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Dame Carol Black on public health

Expert health advisor and professor of medicine Carol Black talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Danielle George on electronics

Engineer Danielle George tells Jim about her passion for getting children into electronics

28 mins

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Robert Plomin on the genetics of intelligence

Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence.

28 mins

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Patrick Vallance on pharmaceuticals

Jim Al-Khalili meets Patrick Vallance heading drug development at a pharmaceutical company

28 mins

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Kathy Willis on botany

Kathy Willis, Kew Gardens' director of science, discusses biodiversity with Jim Al-Khalili

28 mins

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Paul Younger on energy for the future

Professor Paul Younger talks to Jim Al-Khalili about keeping the lights on in the future.

28 mins

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Peter Piot on tackling ebola and HIV

Peter Piot talks to Jim Al-Khalili about Zika, Ebola and HIV.

28 mins

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Naomi Climer on engineering

Naomi Climer tells Jim Al-Khalili why engineers should be as famous as rock stars.

28 mins

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Dr Nick Lane on the origin of life on earth

Dr Nick Lane of UCL talks about studying the origin of life on earth with Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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George Davey-Smith on health inequalities

Epidemiologist Prof George Davey-Smith talks to Jim Al-Khalili about health inequalities.

28 mins

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Venki Ramakrishnan on ribosomes

Jim Al-Khalili talks to Nobel Prize-winner Venki Ramakrishnan.

28 mins

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Helen Sharman on being an astronaut

Jim Al-Khalili talks to the first British astronaut, Helen Sharman.

28 mins

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Carolyn Roberts on flood control

Environmental scientist Carolyn Roberts talks to Jim al-Khalili about floods and forensics

28 mins

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Lawrence Krauss on dark energy

Author and cosmologist Lawrence Krauss discusses dark energy with Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Marcus du Sautoy on mathematics

Marcus Du Sautoy shares his passion for mathematics with Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Sheila Rowan on gravitational waves

Sheila Rowan talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her role in the search for gravitational waves.

28 mins

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Nick Davies on cuckoos

The battle between cuckoos and warblers, as told by Nick Davies to Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Hazel Rymer on volcanoes

Hazel Rymer talks volcanoes with Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Faraneh Vargha-Khadem on memory

Faraneh Vargha-Khadem talks to Jim Al-Khalili about how memories are made.

28 mins

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Georgina Mace on threatened species

Georgina Mace talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her Red List of Threatened Species.

28 mins

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Trevor Cox on sound

Acoustic engineer Trevor Cox discusses the science of sound with Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Frans de Waal on chimpanzees

Frans de Waal tells Jim Al-Khalili why we should expect chimpanzees to be clever.

28 mins

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Ian Wilmut on Dolly the sheep

Jim Al-Khalili talks cloning with the creator of Dolly the sheep, Ian Wilmut.

28 mins

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Lynne Boddy on Fungi

Lynne Boddy enthuses about fungi.

28 mins

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Roger Penrose on black holes

Sir Roger Penrose talks to Jim Al-Khalili about black holes and flaws in quantum physics.

28 mins

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Julia Higgins on polymers

Professor Dame Julia Higgins shares her passion for polymers with Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Richard Morris on how we know where we are

Neuroscientist Richard Morris explains how brain cells remember.

28 mins

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Neil de Grasse Tyson on Pluto

US science superstar, Neil de Grasse Tyson describes why Pluto isn't a planet.

28 mins

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Michele Dougherty on Saturn

Michele Dougherty tells Jim Al-Khalili why she diverted the Cassini mission to Saturn.

28 mins

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Jan Zalasiewicz on the Age of Man

Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Anthropocene, the Age of Man.

28 mins

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Sadaf Farooqi on what makes us fat

Sadaf Farooqi describes how she found ten rare genetic disorders that cause obesity.

28 mins

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Alison Smith on algae

Professor Alison Smith talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the many and varied uses of algae.

