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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Geoff Palmer on brewing
Tue 4 Aug 2015
Jim talks to internationally renowned professor of brewing and distilling Geoff Palmer.
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EO Wilson on ants and evolution
Tue 28 Jul 2015
Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, altruism and evolution.
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Niamh Nic Daeid on forensic science
Tue 21 Jul 2015
Forensic chemist Niamh Nic Daeid talks about investigating fires and analysing legal highs
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Carlos Frenk on dark matter
Tue 14 Jul 2015
Carlos Frenk talks to Jim Al-Khalili about dark matter and modelling the cosmos.
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Dorothy Bishop on language disorders
Tue 7 Jul 2015
Why do some children find language difficult? Dorothy Bishop talks about her life's work.
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Henry Marsh on brain surgery
Tue 30 Jun 2015
Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh talks to Jim Al-Khalili about slicing through our thoughts.
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Kate Jones on bats and biodiversity
Tue 23 Jun 2015
From bats to biodiversity, ecologist Kate Jones discusses her Life Scientific.
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Anil Seth on consciousness
Tue 16 Jun 2015
Anil Seth discusses the hard problem of understanding consciousness with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Susan Jebb on nutrition
Tue 21 Apr 2015
Obesity expert Susan Jebb talks to Jim al-Khalili about the science of what we eat.
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Nigel Shadbolt on the worldwide web
Tue 14 Apr 2015
Sir Nigel Shadbolt talks about artificial intelligence and open data with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Stephanie Shirley on computer coding
Tue 7 Apr 2015
Software pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Jane Francis on Antarctica
Tue 31 Mar 2015
The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains
Tue 24 Mar 2015
Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the teenage brain
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Matt Taylor on the Rosetta space mission
Tue 17 Mar 2015
Matt Taylor talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Rosetta comet mission.
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John O'Keefe on memory
Tue 10 Mar 2015
2014 Nobel Prize-winner John O'Keefe talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Dave Goulson on bees
Tue 11 Nov 2014
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Prof Dave Goulson about his obsession with bees.
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Dame Sally Davies on public health
Tue 4 Nov 2014
Jim al-Khalili talks to Dame Sally Davies about looking after the nation's health.
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Richard Fortey on fossils
Tue 28 Oct 2014
Jim Al-Khalili meets Mr Trilobite, the palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey.
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Margaret Boden on artificial intelligence
Tue 21 Oct 2014
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Maggie Boden, a world authority in the field of AI.
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Chris Toumazou on inventing medical devices
Tue 14 Oct 2014
Chris Toumazou talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the science of invention.
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Elspeth Garman on crystallography
Tue 7 Oct 2014
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman.
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Jackie Akhavan on explosives
Tue 30 Sep 2014
Jackie Akhavan talks about the ethical issues of working on explosives used in war.
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Brian Cox on quantum mechanics
Tue 23 Sep 2014
Brian Cox, physicist and media star, talks fame and quantum mechanics with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Carol Robinson on chemistry
Tue 22 Jul 2014
Carol Robinson on her journey from lab technician to professor of chemistry.
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Jeremy Farrar on fighting viruses
Tue 15 Jul 2014
Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust.
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Zoe Shipton on fracking
Tue 8 Jul 2014
Jim Al-Khalili discusses earthquakes and fracking for gas with geologist Zoe Shipton.
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Chris Llewellyn Smith on nuclear fusion
Tue 1 Jul 2014
Chris Llewellyn Smith on quarks, bosons and running the biggest experiments in history.
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Sandy Knapp
Tue 24 Jun 2014
Botanist Sandy Knapp talks about her adventures collecting plants in South America.
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Chris Lintott
Tue 17 Jun 2014
Chris Lintott tells Jim Al Khalili about crowd sourced astronomy and Galaxy Zoo.
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Janet Hemingway
Tue 10 Jun 2014
Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance, with Jim Al-Khalili.
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