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Explorations in the world of science.

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