Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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How does heat affect our health?
Tue 3 Jun 2025
Why is it so hard to understand the effects a warming world has on our health?
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Unstoppable: Inge Lehmann
Mon 12 May 2025
How seismologist Inge Lehmann rewrote geophysics by discovering Earth鈥檚 inner core
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Unstoppable: Tebello Nyokong
Mon 5 May 2025
Tebello Nyokong is deploying cutting-edge chemistry to revolutionise cancer treatment
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Unstoppable: Kura Paul-Burke
Mon 28 Apr 2025
Kura Paul-Burke is combining M膩ori knowledge with marine science to save our ocean
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Unstoppable: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Mon 21 Apr 2025
Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered a new stellar object to redefine astrophysics at just 24
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Unstoppable: Tu Youyou
Mon 14 Apr 2025
Tu Youyou scoured ancient medical texts to find a world-changing treatment for malaria
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Unstoppable: Purnima Devi Barman
Mon 7 Apr 2025
Discover how Purnima Devi Barman recruited an army of women to save the storks of India.
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The Life Scientific: Bill Gates
Mon 17 Feb 2025
The Gates Foundation has tackled issues around health, education, and climate change
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Uncharted: A different kind of justice
Mon 10 Feb 2025
A small, informal survey leads to shocking revelations about the US justice system
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Hay Festival Special
Mon 23 Dec 2024
Dr Chris van Tulleken shares stories from the making of his chart-topping podcast
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Inside Health: How can we age well?
Mon 16 Dec 2024
A panel of experts explain what we can all do to help ourselves age well.
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The Life Scientific - Peter Goadsby
Mon 9 Dec 2024
Professor Peter Goadsby is a true pioneer in the field of migraine.
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The Life Scientific: Kip Thorne
Mon 2 Dec 2024
Kip Thorne's study of black holes earnt him a share of the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics
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The Life Scientific - Vicky Tolfrey
Mon 25 Nov 2024
Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics.
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The Life Scientific: Raymond Schinazi
Mon 11 Nov 2024
Raymond Schinazi reflects on his role revolutionising treatment for HIV and hepatitis C
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The Life Scientific: Conny Aerts
Mon 21 Oct 2024
Conny Aerts is a professor of Astrophysics at the University of Leuven in Belgium
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
