Nick Lane on the origin of life on earth
Tue 23 Feb 2016
Dr Nick Lane of UCL talks about studying the origin of life on earth with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Naomi Climer on engineering
Tue 16 Feb 2016
Naomi Climer tells Jim Al-Khalili why engineers should be as famous as rock stars.
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Peter Piot on tackling ebola and HIV
Tue 9 Feb 2016
Peter Piot talks to Jim Al-Khalili about Zika, Ebola and HIV.
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Paul Younger on energy for the future
Tue 17 Nov 2015
Professor Paul Younger talks to Jim Al-Khalili about keeping the lights on in the future.
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Kathy Willis on botany
Tue 10 Nov 2015
Kathy Willis, Kew Gardens' director of science, discusses biodiversity with Jim Al-Khalili
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Patrick Vallance on pharmaceuticals
Tue 3 Nov 2015
Jim Al-Khalili meets Patrick Vallance heading drug development at a pharmaceutical company
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Robert Plomin on the genetics of intelligence
Tue 20 Oct 2015
Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence.
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Danielle George on electronics
Tue 13 Oct 2015
Engineer Danielle George tells Jim about her passion for getting children into electronics
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Dame Carol Black on public health
Tue 6 Oct 2015
Expert health advisor and professor of medicine Carol Black talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Geoff Palmer on brewing
Tue 4 Aug 2015
Jim talks to internationally renowned professor of brewing and distilling Geoff Palmer.
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EO Wilson on ants and evolution
Tue 28 Jul 2015
Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, altruism and evolution.
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Niamh Nic Daeid on forensic science
Tue 21 Jul 2015
Forensic chemist Niamh Nic Daeid talks about investigating fires and analysing legal highs
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Carlos Frenk on dark matter
Tue 14 Jul 2015
Carlos Frenk talks to Jim Al-Khalili about dark matter and modelling the cosmos.
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Dorothy Bishop on language disorders
Tue 7 Jul 2015
Why do some children find language difficult? Dorothy Bishop talks about her life's work.
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Henry Marsh on brain surgery
Tue 30 Jun 2015
Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh talks to Jim Al-Khalili about slicing through our thoughts.
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Kate Jones on bats and biodiversity
Tue 23 Jun 2015
From bats to biodiversity, ecologist Kate Jones discusses her Life Scientific.
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Anil Seth on consciousness
Tue 16 Jun 2015
Anil Seth discusses the hard problem of understanding consciousness with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Susan Jebb on nutrition
Tue 21 Apr 2015
Obesity expert Susan Jebb talks to Jim al-Khalili about the science of what we eat.
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Nigel Shadbolt on the worldwide web
Tue 14 Apr 2015
Sir Nigel Shadbolt talks about artificial intelligence and open data with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Stephanie Shirley on computer coding
Tue 7 Apr 2015
Software pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Jane Francis on Antarctica
Tue 31 Mar 2015
The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains
Tue 24 Mar 2015
Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the teenage brain
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Matt Taylor on the Rosetta space mission
Tue 17 Mar 2015
Matt Taylor talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Rosetta comet mission.
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John O'Keefe on memory
Tue 10 Mar 2015
2014 Nobel Prize-winner John O'Keefe talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Dave Goulson on bees
Tue 11 Nov 2014
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Prof Dave Goulson about his obsession with bees.
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Dame Sally Davies on public health
Tue 4 Nov 2014
Jim al-Khalili talks to Dame Sally Davies about looking after the nation's health.
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Richard Fortey on fossils
Tue 28 Oct 2014
Jim Al-Khalili meets Mr Trilobite, the palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey.
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Margaret Boden on artificial intelligence
Tue 21 Oct 2014
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Maggie Boden, a world authority in the field of AI.
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Chris Toumazou on inventing medical devices
Tue 14 Oct 2014
Chris Toumazou talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the science of invention.
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