Discovery Episodes Available now
The puzzle of the pyramids
The Curious Cases team discovers how Egypt's pyramids were really built.
The magnetic mystery
The Curious Cases team explore the strange world of magnetism
The Case of The Blind Man's Eye
Why can't I see images in my mind?
Our Microbes and Our Health
The astonishing and mysterious world of the human microbiome.
Judith Bunbury: Unearthing the secrets of Ancient Egypt
Dr Judith Bunbury on enriching our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond
The Life Scientific: Clifford Johnson
New approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.
The Life Scientific: Rebecca Kilner
Jim al-Khalili hears how insects helped Rebecca Kilner solve evolutionary mysteries
The Life Scientific: Tim Lamont
Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs.
Bad Blood: Newgenics
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
Bad Blood: The curse of Mendel
How Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, an insight which inspired eugenics from the 1900s
