Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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The Life Scientific: Alex Antonelli
Alex Antonelli on learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change
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The Life Scientific: Paul Murdin
Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole
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The Life Scientific: Bahija Jallal
Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies
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The Life Scientific: Chris Barratt
Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill.
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The Life Scientific: Gideon Henderson
Gideon Henderson on climate 鈥榗locks鈥� and dating ice ages.
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The Life Scientific: Deborah Greaves
Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Deborah Greaves about wave energy and her love of the sea.
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Metamorphosis: Bee brains and the cockroach
Erica McAlister on the bee intellect, and the nervous system of the cockroach
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Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle
Erica McAlister on the innocuous black soldier fly and the Namib desert beetle
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Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise
Blowflies may be reviled insects, but they are central to forensic entomology
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Metamorphosis: Drosophila melanogaster, hoverfly
Insights from the insect world including the Drosophila melanogaster and metamorphosis
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Metamorphosis: Jumping fleas and mighty mouthparts
Dr Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insects
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The Life Scientific: Harald Haas
Harald Haas on making waves in light communication.
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The Life Scientific: Anne-Marie Imafidon
Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science.
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The Life Scientific: Anne Ferguson-Smith
Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics.
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The Life Scientific: Bruce Malamud
Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards
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The Life Scientific: Andre Geim
The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene
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In search of stardust
A jazz musician becomes a cosmic dust hunter
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Bodies, brains and computers
How technology is blurring the line between our bodies, our brains, and computers
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Remote touch
Prof Ben Garrod investigates the technology trying to replicate human touch
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Smelly people
Prof Ben Garrod uses new tech to sniff things out, and explores extending our senses
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Sound solutions
Prof Ben Garrod meets conservationists with sound solutions to protect animal habitats
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Seeing more
The new technologies pushing the boundaries of what we can see, hear, smell, and feel
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Sperm counts
Are sperm counts falling?
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Psychedelics
How psychedelics are shaking up psychiatry
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Fungal pandemic threat
Why invasive fungal infections are on the rise and a potential pandemic could be a threat
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Food Insecurity
Explorations in the world of science.
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Maggots in medicine
The healthcare professionals who are turning to maggot therapy to help clean up wounds
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Lazy guide to exercise
What is the least amount of exercise you can do to still stay healthy?
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The impossible number
The Curious Cases team get to grips with the very real uses of imaginary numbers
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The mind-numbing medicine
The Curious Cases team investigate the magical properties of anaesthetics.
