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Janet Hemingway
Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance with Jim al-Khalili
30 Jun 2014,26 mins
Ageing and the Brain
Do our mental powers really decline in old age?
23 Jun 2014,26 mins
Driverless Cars
The engineers inventing vehicles that drive themselves
16 Jun 2014,26 mins
Driverless Cars
The future cars with sensors that can send messages to other cars, trucks and pedestrians
09 Jun 2014,26 mins
Taming the Sun
ITER, the world's effort to harness nuclear fusion, and the most complex experiment ever
02 Jun 2014,26 mins
Beauty and the Brain
Dr Tiffany Jenkins explores what neuroscience knows about art
26 May 2014,26 mins
Alf Adams
Alf Adams remembers his small idea that changed the world, with Jim Al-Khalili.
19 May 2014,26 mins
Mark Miodownik
Mark Miodownik talks nuclear weapons, 3D printers and smart materials with Jim Al-Khalili.
12 May 2014,26 mins
Sue Black
Forensic scientist Sue Black on the clues she uses to identify human bodies
05 May 2014,26 mins
Whatever Happened to Biofuels - Part Two
Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria.
28 Apr 2014,26 mins
Whatever Happened to Biofuels?
Can we make biofuels from the sugars in the inedible parts of plants?
21 Apr 2014,26 mins
Peter Higgs
Peter Higgs opens up to Jim Al-Khalili about the Higgs boson.
14 Apr 2014,26 mins
Vikram Patel
Jim al-Khalili discusses global mental health with psychiatrist Professor Vikram Patel
07 Apr 2014,26 mins
Inside the Shark's Mind
Can science stop sharks attacking humans?
31 Mar 2014,26 mins
The Biology of Freedom
Is free will unique to humans or a biological trait that evolved over time?
24 Mar 2014,26 mins
Fructose: the Bittersweet Sugar
Is fructose a 'toxic additive' or a healthy fruit sugar?
17 Mar 2014,26 mins
Hack my Hearing
Can hacking hearing aids create a new super sense for people with hearing loss?
10 Mar 2014,26 mins
Show me the Way to Go Home
How animals navigate, from homing instincts to smell maps and astronomy
03 Mar 2014,26 mins
Saving the Oceans - Part Four
Aboriginal knowledge and modern science helps to preserve Australia’s marine ecology
24 Feb 2014,26 mins
Saving the Oceans - Part Three
Commercial fishing’s impact on bird evolution, and the threat of coral eating starfish
17 Feb 2014,26 mins
Saving the Oceans - Part Two
Saving sharks and snails in the Pacific using modern technology and traditional practice
10 Feb 2014,26 mins
Saving the Oceans - Part One
Tackling the problems of population and rising seas for the Pacific islands of Kirabati
03 Feb 2014,26 mins
Fixing Nitrogen
What are alternatives to the process that takes nitrogen from the air to make fertilizer?
27 Jan 2014,26 mins
Chronotypes
Why are some people 'early birds' while others are 'night owls'?
20 Jan 2014,26 mins
Geoengineering
Can putting chemicals in the stratosphere to block the sun stop global warming?
13 Jan 2014,26 mins
The Return To Mawson's Antarctica - Part Four
The mission to rescue the Australian Antarctic Expedition trapped in ice for 10 days
06 Jan 2014,26 mins
The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part Three
Penguins, seals and a stranded vessel - join the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013
30 Dec 2013,26 mins
The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part Two
Could changes in the water underneath the ice have consequences for the world's oceans?
23 Dec 2013,26 mins
The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part One
Join polar scientists on an expedition to part of Antarctica last explored 100 years ago
16 Dec 2013,26 mins
Self-Healing Materials
The new materials that can self-mend, from concrete cracks to car paint scratches
09 Dec 2013,26 mins