The Life Scientific Episodes Available now

Haley Gomez on cosmic dust
Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Haley Gomez.

Adrian Smith on the power of Bayesian statistics
How a once-derided approach to statistics paved the way for AI.

Clifford Johnson on making sense of black holes and movie plots
Jim Al-Khalili hears about new approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.

Rebecca Kilner on beetle behaviours and evolution
How corpse-based beetles can answer long-standing questions about human evolution.

Pam Shaw on the research battle against motor neurone disease
How new drug trials could mark a turning point in MND research.

Chris Elliott on fighting food fraud
How ‘fingerprinting’ technology could help prevent another horse meat scam.

A passion for fruit flies
Bambos Kyriacou tells Jim Al-Khalili why he studies the behaviour of fruit flies.

Why study sewage?
Leon Barron tells Jim Al-Khalili how he developed an intense interest in sewage.

The sounds of coral reefs
Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs

Can computers discover new medicines?
Using AI to discover drugs. Daphne Koller tells Jim Al-Khalili about her life and work.