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Julia King on manipulating metals and decarbonising transport
A metals-focused engineer's route from academia to industry to the House of Lords.
Marie Johnston on health psychology and the power of behavioural shifts
Why subtle changes in how we act can radically change our lives and our health.
James Jackson on understanding earthquakes and building resilience
How studying processes that shape the planet’s surface can help us become more resilient.
Julie Williams on Alzheimer’s disease
Julie Williams on the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease.
Andre Geim on levitating frogs, graphene and 2D materials
The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene.
Gillian Reid on making chemistry count
Jim Al-Khalili hears how chemistry is connected to every part of our lives.
Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards
From landslides to tornadoes, Bruce Malamud talks modelling risk and multi-hazard cascades
Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science
Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Anne-Marie Imafidon about championing girls in STEM.
Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics
Jim Al-Khalili unravels the tangled chains of genetic (and epigenetic) inheritance.
Harald Haas on making waves in light communication
Jim Al-Khalili hears how light can be used to access the internet.
Deborah Greaves on wave power and offshore renewable energy
Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Deborah Greaves about wave energy and her love of the sea
Gideon Henderson on climate ‘clocks’ and dating ice ages
Jim Al-Khalili hears how study of the past climate can help us understand our future.
Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill
Professor Chris Barratt discusses breaking new ground in male fertility research.
Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
Sir Colin Humphreys on LEDs, electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world
Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies
Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies.
Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole
Paul Murdin shares his story of the first identification of a black hole, Cygnus X-1.
Alex Antonelli on learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change
Jim Al-Khalili meets the Kew Gardens' director using bio-geography to protect biodiversity
Edward Witten on 'the theory of everything'
Physicist Edward Witten on M-Theory, the leading contender for a 'theory of everything'.
Sarah Blaffer Hrdy on human evolution and parenthood
Jim Al-Khalili discusses monkey infanticide and human parenting with Sarah Hrdy.
Professor Sarah Harper on how population change is remodelling societies.
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sarah Harper about societal ageing and falling fertility
Sir Michael Berry on phenomena in physics' borderlands
Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry
Cathie Sudlow on data in healthcare
Jim Al-Khalili discusses population-wide health research with Professor Cathie Sudlow.
Sir Harry Bhadeshia on the choreography of metals
Sir Harry Bhadeshia on his work in metallurgy and choreographing crystalline structures.
Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful
Jim Al-Khalili chats to a 'solutions scientist' about solving our CO2 problem.
Michael Wooldridge on AI and sentient robots
Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI.
Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies
Sir Jonathan Van-Tam discusses his work around infectious diseases and Covid-19.
Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work.
Sheila Willis on using science to help solve crime
Forensic scientist Dr Sheila Willis on when the worlds of science and the law collide.
Nick Longrich on discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones
Jim Al-Khalili talks dinosaurs and ‘one in a million year’ events with Dr Nick Longrich.
Fiona Rayment on the applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond
Jim Al-Khalili talks to the president of the Nuclear Institute about all things nuclear.
Hannah Critchlow on the connected brain
Neuroscientist Hannah Critchlow on connections within - and between - brains.
