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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.

• 40 mins

Ben Garrod on conservation and extinction

What can bones tell us about evolution, behaviour and extinction?

• 35 mins

Chi Onwurah on why engineering is a caring profession.

Why politics needs more scientists and engineers.

• 37 mins

Pete Smith on why soil matters

Restore peat bogs to mitigate climate change and improve bio-diversity.

• 31 mins

Jacinta Tan on anorexia nervosa and the mind

How does a person with anorexia nervosa think? Jacinta Tan talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

• 28 mins

Adam Hart on ants, bees and insect burgers

When does a waggle dance become a tremble dance?

• 28 mins

Vlatko Vedral on the universe as quantum information

A self-confessed physics fundamentalist decodes reality.

• 37 mins

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.

• 39 mins

Frances Arnold: From taxi driver to Nobel Prize

Turning microbes into living factories.

• 28 mins

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.

• 28 mins

Emily Holmes on how to treat trauma

Why images are more powerful than words in shaping how we think and feel.

• 31 mins

Can computers discover new medicines?

Using AI to discover drugs. Daphne Koller tells Jim Al-Khalili about her life and work.

• 27 mins

The sounds of coral reefs

Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs

• 30 mins

Why study sewage?

Leon Barron tells Jim Al-Khalili how he developed an intense interest in sewage.

• 28 mins

A passion for fruit flies

Bambos Kyriacou tells Jim Al-Khalili why he studies the behaviour of fruit flies.

• 28 mins

Chris Elliott on fighting food fraud

How 鈥榝ingerprinting鈥� technology could help prevent another horse meat scam.

• 31 mins

Pam Shaw on the research battle against motor neurone disease

How new drug trials could mark a turning point in MND research.

• 28 mins

Rebecca Kilner on beetle behaviours and evolution

How corpse-based beetles can answer long-standing questions about human evolution.

• 28 mins

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.

• 32 mins

Adrian Smith on the power of Bayesian statistics

How a once-derided approach to statistics paved the way for AI.

• 28 mins

Haley Gomez on cosmic dust

Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Haley Gomez.

• 28 mins

Danny Altmann on how T cells fight disease

Jim Al-Khalili talks T cells, our immune response and Long Covid with Prof Danny Altmann.

• 28 mins

Julia King on manipulating metals and decarbonising transport

A metals-focused engineer's route from academia to industry to the House of Lords.

• 28 mins

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.

• 28 mins

James Jackson on understanding earthquakes and building resilience

How studying processes that shape the planet鈥檚 surface can help us become more resilient.

• 29 mins

Julie Williams on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease

Julie Williams on the genetics of Alzheimer鈥檚 disease.

• 28 mins

Andre Geim on levitating frogs, graphene and 2D materials

The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene.

• 28 mins

Gillian Reid on making chemistry count

Jim Al-Khalili hears how chemistry is connected to every part of our lives.

• 28 mins

Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards

From landslides to tornadoes, Bruce Malamud talks modelling risk and multi-hazard cascades

• 30 mins

Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science

Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Anne-Marie Imafidon about championing girls in STEM.

• 28 mins