28 mins

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Sean Carroll on how time and space began

Sean Carroll tells Jim why he abandoned Einstein for quantum entanglement.

28 mins

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Simon Wessely on unexplained medical syndromes

Simon Wessely on medically unexplained symptoms and syndromes.

28 mins

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Alan Winfield on robot ethics

Alan Winfield talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the ethics of robots, from drones to androids.

28 mins

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Alison Woollard on what she has learnt from mutant worms

Geneticist Alison Wollard explains her enthusiasm for a tiny nematode worm.

28 mins

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Daniel Dennett on the evolution of the human brain

Daniel Dennett talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the evolution of the human brain.

28 mins

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Nick Fraser on Triassic reptiles

Nick Fraser tells Jim Al-Khalili about some extraordinary fossil finds.

28 mins

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Liz Sockett on friendly killer bacteria

Jim Al-khalili talks to Professor Liz Sockett about the evil genius of predatory bacteria.

28 mins

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Graham MacGregor on tackling the demons in our diet

Jim Al-Khalili talks to Prof Graham MacGregor about his remarkable war on sugar and salt.

28 mins

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Ann Clarke on The Frozen Ark

Jim Al-Khalili talks to Dr Ann Clarke about preserving global animal DNA in The Frozen Ark

28 mins

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Fay Dowker on a new theory of space-time

Fay Dowker and Jim Al-Khalili discuss the texture of space-time.

28 mins

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Ottoline Leyser on how plants decide what to do

Ottoline Leyser talks to Jim Al-Khalili about how plants decide to grow the way they do.

28 mins

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Tim O'Brien on transient stars and science and music festivals

Jim Al-Khalili talks transient stars and music festivals with Tim O'Brien of Jodrell Bank.

28 mins

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Tamsin Mather on what volcanic plumes reveal about our planet

Tamsin Mather explains what volcanic plumes tell us about our planet, past and present.

28 mins

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Jennifer Doudna

Jennifer Doudna talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research that is transforming genetics.

28 mins

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Tracey Rogers on leopard seals and Antarctica

Singing leopard seals and other perils of research in Antarctica.

28 mins

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Lucie Green on the sun

Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Lucie Green about studying the sun.

28 mins

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Steve Cowley on Nuclear Fusion

Jim Al-Khalili asks Steve Cowley if we will ever have energy from nuclear fusion.

28 mins

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Tim Birkhead on bird promiscuity

Sex, guillemots and the virtuoso finch.

28 mins

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Ellen Stofan on being NASA chief scientist

Ellen Stofan, former chief scientist at NASA, talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Adrian Thomas on the mechanics of flight

Zoologist and inventor Adrian Thomas talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the mechanics of flight

28 mins

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Eben Upton on Raspberry Pi

The computer that costs little more than a toasted sandwich.

28 mins

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Eugenia Cheng on the mathematics of mathematics

Jim talks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about mathematics, music and baking.

28 mins

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Wendy Barclay and the flu virus

Jim Al-Khalili discusses the flu virus with Professor Wendy Barclay of Imperial College.

28 mins

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Richard Henderson zooms in on the molecules of life

2017 Nobel Prize-winner Richard Henderson on how he zoomed in on the molecules of life.

29 mins

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John Burn and the genetics of cancer

Jim Al-Khalili discusses the genetics of cancer with Professor Sir John Burn.

29 mins

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Ailie MacAdam on the biggest construction project in Europe.

From sewage treatment to Crossrail, engineer Ailie MacAdam talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Clare Grey on the Big Battery Challenge

Jim Al-Khalili talks to Clare Grey about the batteries that could power our future.

28 mins

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Stephen Reicher on the psychology of crowds

Psychologist Stephen Reicher talks to Jim al-Khalili about how we behave in crowds.

28 mins

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Callum Roberts on the urgent need for marine conservation

Callum Roberts on coral reefs and the urgent need for marine reserves.

