The Life Scientific Episodes Episode guide
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Sarah Gilbert on developing a vaccine for Covid-19
How did Sarah Gilbert get so far, so fast in developing a vaccine for Covid-19?
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Steve Haake on technology, sport and health
Steve Haake talks to Jim al-Khalili about how technology improves sporting ability.
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Francesca Happ茅 on autism
Francesca Happ茅 talks to Jim al-Khalili about the abilities of people with autism.
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Heather Koldewey on marine conservation
Saving seahorses and turning old fishing nets into luxury carpets.
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Dale Sanders on feeding the world
Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Andy Fabian on black holes
Professor Andy Fabian on supermassive black holes and their dramatic hold over galaxies.
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Alice Roberts on bones
What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili.
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Clifford Stott on riot prevention
How to stop peaceful protests turning into riots.
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Emma Bunce on the gas giants
Professor Emma Bunce shares her passion for Jupiter and Neptune with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Jane Goodall on living with wild chimpanzees
Jane Goodall describes her life with the wild chimpanzees of Gombe.
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Liz Seward and the dream of spaceflight
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to Liz Seward about designing spacecraft.
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Frank Kelly on air pollution
The impact of lockdown on the quality of the air we breathe.
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Debbie Pain on conserving globally threatened bird species
Professor Debbie Pain talks to Jim Al-Khalili about conserving our endangered birdlife.
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Jim McDonald on power networks
Is the National Grid fit for purpose? Jim McDonald talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Brian Greene on how the universe is made of string
Is the universe really made of string? Physicist Brian Greene talks to Jim Al Khalili.
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Matthew Cobb on how we detect smells
What maggots teach us about our sense of smell. Prof Matthew Cobb tells Jim Al-Khalli
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Anya Hurlbert on seeing colour
Anya Hurlbert tells Jim Al-Khalili how colours are made in the mind.
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Myles Allen on understanding climate change
The physicist behind net zero. Prof Myles Allen talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Optical communications pioneer Polina Bayvel
The invention of the optical fibres that makes ultra-fast broadband possible.
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2019 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, Sir Peter Ratcliffe
The 2019 Nobel Prize-winner Sir Peter Ratcliffe on living with low oxygen.
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Peter Fonagy on a revolution in mental health care
How Peter Fonagy changed the way we treat our mental health.
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Susannah Maidment on stegosaurs
Susannah Maidment tells Jim how she came to be a world authority on stegosaurs
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Patricia Wiltshire on how pollen can solve crimes.
Using pollen to solve crimes. Prof Pat Wiltshire talks to Jim Al Khalili.
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Elizabeth Fisher on chromosomes in mice and men
Elizabeth Fisher on studying chromosomal abnormalities in mice and men
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Demis Hassabis on artificial intelligence
Demis Hassabis tells Jim Al-Khalili why he wants to create artificial intelligence.
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Saiful Islam on materials to power the 21st century
Professor Saiful Islam on the materials that make renewable energy possible.
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Adrian Owen on scanning for awareness in the injured brain
Adrian Owen tells Jim Al-Khalili about his search for awareness in brain-injured patients.
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Martha Clokie on the viruses that could improve our health
Professor Martha Clokie on the viruses that destroy antibiotic-resistant bugs.
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Anne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity
Professor Anne Magurran on how nature is going the same way as our high streets.
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Richard Wiseman on lying, luck and the paranormal
How to spot a liar. Professor Richard Wiseman tells Jim Al-Khalili
