Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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Science Stories: Series 2 - Margaret Cavendish
Mon 25 Apr 2016
Aristocrat writer and thinker Margaret Cavendish and the birth of the scientific method
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Science Stories: Series 2 - Orgueil Meteorite
Mon 18 Apr 2016
The riddle of the 19th century French meteorite that carried a secret for 100 years.
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African Einsteins
Mon 4 Apr 2016
Will Einstein鈥檚 successors be African? It鈥檚 very likely - and some of them will be women
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Feeding the World - Part Two
Mon 28 Mar 2016
How to future proof our crops above and below ground, to endure climate change
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Feeding the World - Part One
Mon 21 Mar 2016
Kathy Willis meets scientists seeking the genetic diversity to future-proof our crops
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Editing the Genome - Part Two
Mon 14 Mar 2016
Should we try to wipe out mosquitoes? With CRISPR, it may now be possible.
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Editing the Genome
Mon 7 Mar 2016
We have a powerful new tool to alter DNA. What medical uses should be off limits?
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Science Stories: Series 1 - Einstein鈥檚 Ice Box
Mon 29 Feb 2016
What happened when Einstein decided to fix the fridge?
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Science Stories: Series 1 - Eels and Human Electricity
Mon 22 Feb 2016
How an eel sparked our interest in electricity
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Science Stories: Series 1 - Cornelis Drebbel
Mon 15 Feb 2016
The magical world of Cornelis Drebbel, inventor of the first submarine in 1621
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El Nino
Mon 8 Feb 2016
El Nino in the Pacific is in full swing, threatening with flood, fire and famine
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An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity
Mon 1 Feb 2016
Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the legacy of Einstein's great theory.
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An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity
Mon 25 Jan 2016
Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein's great theory
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Scotland鈥檚 Dolphins
Mon 18 Jan 2016
How photo-ID techniques are tracking protected bottlenose dolphins
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Nature's Numbers
Mon 11 Jan 2016
What can babies and an Amazonian tribe tell us about the origins of mathematics?
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Nature's Numbers
Mon 4 Jan 2016
What can animals tell us about the origins of our numerical abilities?
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Future of Energy
Mon 28 Dec 2015
Jack Stewart looks at the future of the supply, demand, and viability of energy sources
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The Power of Equations
Mon 21 Dec 2015
Jim al-Khalili and fellow physicists on the beauty and power of equations
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Enceladus: A second genesis of life at Saturn?
Mon 14 Dec 2015
The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets.
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Humboldt - the Inventor of Nature
Mon 7 Dec 2015
Retracing the footsteps Alexander Von Humboldt - the forgotten father of environmentalism
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Unbreathable: The Modern Problem of Air Pollution
Mon 30 Nov 2015
Roland Pease looks into the 3.3 million people killed each year by polluted air
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Future of Biodiversity
Mon 23 Nov 2015
Kathy Willis, Director of Science Kew Gardens, discusses biodiversity with Jim al-Khalili
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Problems of Developing Drugs
Mon 16 Nov 2015
Jim al-Khalili meets Patrick Vallance heading drug development at a pharmaceutical company
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The Genetics of Intelligence
Mon 9 Nov 2015
Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence
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How to Make an Awesome Surf Wave
Mon 2 Nov 2015
Surfer Helen Scales goes in search of the perfect man-made wave
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The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco
Mon 19 Oct 2015
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in San Francisco to talk alien visitations
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The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago
Mon 12 Oct 2015
Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in Chicago, to discuss fossils and evolution
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The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles
Mon 5 Oct 2015
What happens when science meets Hollywood?
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!