28 mins

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Carlo Rovelli on why time is not what it seems

Carlo Rovelli describes how he abandoned the concept of time.

28 mins

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Caroline Dean reveals the genetic secrets of flowering

Professor Dame Caroline Dean on why some plants need cold before they can flower.

28 mins

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Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes

Jim Al-Khalili talks chimp gestures with Dr Cat Hobaiter.

28 mins

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John Taylor on being an inventor

John Taylor tells Jim Al-Khalili how his inventions transformed the electric kettle.

28 mins

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Sheena Cruickshank on the wonders of the human immune system

DIY Faecal Transplants? Don't do this at home, immunologist Sheena Cruickshank tells Jim.

28 mins

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Frank Close and particle physics

Jim Al-Khalili discusses quarks and popularising particle physics with Frank Close.

28 mins

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Rachel Mills exploring the sea floor

Rachel Mills on volcanoes under the sea and how metal deposits feed the oceans.

28 mins

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Jacqueline McGlade on monitoring the environment from space

Jacqueline McGlade on monitoring the environment from space.

28 mins

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Noel Fitzpatrick on becoming a supervet

Supervet, Noel Fitzpatrick, talks to Jim Al-Khalili

28 mins

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Detective of the mind Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan

Detective of the mind Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan talks about brain seizures with Jim Al-Khalili

28 mins

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Mike Stratton and cancer genes

Mike Stratton talks about searching for cancer genes with Jim al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove

Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

28 mins

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Banning chemical weapons with Alastair Hay

Alastair Hay talks with Jim Al-Khalili about ridding the world of chemical weapons.

28 mins

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Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock

Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock talks to Jim Al-Khalili about astronomy.

28 mins

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Clive Oppenheimer on the volcanic offerings of our angry earth

Clive Oppenheimer on volcanoes that shake the world.

28 mins

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Jim Al-Khalili on HIS life scientific

Physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells Adam Rutherford what motivates and inspires him.

28 mins

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Sue Black on women in tech

Sue Black tells Jim Al-Khalili how she became a software engineer.

28 mins

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2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner, Sir Gregory Winter

Sir Gregory Winter, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry

28 mins

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Gwen Adshead on treating the minds of violent offenders

Gwen Adshead tells Jim Al-Khalili how she treats the minds of violent offenders.

28 mins

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2018 Nobel Prize winner, Donna Strickland, on laser physics

Donna Strickland, the first woman to win a Physics Nobel Prize in 55 years.

29 mins

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Ken Gabriel, Why your Smartphone is Smart.

How working with robots in the 1980s kicked off a microelectronics revolution.

27 mins

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Corinne Le Quéré on the global carbon cycle

Professor Corinne Le Quéré talks to Jim Al-Khalili about tracing global carbon.

27 mins

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Paul Davies on the origin of life and the evolution of cancer

Physicist Paul Davies on the origin of life, aliens and the evolution of cancer.

29 mins

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Irene Tracey on pain in the brain

Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain.

28 mins

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Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives

Epidemiologist Richard Peto on the links between tobacco, disease and early death

29 mins

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Erica McAlister on the beauty of flies

Dr Erica McAlister talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the beautiful world of flies.

30 mins

13 Minutes to the Moon

Ep.06 Saving 1968

War, riots, assassinations: “the year that shattered America”. But it ended with Apollo 8

47 mins

30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

Stenocara beetle and water collector

It performs headstands in a desert; now this beetle is teaching us how to collect water

12 mins

The Digital Human

Series 17

Obsession

Aleks Krotoski explores the thin line between passion and obsession online.

28 mins

The Social

Weddings

Meeting the woman who’s wedding venue in a Wiltshire barn has taken off on social media.

180 mins

Let's Talk About Tech

Game On 180619 E3, gaymers and Sonic at the wheel.

Game On 180619 E3, gaymers and Sonic at the wheel.

34 mins