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Uncharted: The happiness curve

Do orangutans, or humans, experience a midlife crisis? And, why happiness is U shaped

• 15 mins

Uncharted: The gossip mill

Gossip and rumour can affect morale but can the science of networks explain why?

• 27 mins

The Evidence: The science of the menopause

How is the menopause viewed around the world? Claudia Hammond unpacks the latest science

• 49 mins

Uncharted: Access denied

What happens when a system designed to help people harms them instead?

• 27 mins

Wild Inside: The Red Kangaroo

Explorations in the world of science.

• 26 mins

Wild Inside: The Bearded Vulture

Explorations in the world of science.

• 26 mins

Wild Inside: The aphid

Insights into the anatomy and physiology of the tiny sap-sucking aphid

• 26 mins

Wild Inside: The sea lion

Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin (and blubber) of the California sea lion

• 26 mins

Obsessed with the Quest: Inside the Minds of Chimpanzees

What does it mean to be a chimpanzee? And following the monarch butterfly migration.

• 26 mins

Obsessed with the Quest: Humpback Heat Run

Filming the humpback heat run and exploring the deepest points of our oceans.

• 26 mins

The Evidence: Maternal Health in Malawi

Why do so many women die due to childbirth?

• 49 mins

Unstoppable: Hedy Lamarr

Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.

• 26 mins

Unstoppable: Nzambi Matee

Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.

• 26 mins

Unstoppable: Florence Bell

Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.

• 26 mins

Unstoppable: Asima Chatterjee

Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.

• 26 mins

Unstoppable: Olga González-Sanabria

Olga González-Sanabria's work was instrumental for International Space Station

• 26 mins

Unstoppable: Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner

Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.

• 26 mins

Fed: The invention of chicken

Dr Chris van Tulleken discovers how we changed chicken, and how chicken changed us

• 26 mins

Fed: A Chicken and Egg Story

How human innovation turned chicken from backyard bird to multi-billion dollar industry.

• 26 mins

Fed: U OK Hen?

Dr Chris van Tulleken explores what it takes to make a chicken happy.

• 26 mins

Fed: The Ethical Consumer's Dilemma

Dr Chris van Tulleken asks whether we can raise a chicken that's good for the planet.

• 26 mins

Fed: Fine Print

Dr Chris van Tulleken asks if we can trust what's on the label when it comes to food.

• 26 mins

The Evidence: Salt

You eat it every day, but how much do you know about the incredible science of salt?

• 49 mins

Fed: The fast food trap

Dr Chris van Tulleken gets a taste of a guilty pleasure - sinful yet delicious fast food

• 26 mins

Fed: Big chicken

Dr Chris van Tulleken ponders the global cost of keeping the world in wings

• 26 mins

Fed: Beyond the bird

Dr Chris van Tulleken wrestles with the thorny issue of animal slaughter

• 26 mins

The Life Scientific

Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Charles Godfray

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Sheila Willis

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Fiona Rayment

Fiona Rayment on the applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond.

• 26 mins