Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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The Great Telescopes and Evolution
Mon 10 Aug 2015
Simon Schaffer tells of the astronomers who grappled with evolution long before Darwin.
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The Colour Purple
Mon 27 Jul 2015
How William Perkin brought purple to the people in Victorian London
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Maurice Wilkins
Mon 20 Jul 2015
The third man behind the unravelling of DNA's double helix Maurice Wilkins
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James Watt and Steam Power
Mon 13 Jul 2015
How the engine that powered the industrial revolution nearly ran out of steam
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Sounds Of Space: Deep Space
Mon 6 Jul 2015
Voyaging further into deep space, with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green.
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Sounds of Space: The Solar System
Mon 29 Jun 2015
Take a sonic journey through the Solar System with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green
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Future of European Science
Mon 22 Jun 2015
The European Research Council鈥檚 policy of backing high risk, high gain basic science
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The Bone Wars
Mon 15 Jun 2015
The tale of dinosaur hunters Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh and their legendary feud
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Stephanie Shirley: Software Pioneer
Mon 8 Jun 2015
Dame Stephanie Shirley made a fortune selling computer programmes to companies
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Origins of War
Mon 1 Jun 2015
Is war a uniquely human act or can its origins be found in our evolutionary past?
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What the Songbird Said
Mon 25 May 2015
The science of birdsong and its relationship to human language
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Shedding Light on the Brain
Mon 18 May 2015
Biologists use light to explore the brain - and to alter it
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Future of Solar Energy
Mon 11 May 2015
Roland Pease explores Perovskite, the new material experts say will transform solar power
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Scotland's Forgotten Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell
Mon 4 May 2015
How the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell paved the way for today's technology
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Science of Stammering
Mon 27 Apr 2015
Exploring the condition of stammering, widely misunderstood and occurs in all cultures
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Jane Francis
Mon 20 Apr 2015
The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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The Teenage Brain: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Mon 13 Apr 2015
A cognitive neuroscientist unlocks the mysteries of the teenage brain
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Matt Taylor
Mon 6 Apr 2015
The Rosetta comet mission and the man in charge of landing the robot Philae on comet 67P
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John O'Keefe
Mon 30 Mar 2015
Nobel Prize 2014 winner John O'Keefe on his work on spatial ability and basketball
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Does Money Make you Mean?
Mon 23 Mar 2015
Hong Kong psychologists test the effects of money from our generosity to agression
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Does Money Make you Mean?
Mon 16 Mar 2015
Does becoming rich make you less kind to those around you?
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Finding Your Voice
Mon 9 Mar 2015
The impact of selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking
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Placebo Problem
Mon 2 Mar 2015
The medical phenomenon of the nocebo effect, the fear that something is harmful
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Throwaway Society 2/2
Mon 23 Feb 2015
Can the world鈥檚 companies manufacture four times more stuff without gutting the planet?
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Throwaway Society
Mon 16 Feb 2015
What is swelling the world鈥檚 mountain of electrical and electronic waste?
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The Science of Smell
Mon 9 Feb 2015
Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again
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The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey
Mon 2 Feb 2015
Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth
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The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence
Mon 26 Jan 2015
Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden
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Hot Gossip - Part Two
Mon 19 Jan 2015
Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip
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Hot Gossip - Part One
Mon 12 Jan 2015
Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip
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!
