The Life Scientific Episodes Episode guide
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Jim McDonald on power networks
Is the National Grid fit for purpose? Jim McDonald talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Brian Greene on how the universe is made of string
Is the universe really made of string? Physicist Brian Greene talks to Jim Al Khalili.
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Matthew Cobb on how we detect smells
What maggots teach us about our sense of smell. Prof Matthew Cobb tells Jim Al-Khalli
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Anya Hurlbert on seeing colour
Anya Hurlbert tells Jim Al-Khalili how colours are made in the mind.
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Myles Allen on understanding climate change
The physicist behind net zero. Prof Myles Allen talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Optical communications pioneer Polina Bayvel
The invention of the optical fibres that makes ultra-fast broadband possible.
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2019 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, Sir Peter Ratcliffe
The 2019 Nobel Prize-winner Sir Peter Ratcliffe on living with low oxygen.
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Peter Fonagy on a revolution in mental health care
How Peter Fonagy changed the way we treat our mental health.
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Susannah Maidment on stegosaurs
Susannah Maidment tells Jim how she came to be a world authority on stegosaurs
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Patricia Wiltshire on how pollen can solve crimes.
Using pollen to solve crimes. Prof Pat Wiltshire talks to Jim Al Khalili.
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Elizabeth Fisher on chromosomes in mice and men
Elizabeth Fisher on studying chromosomal abnormalities in mice and men
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Demis Hassabis on artificial intelligence
Demis Hassabis tells Jim Al-Khalili why he wants to create artificial intelligence.
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Saiful Islam on materials to power the 21st century
Professor Saiful Islam on the materials that make renewable energy possible.
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Adrian Owen on scanning for awareness in the injured brain
Adrian Owen tells Jim Al-Khalili about his search for awareness in brain-injured patients.
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Martha Clokie on the viruses that could improve our health
Professor Martha Clokie on the viruses that destroy antibiotic-resistant bugs.
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Anne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity
Professor Anne Magurran on how nature is going the same way as our high streets.
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Richard Wiseman on lying, luck and the paranormal
How to spot a liar. Professor Richard Wiseman tells Jim Al-Khalili
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Jonathan Ball on his arms race against viruses
Virologist Jonathan Ball talks to Jim Al-Khalili about his quest to disarm killer viruses.
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Robin Dunbar on why we have friends
Why do we have friends? Robin Dunbar tells Jim Al-Khalili.
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Katherine Joy on moon rock
Lunar geologist Katherine Joy tells Jim Al-Khalili why we need to go back to the moon.
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DNA detective Turi King
How geneticist Turi King identified the 500 yr old skeleton of Richard III.
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Ewine van Dishoeck on cosmic chemistry
Astrochemist Ewine van Dishoeck tells Jim Al-Khalili about the space between the stars.
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Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson
How Richard Thompson alerted the world to the micro-plastics in the ocean.
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Erica McAlister on the beauty of flies
Dr Erica McAlister talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the beautiful world of flies.
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Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives
Epidemiologist Richard Peto on the links between tobacco, disease and early death
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Irene Tracey on pain in the brain
Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain.
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Paul Davies on the origin of life and the evolution of cancer
Physicist Paul Davies on the origin of life, aliens and the evolution of cancer.
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Corinne Le Qu茅r茅 on the global carbon cycle
Professor Corinne Le Qu茅r茅 talks to Jim Al-Khalili about tracing global carbon.
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Ken Gabriel, Why your Smartphone is Smart.
How working with robots in the 1980s kicked off a microelectronics revolution.
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2018 Nobel Prize winner, Donna Strickland, on laser physics
Donna Strickland, the first woman to win a Physics Nobel Prize in 55 years.
