Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
Episodes to download
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The James Webb Space Telescope
Mon 13 Dec 2021
A new giant space telescope that will show us the first stars that shone in the universe
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Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares
Mon 6 Dec 2021
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests
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The Evidence: Healthcare pushed out by the pandemic
Sat 27 Nov 2021
The killer diseases ignored because of Covid-19
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Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares
Mon 22 Nov 2021
The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the 1970s.
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Listening to coral reefs
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Conservationist Rory Crawford meets the scientists surveying coral reefs using sound
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Geoengineering The Planet
Mon 8 Nov 2021
How we cool the planet with the latest geoengineering technologies.
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The Evidence: When misinformation kills
Sat 30 Oct 2021
Tackling the 鈥渋nfodemic鈥� 鈥� misinformation and Covid-19
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Chilean mummies
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Jane Chambers learns about the world's oldest examples of mummification
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Earthshot 3 - The prize winners
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Five categories, a million pounds in each. Who has won the Earthshot prize?
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Earthshot 2 鈥� Tackling our energy crisis
Mon 11 Oct 2021
Balancing our growing need for electricity while addressing climate change
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The Evidence: To boost or not to boost?
Sat 2 Oct 2021
The science and the ethics of vaccine booster shots
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China's great science leap
Mon 27 Sep 2021
Will China鈥檚 ambitions in space, quantum & biotech lead it to science super-power status?
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Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
Mon 30 Aug 2021
All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why.
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The Evidence: How will the pandemic end?
Sun 29 Aug 2021
Keeping a lid on risks of new covid variants as vaccinated countries ease restrictions
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The Life Scientific: Professor Martin Sweeting
Mon 23 Aug 2021
How Martin Sweeting made a satellite on his kitchen table
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The Life Scientific: Dr Nira Chamberlain
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems.
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Lost for words
Mon 9 Aug 2021
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing
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Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Fri 6 Aug 2021
How animals make us smarter 鈥� we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
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Whatever happened to鈥hose Covid-19 stories
Sat 31 Jul 2021
Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared
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Dare to repair: Fixing the future
Mon 26 Jul 2021
How does repair and repair-ability fit into our sustainable future?
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Dare to repair: The fight for the right to repair
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Exploring how citizens are fighting back for the right to repair their own stuff
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Dare to Repair: How we broke the future
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Why electronic gadgets dont last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard.
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Tooth and claw: Tigers
Mon 5 Jul 2021
What's it like facing a charging tiger and how best can we protect their growing numbers?
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!
