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The sting in the tail
What鈥檚 the point of wasps?
Megadrought in Chile
Why Chile has a megadrought
The Evidence: Are national lockdowns evidence of policy failure?
Locked in the lockdown cycle 鈥� evidence for a more targeted response
Anatomy Of Touch
Touch hunger
Why we鈥檙e starved of touch
Unwanted touch
How can we stop unwanted touch?
Affectionate touch
How we experience gentle touch
Digital touch
Can touch be replicated digitally?
Birds: singing for survival
Birds are changing their tunes
Broad spectrum
Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult. She explores how it appears in women
The end of everything
When and how is the universe going to end?
The Evidence: Pandemic rules: follower or flouter?
Why a sense of 鈥渨e鈥� rather than 鈥淚鈥� makes us more likely to follow pandemic rules
The Zedonk Problem
What are ligons and tigers? What is a species?
The Space Burrito
Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles
Steve Haake
Steve Haake talks to Jim al-Khalili about how technology improves sporting ability
Evolutionary biologist Alice Roberts
What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili
Hopes and fears for Covid-19 vaccines
Vaccines and virus mutations
Climate meltdown
Wildfires, floods, hurricanes made 2020 record breaking. What it says about climate change
Marine conservationist Heather Koldewey
Saving seahorses and turning old fishing nets into luxury carpets.
Astrophysicist Andy Fabian
Professor Andy Fabian on supermassive black holes and their dramatic hold over galaxies
Plant scientist Dale Sanders
Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
Science Trumped
Let science speak, health expert Tony Fauci pleaded last week. So how was it sidelined?
The Evidence: The Shapeshifting Virus
Will new vaccines work against the more infectious versions of the coronavirus?
The power of celibacy
Lucy Cooke discovers why some species reproduce without sex or the need for males
The power of one
Lucy Cooke explores why some species shirk company in favour of a solitary life
The power of night
Lucy Cooke examines why it pays to stir when the sun goes down
The Life Scientific: Giles Yeo
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work.
The Evidence: Keeping out Covid-19
The virus knows no borders, so do international travel restrictions work for Covid-19?
The Life Scientific: Cath Noakes
How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens.
The Life Scientific: Jane Hurst
Jane Hurst reveals how mice are ruled by their noses.
The Evidence: Mental health and the pandemic
Mental health distress has risen around the world. How can people's suffering be eased?
Lithium: Chile鈥檚 white gold
Why lithium makes such good batteries
