Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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The Martian Mission
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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The equal rights stuff
When women and minorities first went into space
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Lithium: Chile鈥檚 white gold
Why lithium makes such good batteries
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Patient zero: Coronavirus and contact tracing
Patient Zero tells the stories of disease outbreaks: where they begin and why they happen
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Patient zero: The December transplant
Patient Zero tells the stories of disease outbreaks: where they begin and why they happen
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Patient zero: something in the water
Patient Zero tells the stories of disease outbreaks: where they begin and why they happen.
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The Life Scientific: Jane Hurst
Jane Hurst reveals how mice are ruled by their noses.
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The Life Scientific: Cath Noakes
How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens.
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The Life Scientific: Giles Yeo
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work.
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The power of night
Lucy Cooke examines why it pays to stir when the sun goes down
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The power of one
Lucy Cooke explores why some species shirk company in favour of a solitary life
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The power of celibacy
Lucy Cooke discovers why some species reproduce without sex or the need for males
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Science Trumped
Let science speak, health expert Tony Fauci pleaded last week. So how was it sidelined?
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Plant scientist Dale Sanders
Why the world needs more plant scientists. Prof Dale Sanders talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Astrophysicist Andy Fabian
Professor Andy Fabian on supermassive black holes and their dramatic hold over galaxies
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Marine conservationist Heather Koldewey
Saving seahorses and turning old fishing nets into luxury carpets.
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Climate meltdown
Wildfires, floods, hurricanes made 2020 record breaking. What it says about climate change
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Evolutionary biologist Alice Roberts
What can we learn from human remains? Alice Roberts talks bones with Jim Al Khalili
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Steve Haake
Steve Haake talks to Jim al-Khalili about how technology improves sporting ability
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The Space Burrito
Is there a point in space where the Sun could heat a burrito perfectly? And other puzzles
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The Zedonk Problem
What are ligons and tigers? What is a species?
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The end of everything
When and how is the universe going to end?
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Broad spectrum
Helen Keen had a diagnosis of autism as an adult. She explores how it appears in women
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Birds: singing for survival
Birds are changing their tunes
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Megadrought in Chile
Why Chile has a megadrought
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The sting in the tail
What鈥檚 the point of wasps?
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The seeded cloud
Can we make it rain?
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The growling stomach
Why do our tummies rumble - and when they do, does it always mean we are hungry?
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Return to Mars
How will NASA鈥檚 latest robot rover search for life on Mars?
