The Life Scientific Episodes Episode guide
-
![]()
2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner, Sir Gregory Winter
Sir Gregory Winter, winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for Chemistry
-
![]()
Sue Black on women in tech
Sue Black tells Jim Al-Khalili how she became a software engineer.
-
![]()
Jim Al-Khalili on HIS life scientific
Physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells Adam Rutherford what motivates and inspires him.
-
![]()
Clive Oppenheimer on the volcanic offerings of our angry earth
Clive Oppenheimer on volcanoes that shake the world.
-
![]()
Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock
Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock talks to Jim Al-Khalili about astronomy.
-
![]()
Banning chemical weapons with Alastair Hay
Alastair Hay talks with Jim Al-Khalili about ridding the world of chemical weapons.
-
![]()
Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove
Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
-
![]()
Mike Stratton and cancer genes
Mike Stratton talks about searching for cancer genes with Jim al-Khalili.
-
![]()
Detective of the mind Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan
Detective of the mind Dr Suzanne O'Sullivan talks about brain seizures with Jim Al-Khalili
-
![]()
Noel Fitzpatrick on becoming a supervet
Supervet, Noel Fitzpatrick, talks to Jim Al-Khalili
-
![]()
Jacqueline McGlade on monitoring the environment from space
Jacqueline McGlade on monitoring the environment from space.
-
![]()
Rachel Mills exploring the sea floor
Rachel Mills on volcanoes under the sea and how metal deposits feed the oceans.
-
![]()
Frank Close and particle physics
Jim Al-Khalili discusses quarks and popularising particle physics with Frank Close.
-
![]()
Sheena Cruickshank on the wonders of the human immune system
DIY Faecal Transplants? Don't do this at home, immunologist Sheena Cruickshank tells Jim.
-
![]()
John Taylor on being an inventor
John Taylor tells Jim Al-Khalili how his inventions transformed the electric kettle.
-
![]()
Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes
Jim Al-Khalili talks chimp gestures with Dr Cat Hobaiter.
-
![]()
Caroline Dean reveals the genetic secrets of flowering
Professor Dame Caroline Dean on why some plants need cold before they can flower.
-
![]()
Carlo Rovelli on why time is not what it seems
Carlo Rovelli describes how he abandoned the concept of time.
-
![]()
Callum Roberts on the urgent need for marine conservation
Callum Roberts on coral reefs and the urgent need for marine reserves.
-
![]()
Stephen Reicher on the psychology of crowds
Psychologist Stephen Reicher talks to Jim al-Khalili about how we behave in crowds.
-
![]()
Clare Grey on the Big Battery Challenge
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Clare Grey about the batteries that could power our future.
-
![]()
Ailie MacAdam on the biggest construction project in Europe
From sewage treatment to Crossrail, engineer Ailie MacAdam talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
-
![]()
John Burn and the genetics of cancer
Jim Al-Khalili discusses the genetics of cancer with Professor Sir John Burn.
-
![]()
Richard Henderson zooms in on the molecules of life
2017 Nobel Prize-winner Richard Henderson on how he zoomed in on the molecules of life.
-
![]()
Wendy Barclay and the flu virus
Jim Al-Khalili discusses the flu virus with Professor Wendy Barclay of Imperial College.
-
![]()
Eugenia Cheng on the mathematics of mathematics
Jim talks to mathematician Eugenia Cheng about mathematics, music and baking.
-
![]()
Eben Upton on Raspberry Pi
The computer that costs little more than a toasted sandwich.
-
![]()
Adrian Thomas on the mechanics of flight
Zoologist and inventor Adrian Thomas talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the mechanics of flight
-
![]()
Ellen Stofan on being NASA chief scientist
Ellen Stofan, former chief scientist at NASA, talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
-
![]()
Tim Birkhead on bird promiscuity
Sex, guillemots and the virtuoso finch.
