The Life Scientific Episodes Episode guide
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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.
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Sir Martin Landray on saving over a million lives
Sir Martin Landray on how he discovered the drugs for Covid-19 with the RECOVERY Trial.
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Vlatko Vedral on the universe as quantum information
A self-confessed physics fundamentalist decodes reality.
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Adam Hart on ants, bees and insect burgers
When does a waggle dance become a tremble dance?
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Jacinta Tan on anorexia nervosa and the mind
How does a person with anorexia nervosa think? Jacinta Tan talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Pete Smith on why soil matters
Restore peat bogs to mitigate climate change and improve bio-diversity.
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Chi Onwurah on why engineering is a caring profession.
Why politics needs more scientists and engineers.
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Ben Garrod on conservation and extinction
What can bones tell us about evolution, behaviour and extinction?
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Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals
How did mammals come to dominate our planet? Prof Steve Brusatte talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA
The man who found a way to decode DNA at speed.
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Julia Shaw on memories that aren't true
Can we trust our memories of events? Julia Shaw talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Sharon Peacock on hunting pandemic variants of concern
Leading the UK's hunt for new and dangerous Covid-19 variants.
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Tim Clutton-Brock on meerkats, red deer and evolution
What makes meerkats so cooperative and why do sons cost mothers more than daughters?
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Tim Spector and personalised diets for long term health
Professor Tim Spector on fuelling gut microbes for long term health.
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The Life Scientific at 10: What makes a scientist?
Jim Al-Khalili and distinguished guests reflect on ten years of The Life Scientific.
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Hannah Cloke and predicting floods
Hannah Cloke talks to Jim Al-Khalili about predicting this summer's serious floods.
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Derk-Jan Dijk on the importance of sleep
How does sleep change as we age? Derk-Jan Dijk talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Brenda Boardman on making our homes energy efficient.
Can we achieve carbon net zero in our homes? Brenda Boardman talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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David Eagleman on why reality is an illusion
Can we create new senses? Prof David Eagleman talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Hannah Fry on the power and perils of big data
Why, in the Age of the Algorithm, humans have never been more important.
