The Life Scientific Episodes Episode guide
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Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole
Paul Murdin shares his story of the first identification of a black hole, Cygnus X-1.
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Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies
Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies.
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Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
Sir Colin Humphreys on LEDs, electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
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Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill
Professor Chris Barratt discusses breaking new ground in male fertility research.
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Gideon Henderson on climate 鈥榗locks鈥� and dating ice ages
Jim Al-Khalili hears how study of the past climate can help us understand our future.
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Deborah Greaves on wave power and offshore renewable energy
Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Deborah Greaves about wave energy and her love of the sea
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Harald Haas on making waves in light communication
Jim Al-Khalili hears how light can be used to access the internet.
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Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics
Jim Al-Khalili unravels the tangled chains of genetic (and epigenetic) inheritance.
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Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science
Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Anne-Marie Imafidon about championing girls in STEM.
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Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards
From landslides to tornadoes, Bruce Malamud talks modelling risk and multi-hazard cascades
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Gillian Reid on making chemistry count
Jim Al-Khalili hears how chemistry is connected to every part of our lives.
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Andre Geim on levitating frogs, graphene and 2D materials
The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene.
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Julie Williams on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease
Julie Williams on the genetics of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.
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James Jackson on understanding earthquakes and building resilience
How studying processes that shape the planet鈥檚 surface can help us become more resilient.
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Marie Johnston on health psychology and the power of behavioural shifts
Why subtle changes in how we act can radically change our lives and our health.
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Julia King on manipulating metals and decarbonising transport
A metals-focused engineer's route from academia to industry to the House of Lords.
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Danny Altmann on how T cells fight disease
Jim Al-Khalili talks T cells, our immune response and Long Covid with Prof Danny Altmann.
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Haley Gomez on cosmic dust
Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Haley Gomez.
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Adrian Smith on the power of Bayesian statistics
How a once-derided approach to statistics paved the way for AI.
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Clifford Johnson on making sense of black holes and movie plots
Jim Al-Khalili hears about new approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.
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Rebecca Kilner on beetle behaviours and evolution
How corpse-based beetles can answer long-standing questions about human evolution.
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Pam Shaw on the research battle against motor neurone disease
How new drug trials could mark a turning point in MND research.
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Chris Elliott on fighting food fraud
How 鈥榝ingerprinting鈥� technology could help prevent another horse meat scam.
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A passion for fruit flies
Bambos Kyriacou tells Jim Al-Khalili why he studies the behaviour of fruit flies.
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Why study sewage?
Leon Barron tells Jim Al-Khalili how he developed an intense interest in sewage.
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The sounds of coral reefs
Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs
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Can computers discover new medicines?
Using AI to discover drugs. Daphne Koller tells Jim Al-Khalili about her life and work.
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Emily Holmes on how to treat trauma
Why images are more powerful than words in shaping how we think and feel.
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Judith Bunbury on the shifting River Nile in the time of the Pharaohs
A geo-archaeologist digs down to enrich our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond.
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Frances Arnold: From taxi driver to Nobel Prize
Turning microbes into living factories.
