The Life Scientific

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

Programmes:: on BBC iPlayer (15); clips (6); coming up (2)

Previous programmes:: by year (16)

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Tony Ryan

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What is the future of nanotechnology? Chemist Tony Ryan shows some of its surprising uses.
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1. Chris Stringer
  
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  Jim Al-Khalili meets paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer to find who our ancestors were.
2. Robin Murray
  
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  Psychiatrist Robin Murray on why he has changed his mind about the cause of schizophrenia.
3. Colin Pillinger
  
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  Prof Jim Al-Khalili talks to planetary scientist Colin Pillinger about life on Mars.
4. Lord Robert Winston
  
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  Lord Robert Winston on IVF, the House of Lords and scientists' ethical responsibilty.