Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Irene Tracey on pain in the brain
Irene Tracey tells Jim Al-Khalili how imaging the brain reveals how and why we feel pain.
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Paul Davies on the origin of life and the evolution of cancer
Paul Davies talks to Jim al-Khalili about the origin of life and the search for aliens.
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Why do birds sing?
6/6 And why does the human voice change as we age?
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Does infinity exist?
Rutherford and Fry embark on a never-ending quest for infinite knowledge
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Why do we get déjà vu?
4/6 Plus is anything really random?
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Will we ever find alien life?
3/6 Where are we looking for alien life and what are the chances of finding it?
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Why people have different pain thresholds
2/6 Plus, how fast can a human run?
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How do instruments make music?
1/6 Why do different musical instruments sound unique?
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A sense of time
Does a second feel the same for a fly, a bird, or a swordfish, as it does for me?
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Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes
Jim al-Khalili talks chimp gestures with Dr Cat Hobaiter
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Carlo Rovelli on rethinking the nature of time
Theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli on why time is not what it seems
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Corinne Le Quéré on carbon and climate
Corinne Le Quéré on carbon and the global climate
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Ken Gabriel on why your smartphone is smart
Ken Gabriel on inventing micro devices found in smartphones
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Donna Strickland and extremely powerful lasers
Donna Strickland on inventing extremely powerful lasers and winning a Nobel Prize
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Unbottling the past
The discovery and recreation of an iconic perfume formula for Soir de Paris
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California burning
Roland Pease investigates the growing fire hazard in California
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ShakeAlertLA - California’s earthquake early warning system
The mobile app that will warn southern Californians if an earthquake is heading their way
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Eddington's eclipse and Einstein's celebrity
Philip Ball tells the story of Arthur Eddington's confirmation of general relativity
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Earthrise
The story of one of the most iconic photos of the last 50 years
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The Supercalculators
Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.
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Tracking the First Animals on Earth
In search of the first animals on the Earth, more than half a billion years ago
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Cooling the City
How can we adapt and prepare our cities for extreme weather conditions?