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What’s happening to your memory when you take photos?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken find out how photographs impact our memory.
27 May 2025,·28 mins
Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution
Professor Tim Coulson on how the wolves of Yellowstone National Park shape the ecosystem.
Series 23
Chuckle, Snigger and LOL
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain get serious about the science of laughter
24 May 2025,·29 mins
Menopause Supplements
Can supplements help stave off symptoms of menopause?
22 May 2025,·31 mins
Does the pandemic agreement make the world safer?
An international agreement to prepare for future pandemics is adopted. What does it mean?
22 May 2025,·27 mins
Series 32
Nature's Shapes - Dave Gorman, Sarah Hart and Thomas Woolley
Brian Cox and Robin Ince reveal the hidden codes behind the shapes we see in nature.
19 Feb 2025,·42 mins
Episode 5 - Achavanich
The journey along the Great North Road concludes with an archaeological discovery.
25 Apr 2025,·14 mins
Introducing What’s Up Docs? With Chris and Xand van Tulleken
Drs Chris and Xand are on a mission to help us take better care of ourselves.
30 Apr 2025,·30 mins
Episode 5: The Springs
Robert Macfarlane explores an idea that changes the world – that a river is alive.
09 May 2025,·14 mins
Set in Concrete
Our civilisation is based on concrete. Can we build in a cleaner way?
11 Apr 2025,·53 mins
69. May - Tomato/Potato
Down to earth advice on growing your own fruit and vegetables with gardener Terry Walton
23 May 2025,·14 mins
Malawi's waste warriors
Presenter Myra Anubi is in Malawi to meet those making the most of the country's waste
27 May 2025,·23 mins
Apollo 13
S2 Ep.07 Resurrection
"I still have nightmares about this." Can the crew survive the dangers of re-entry?
08 Jun 2020,·60 mins
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
08 Apr 2025,·28 mins
Series 2
7. Bonus Episode - Extra Dose
A Petri dish of funny and fascinating extra unheard bits from Series 2.
24 Dec 2024,·40 mins
Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence
Can we change violent minds?
In her final Reith Lecture, Dr Gwen Adshead asks if we can change violent minds.
17 Dec 2024,·57 mins
13. Legacy
India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past.
30 May 2023,·28 mins
5: The Future
The final part of a thought-provoking book questioning overdiagnosis in medicine.
21 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Series 5
Tina, the dog who changed the world, catching up with Niall Harbison and spotting the signs of allergies
A reunion with Niall Harbison, Tina the dog who changed the world and animal allergies.
21 May 2025,·26 mins
Raynor Winn
The Salt Path author Raynor Winn takes Martha along the south west coast path in Cornwall.
27 Mar 2025,·24 mins
09 May 2025,·29 mins
Responding to AI
Adam Walton explores UK research on artificial intelligence.
27 May 2025,·29 mins
Jade and postpartum psychosis
How can we best treat postpartum psychosis?
16 Jul 2024,·28 mins
12. Why do we play?
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks why do humans play?
07 Mar 2025,·14 mins
Presenter Myra Anubi is in Malawi to meet those making the most of the country's waste.
How Music Can Hold and Heal Us
We explore how music—especially lullabies—heals like medicine.
13 Mar 2025,·25 mins
Series 1
27. Birthday Cake
It’s here. The first birthday. Cake, balloons, fuss. We reflect on the last 12 months.
14 Jun 2024,·13 mins
Body Clock
Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?
11 Aug 2021,·18 mins
6. The Microdoctrine
Final episode of the LSD saga about an attempt to spark a revolution of the mind.
23 Nov 2022,·25 mins
30 Apr 2025,·29 mins
