Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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The Life Scientific: Pete Smith
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Restore peat bogs to mitigate climate change and improve bio-diversity.
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The Turn of the Tide
Mon 30 May 2022
Why are tide times and ranges so different around the UK, asks Lynn?
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The Evidence: The nature of mental health
Sat 28 May 2022
Plant power and mental health. Is a nature-cure a cure-all?
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The Shocking White Hair
Mon 23 May 2022
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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Surprising symmetries
Mon 16 May 2022
Two eyes, two arms, two legs - we are roughly symmetrical on the outside. Why is that?
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The Mystery of the Teenage Brain
Mon 2 May 2022
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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Wild Inside: The Ocean Sunfish
Mon 25 Apr 2022
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of Mola mola the world's largest bony fish
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Wild Inside: The Burmese Python
Mon 18 Apr 2022
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the internal secrets to success of the Burmese Python
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Wild Inside: Jungle royalty - the Jaguar
Mon 11 Apr 2022
Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside three animals from the big wild world.
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The Evidence: War trauma and mental health
Sat 2 Apr 2022
The psychological suffering caused by the toxic stress of war and conflict
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The Life Scientific: Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals
Mon 28 Mar 2022
How did mammals come to dominate our planet? Prof Steve Brusatte talks to Jim Al-Khalili
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The Life Scientific: Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA
Mon 21 Mar 2022
The man who found a way to decode DNA at speed
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Tooth and Claw: Wolves
Tue 15 Mar 2022
Wolves play a dark role in our imaginations but how does the real animal compare?
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Tooth and Claw: Army ant
Tue 8 Mar 2022
Adam Hart explores the villain of many a jungle horror movie - the army ant.
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Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes
Tue 1 Mar 2022
Adam Hart discovers why rattlesnakes make good mothers and how deadly their venom is.
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The Evidence: Drug-resistant superbugs
Sat 26 Feb 2022
The silent pandemic - drug resistant infections threaten the future of modern medicine
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Tooth and claw: Spotted hyena
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Professor Adam Hart resurrects the spotted hyena鈥檚 reputation, from scavenger to hunter
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Deep sea exploration
Mon 14 Feb 2022
The wonders and mysteries of the deep ocean, and the potential threats to it.
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African science, African future
Mon 31 Jan 2022
Professor Tom Kariuki examines the future of science in Africa
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The Evidence: Africa, the pandemic and healthcare independence
Sat 29 Jan 2022
The new momentum for vaccines, medicines and tests to be made for Africa in Africa
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The venomous vendetta
Mon 24 Jan 2022
Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam.
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The slippery situation
Mon 17 Jan 2022
'What is the most slippy thing in the world?' asks 8 year old Evelyn from London.
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The weirdness of water, Part 2 of 2
Mon 3 Jan 2022
Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry attempt to answer more questions on why water is weird
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The weirdness of water, Part 1 of 2
Mon 27 Dec 2021
鈥楶lease explain the weirdness of water?鈥� asks Neil Morton in Stirling in Scotland.
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The Evidence: When will the pandemic end?
Christmas Day 2021
Lessons from Omicron to end the pandemic
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Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
