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Painful Medicine
The hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers
Elspeth Garman
Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter
Vagus Nerve
Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?
New Space to Fly
The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes
Can Maths Combat Terrorism?
Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates
Animal Personality
From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?
Virtual Therapy
Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality
Hot Gossip - Part One
Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip
Hot Gossip - Part Two
Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip
The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence
Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden
The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey
Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth
The Science of Smell
Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again
Throwaway Society
What is swelling the world鈥檚 mountain of electrical and electronic waste?
Throwaway Society 2/2
Can the world鈥檚 companies manufacture four times more stuff without gutting the planet?
Placebo Problem
The medical phenomenon of the nocebo effect, the fear that something is harmful
Finding Your Voice
The impact of selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking
Does Money Make you Mean?
Does becoming rich make you less kind to those around you?
Hong Kong psychologists test the effects of money from our generosity to agression
John O'Keefe
Nobel Prize 2014 winner John O'Keefe on his work on spatial ability and basketball
Matt Taylor
The Rosetta comet mission and the man in charge of landing the robot Philae on comet 67P
The Teenage Brain: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
A cognitive neuroscientist unlocks the mysteries of the teenage brain
Jane Francis
The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
Science of Stammering
Exploring the condition of stammering, widely misunderstood and occurs in all cultures
Scotland's Forgotten Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell
How the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell paved the way for today's technology
Future of Solar Energy
Roland Pease explores Perovskite, the new material experts say will transform solar power
Shedding Light on the Brain
Biologists use light to explore the brain - and to alter it
What the Songbird Said
The science of birdsong and its relationship to human language
Origins of War
Is war a uniquely human act or can its origins be found in our evolutionary past?
Stephanie Shirley: Software Pioneer
Dame Stephanie Shirley made a fortune selling computer programmes to companies
The Bone Wars
The tale of dinosaur hunters Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh and their legendary feud
Future of European Science
The European Research Council鈥檚 policy of backing high risk, high gain basic science