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The Life Scientific Episodes

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    Stephanie Shirley on computer coding

    Software pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

  2. Jane Francis on Antarctica

    The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

  3. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains

    Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the teenage brain

  4. Matt Taylor on the Rosetta space mission

    Matt Taylor talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Rosetta comet mission.

  5. John O'Keefe on memory

    2014 Nobel Prize-winner John O'Keefe talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

  6. Dave Goulson on bees

    Jim Al-Khalili talks to Prof Dave Goulson about his obsession with bees.

  7. Dame Sally Davies on public health

    Jim al-Khalili talks to Dame Sally Davies about looking after the nation's health.

  8. Richard Fortey on fossils

    Jim Al-Khalili meets Mr Trilobite, the palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey.

  9. Margaret Boden on artificial intelligence

    Jim Al-Khalili talks to Maggie Boden, a world authority in the field of AI.

  10. Chris Toumazou on inventing medical devices

    Chris Toumazou talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the science of invention.

  11. Elspeth Garman on crystallography

    Jim Al-Khalili talks to Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman.

  12. Jackie Akhavan on explosives

    Jackie Akhavan talks about the ethical issues of working on explosives used in war.

  13. Brian Cox on quantum mechanics

    Brian Cox, physicist and media star, talks fame and quantum mechanics with Jim Al-Khalili.

  14. Carol Robinson on chemistry

    Carol Robinson on her journey from lab technician to professor of chemistry.

  15. Jeremy Farrar on fighting viruses

    Jim Al-Khalili in conversation with Dr Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust.

  16. Zoe Shipton on fracking

    Jim Al-Khalili discusses earthquakes and fracking for gas with geologist Zoe Shipton.

  17. Chris Llewellyn Smith on nuclear fusion

    Chris Llewellyn Smith on quarks, bosons and running the biggest experiments in history.

  18. Sandy Knapp

    Botanist Sandy Knapp talks about her adventures collecting plants in South America.

  19. Chris Lintott

    Chris Lintott tells Jim Al Khalili about crowd sourced astronomy and Galaxy Zoo.

  20. Janet Hemingway

    Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance, with Jim Al-Khalili.

  21. Professor Sir Michael Rutter

    Jim Al-Khalili meets child psychiatrist Prof Sir Michael Rutter.

  22. Julia Slingo

    Jim Al-Khalili talks to Dame Julia Slingo, the chief scientist at the Met Office.

  23. Veronica van Heyningen

    Jim Al-Khalili talks to Veronica van Heyningen about the gene that builds the eye.

  24. Alf Adams

    Alf Adams remembers his small idea that changed the world, with Jim Al-Khalili.

  25. Anne Glover

    Anne Glover talks to Jim Al-Khalili about glow-in-the-dark bacteria and advising ministers

  26. Mark Miodownik

    Mark Miodownik talks nuclear weapons, 3D printers and smart materials with Jim Al-Khalili.

  27. Vikram Patel

    Jim Al-Khalili discusses global mental health with psychiatrist Prof Vikram Patel.

  28. Sue Black

    Jim Al-Khalili talks to forensic scientist Sue Black about identifying human bodies.

  29. Peter Higgs

    Peter Higgs opens up to Jim Al-Khalili about the real story of the Higgs boson.

  30. Wendy Hall

    Jim Al Khalili discusses the development of the web with Prof Wendy Hall.

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