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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for mankind

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Lord John Krebs talks to Jim al-Khalili about birds, foot and mouth disease and badgers.

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The science of longevity - Jim Al-Khalili chats to geneticist Prof Dame Linda Partridge.

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What links the English Channel to valleys on Mars? Jim talks to geologist Sanjeev Gupta.

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Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with the neuroscientist Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell.

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