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Richard Wiseman

How to spot a liar. Professor Richard Wiseman tells Jim Al-Khalili

• 26 mins

The Evidence: Young people, lifting lockdowns, USA and Kenya updates

International experts take a look at the science surrounding Covid-19

• 49 mins

Anne Magurran

Anne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity.

• 26 mins

Desert locust swarms

A second wave of locusts threatens crops in East Africa. Scientists lead the fightback

• 26 mins

The Evidence: Mental health and Covid 19

How is our mental health during the pandemic?

• 49 mins

Ignaz Semmelweiss: The hand washer

Lindsey Fitzharris tells the story of Ignaz Semmelweiss, the hand washer

• 26 mins

Science of Dad

Dr Oscar Duke discovers how pregnancy, birth and childcare affect the father

• 26 mins

The Evidence: Covid 19: ending lockdowns

When and how to end lockdowns?

• 50 mins

The Evidence: Covid 19: Sub-Saharan Africa and Testing

How sub-Saharan Africa is handling the pandemic and the different kinds of tests

• 49 mins

In Their Element

Mercury - Chemistry's Jekyll and Hyde

The most beautiful and shimmering of the elements, the weirdest, and yet the most reviled

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Oxygen: The breath of Life

Trevor Cox takes a deep breath and tells the story of oxygen on earth and in space

• 26 mins

In Their Element

And then there was Li

The element that links the formation of the universe with the functioning of our brains

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Carbon - the backbone of life

Why is all known life built on carbon?

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Silicon - The World's Building Block

The key component of rocks, sand and materials from glass and concrete to microelectronics

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Lead

The impact of the use and abuse of lead on humanity.

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Phosphorus

How a discovery in boiled urine led to the trade union movement and chemical weapons.

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Iodine

Why iodine is essential for our health?

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Gold and silver

Science and art of gold and silver

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Aluminium and strontium

Science and art of aluminium and strontium

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Helium

Science and art of helium

• 26 mins

The Evidence: Covid 19: Transmission and South America

How South America is handling the pandemic and a look at disease transmission.

• 49 mins

The Evidence: Covid 19: vaccines and after lockdown

The latest on vaccines and how people are behaving after lockdown

• 48 mins

Covid-19: Recovery

The latest on how people are recovering from Covid-19

• 50 mins

The Origin of Stuff

Toothbrush

Katy Brand investigates the toothbrush from its humble start, as a stick, to the present.

• 26 mins

The Origin of Stuff

High heel

Katy Brand tracks the extraordinary life of the high heel, from past to the present.

• 26 mins

The Origin of Stuff

Fork

Katy Brand explores the life of the unsung hero of the cutlery world 鈥� the fork.

• 26 mins

The Origin of Stuff

Wine glass

Katy Brand toasts the wine glass, learning why it became the gargantuan glass it is today

• 26 mins

The Origin of Stuff

Toilet

Katy Brand reveals how attitudes to the toilet have shaped it's place in history.

• 26 mins

The Origin of Stuff

Bed

Katy Brand reveals how our attitudes to sleep, sex and status are played out in the bed.

• 26 mins

Jane Goodall

Jane Goodall describes her life with the wild chimpanzees of Gombe.

• 26 mins