Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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The puzzle of the plasma doughnut
Mon 14 Nov 2022
鈥淗ow does fusion work, and how can we do it safely on earth?鈥� asks Les Walker
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The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses
Mon 7 Nov 2022
Why do things like pet hair, peanuts and pollen can get our immune systems so riled up?
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The problem of infinite Pi(e)
Mon 31 Oct 2022
How did we discover Pi? How do we know that it鈥檚 infinite and never repeats? asks Alex
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The suspicious smell
Mon 24 Oct 2022
Why do our bodies smell? And does our smell influence how much we like each other?
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The Wild and Windy Tale
Mon 17 Oct 2022
鈥淗ow do winds start and why do they stop?鈥� asks Georgina from the Isle of Wight.
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The Case of The Missing Gorilla
Mon 10 Oct 2022
鈥淗ow can I be immersed in a book, and still notice my name?鈥� asks Charlotte.
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David Eagleman
Mon 26 Sep 2022
Can we create new senses? Prof David Eagleman talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Sir Martin Landray
Mon 12 Sep 2022
Jim al-Khalili speaks to Sir Martin Landray about the world's largest Covid-19 drug trial.
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How Covid Changed Science, part 3
Mon 5 Sep 2022
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
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How Covid changed science, part 2
Mon 29 Aug 2022
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science
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How Covid changed science, part 1
Mon 22 Aug 2022
What has been the impact of Covid on the practice of science?
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Satellites versus the stars
Mon 15 Aug 2022
What are the benefits and unintended consequences of thousands more satellites in space?
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Plant based promises, diet and health
Mon 8 Aug 2022
Giles learns to cook a plant based Thai green curry.
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Plant based promises and sustainability
Mon 1 Aug 2022
Giles Yeo looks at the sustainability of plant based products
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Plant based promises, rise of the plant based burger
Mon 25 Jul 2022
Why do we need to eat more plant based foods? Giles Yeo looks at the alternatives.
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 3
Mon 18 Jul 2022
Roland Pease explores the 100-km atom smasher physicists are planning at CERN
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 2
Mon 11 Jul 2022
Dark matter's dark secrets. Researchers seeking the unseen stuff that fills the universe
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 1
Mon 4 Jul 2022
The machine that found the Higgs Boson 10 years ago is about to start digging deeper
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The Life Scientific: Jacinta Tan
Mon 20 Jun 2022
How does a person with anorexia nervosa think? Jacinta Tan sheds light on this illness
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The Life Scientific: Pete Smith
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Restore peat bogs to mitigate climate change and improve bio-diversity.
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The Turn of the Tide
Mon 30 May 2022
Why are tide times and ranges so different around the UK, asks Lynn?
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The Evidence: The nature of mental health
Sat 28 May 2022
Plant power and mental health. Is a nature-cure a cure-all?
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The Shocking White Hair
Mon 23 May 2022
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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Surprising symmetries
Mon 16 May 2022
Two eyes, two arms, two legs - we are roughly symmetrical on the outside. Why is that?
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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!
