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The Life Scientific

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

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50 episodes

Nov 21, 2023•—

Sir Michael Berry on phenomena in physics' borderlands

Nov 28, 2023•—

Cathie Sudlow on data in healthcare

Dec 5, 2023•—

Sir Harry Bhadeshia on the choreography of metals

Dec 12, 2023•—

Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful

Dec 19, 2023•—

Michael Wooldridge on AI and sentient robots

Mar 12, 2024•—

Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies

Mar 19, 2024•—

Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people

Mar 26, 2024•—

Sheila Willis on using science to help solve crime

Apr 2, 2024•—

Nick Longrich on discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones

Apr 9, 2024•—

Fiona Rayment on the applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond

Apr 16, 2024•—

Hannah Critchlow on the connected brain

Apr 23, 2024•—

Mike Edmunds on decoding galaxies and ancient astronomical artefacts

Jun 25, 2024•—

Conny Aerts on star vibrations and following your dreams

Jul 2, 2024•—

Anne Child on Marfan syndrome and love at first sight

Jul 9, 2024•—

Janet Treasure on eating disorders and the quest for answers

Jul 16, 2024•—

Raymond Schinazi on revolutionising treatments for killer viruses

Jul 23, 2024•—

Dawn Bonfield on inclusive engineering, sustainable solutions and why she once tried to leave the sector for good

Jul 30, 2024•—

Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics

Aug 6, 2024•—

Kip Thorne on black holes, Nobel Prizes and taking physics to Hollywood

Aug 20, 2024•—

Bill Gates on vaccines, conspiracy theories and the pleasures of pickleball

Aug 27, 2024•—

Darren Croft on killer whale matriarchs and the menopause

Sep 3, 2024•—

Ijeoma Uchegbu on using nanoparticles to transform medicines

Sep 10, 2024•—

Peter Stott on climate change deniers and Italian inspiration

Sep 17, 2024•—

Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies

Sep 24, 2024•—

Anna Korre on capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations

Dec 31, 2024•—

Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space

Mar 18, 2025•—

Sir Magdi Yacoub on pioneering heart transplant surgery

Mar 25, 2025•—

Tori Herridge on ancient dwarf elephants and frozen mammoths

Apr 1, 2025•—

Doyne Farmer on making sense of chaos for a better world

Apr 8, 2025•—

Jonathan Shepherd on a career as a crime-fighting surgeon

Apr 15, 2025•—

Jacqueline McKinley on unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites

Apr 22, 2025•—

Brian Schmidt on Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine

May 27, 2025•—

Anthony Fauci on a medical career navigating pandemics and presidents

Jun 3, 2025•—

Liz Morris on Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets

Jun 10, 2025•—

Neil Lawrence on taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI

Jun 17, 2025•—

Claudia de Rham on playing with gravity

Jun 24, 2025•—

Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution

Jul 1, 2025•—

Catherine Heymans on the lighter side of the dark universe

Jul 8, 2025•—

Dame Pratibha Gai on training atoms to do what we want

Jul 15, 2025•—

Kevin Fong on medical planning for Mars and Earth-based emergencies

Oct 7, 2025•—

Mark O'Shea on close encounters with venomous snakes

Oct 14, 2025•—

Sonia Gandhi on building model brains to tackle Parkinson’s disease

Oct 21, 2025•—

Gareth Collett on a career in bomb disposal

Oct 28, 2025•—

George Church on reimagining woolly mammoths and virus-proofing humans

Nov 4, 2025•—

Eleanor Schofield on conserving Tudor warship the Mary Rose

Nov 11, 2025•—

Peter Knight on quantum technologies

Nov 18, 2025•—

AP De Silva on building molecular fluorescence sensors for healthcare

Nov 25, 2025•—

Caroline Smith on meteorites and potential ancient life on Mars

Dec 2, 2025•—

Julia Simner on tasty words and hearing colours

Dec 9, 2025•—

The Life Scientific

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