The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

Why do we get déjà vu?

4/6 Plus is anything really random?

• 26 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

Does infinity exist?

Rutherford and Fry embark on a never-ending quest for infinite knowledge

• 26 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

Why do birds sing?

6/6 And why does the human voice change as we age?

• 26 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The growling stomach

Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?

• 26 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The seeded cloud

Can we make it rain?

• 26 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The sting in the tail

What’s the point of wasps?

• 26 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The end of everything

When and how is the universe going to end?

• 26 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The Zedonk Problem

What are ligons and tigers? What is a species?

• 26 mins

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The Space Burrito

Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles

• 26 mins

Steve Haake

Steve Haake talks to Jim al-Khalili about how technology improves sporting ability

• 26 mins

Evolutionary biologist Alice Roberts

What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili

• 26 mins

Hopes and fears for Covid-19 vaccines

Vaccines and virus mutations

• 50 mins

Climate meltdown

Wildfires, floods, hurricanes made 2020 record breaking. What it says about climate change

• 37 mins

Marine conservationist Heather Koldewey

Saving seahorses and turning old fishing nets into luxury carpets.

• 27 mins

Astrophysicist Andy Fabian

Professor Andy Fabian on supermassive black holes and their dramatic hold over galaxies

• 27 mins

Plant scientist Dale Sanders

Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

• 27 mins

Science Trumped

Let science speak, health expert Tony Fauci pleaded last week. So how was it sidelined?

• 33 mins