Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
Episodes to download
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The Evidence: How Covid damages the human body
Sat 26 Jun 2021
Covid the chameleon - the multiple ways this virus attacks our bodies
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Tooth and claw: Lions
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Our complex relationship with Earth鈥檚 greatest predators by the people who know them best
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Peter Goadsby on migraine
Mon 7 Jun 2021
Peter Goadsby on migraine attacks and the new treatments his research has inspired.
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The Evidence: Sharing Vaccines 鈥� what鈥檚 gone wrong?
Sat 29 May 2021
The ethics of putting children in rich countries ahead in the global vaccine queue
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The noises that make us cringe
Mon 3 May 2021
Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so terrible?
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The Hamster Power Hypothesis
Mon 26 Apr 2021
How many hamsters on wheels would it take to power London? asks Judah from Virginia, USA.
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The Martian Mission
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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The Evidence: Mental health and the pandemic
Sat 27 Mar 2021
Mental health distress has risen around the world. How can people's suffering be eased?
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The Life Scientific: Jane Hurst
Mon 8 Mar 2021
Jane Hurst reveals how mice are ruled by their noses.
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The Life Scientific: Cath Noakes
Mon 1 Mar 2021
How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens.
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The Evidence: Keeping out Covid-19
Sat 27 Feb 2021
The virus knows no borders, so do international travel restrictions work for Covid-19?
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The Life Scientific: Giles Yeo
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work.
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The power of one
Mon 8 Feb 2021
Lucy Cooke explores why some species shirk company in favour of a solitary life
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The power of celibacy
Mon 1 Feb 2021
Lucy Cooke discovers why some species reproduce without sex or the need for males
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The Evidence: The Shapeshifting Virus
Sat 30 Jan 2021
Will new vaccines work against the more infectious versions of the coronavirus?
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Science Trumped
Mon 25 Jan 2021
Let science speak, health expert Tony Fauci pleaded last week. So how was it sidelined?
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Plant scientist Dale Sanders
Mon 18 Jan 2021
Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Astrophysicist Andy Fabian
Mon 11 Jan 2021
Professor Andy Fabian on supermassive black holes and their dramatic hold over galaxies
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Marine conservationist Heather Koldewey
Mon 4 Jan 2021
Saving seahorses and turning old fishing nets into luxury carpets.
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Climate meltdown
Mon 28 Dec 2020
Wildfires, floods, hurricanes made 2020 record breaking. What it says about climate change
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Evolutionary biologist Alice Roberts
Mon 21 Dec 2020
What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili
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Steve Haake
Mon 14 Dec 2020
Steve Haake talks to Jim al-Khalili about how technology improves sporting ability
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The Space Burrito
Mon 7 Dec 2020
Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles
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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!
