The Life Scientific Podcast
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future
Episodes to download
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Jenny Graves
Tue 1 Oct 2013
Jim Al-Khalili talks kangaroos and the death of the Y chromosome with Prof Jenny Graves.
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Sophie Scott
Tue 24 Sep 2013
Jim Al-Khalili talks to neuroscientist Sophie Scott about the science of laughter.
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Ian Stewart
Tue 17 Sep 2013
Jim Al-Khalili discusses sci-fi and popularising maths with Prof Ian Stewart.
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Mike Benton
Tue 10 Sep 2013
Jim Al-Khalili discusses digging up dinosaurs in remote places with Prof Mike Benton.
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Mark Lythgoe
Tue 3 Sep 2013
Jim Al-Khalili discusses medical imaging and mountain climbing with Prof Mark Lythgoe.
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Joanna Haigh
Tue 27 Aug 2013
Joanna Haigh, professor of physics at Imperial College, talks climate with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Russell Foster
Tue 20 Aug 2013
Jim Al-Khalili talks to zoologist Russell Foster about circadian rhythms and jet lag.
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Elizabeth Stokoe
Tue 25 Jun 2013
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Elizabeth Stokoe about studying real-life conversations.
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David Spiegelhalter
Tue 18 Jun 2013
Jim Al-Khalili talks risk and uncertainty with Prof David Spiegelhalter.
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Ewan Birney
Tue 11 Jun 2013
Ewan Birney talks to Jim Al-Khalili about deciphering the human genome and junk DNA.
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Athene Donald
Tue 4 Jun 2013
Prof Dame Athene Donald talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the physics behind everyday stuff.
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Linda Partridge
Tue 28 May 2013
The science of longevity - Jim Al-Khalili chats to geneticist Prof Dame Linda Partridge.
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Lord John Krebs
Tue 21 May 2013
Lord John Krebs talks to Jim al-Khalili about birds, foot and mouth disease and badgers.
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Sanjeev Gupta
Tue 14 May 2013
What links the English Channel to valleys on Mars? Jim talks to geologist Sanjeev Gupta.
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Nancy Rothwell
Tue 7 May 2013
Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with the neuroscientist Prof Dame Nancy Rothwell.
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Sue Ion
Tue 26 Feb 2013
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Sue Ion about working in the nuclear industry post-Chernobyl.
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Alan Watson
Tue 19 Feb 2013
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Alan Watson about his quest to discover the source of cosmic rays.
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Annette Karmiloff-Smith
Tue 22 Jan 2013
Should babies under two watch TV? Jim talks to psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
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Prof Robert Mair
Tue 15 Jan 2013
Robert Mair talks about tunnelling under Big Ben, Crossrail and engineering for the future
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Amoret Whitaker
Tue 8 Jan 2013
Amoret Whitaker talks about insects and their role in helping solve crimes.
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John Gurdon
Tue 18 Dec 2012
2012 Nobel Prize winner John Gurdon on cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep.
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Jared Diamond
Tue 4 Dec 2012
Jared Diamond on gall bladders, global history and the birds of Papua New Guinea.
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Monica Grady
Tue 16 Oct 2012
Jim Al-Khalili and Prof Monica Grady weigh up the evidence for life on Mars.
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Hugh Montgomery
Tue 9 Oct 2012
Jim Al-Khalili interviews Professor Hugh Montgomery about the gene for fitness.
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Sir Mark Walport
Tue 2 Oct 2012
Jim Al-Khalili talks to the next government chief scientific advisor, Sir Mark Walport.
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David Nutt
Tue 18 Sep 2012
Jim Al-Khalili interviews Prof David Nutt about research into drugs and the brain.
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