Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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Scotland's Forgotten Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell
Mon 4 May 2015
How the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell paved the way for today's technology
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Science of Stammering
Mon 27 Apr 2015
Exploring the condition of stammering, widely misunderstood and occurs in all cultures
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Jane Francis
Mon 20 Apr 2015
The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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The Teenage Brain: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
Mon 13 Apr 2015
A cognitive neuroscientist unlocks the mysteries of the teenage brain
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Matt Taylor
Mon 6 Apr 2015
The Rosetta comet mission and the man in charge of landing the robot Philae on comet 67P
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John O'Keefe
Mon 30 Mar 2015
Nobel Prize 2014 winner John O'Keefe on his work on spatial ability and basketball
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Does Money Make you Mean?
Mon 23 Mar 2015
Hong Kong psychologists test the effects of money from our generosity to agression
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Does Money Make you Mean?
Mon 16 Mar 2015
Does becoming rich make you less kind to those around you?
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Finding Your Voice
Mon 9 Mar 2015
The impact of selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking
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Placebo Problem
Mon 2 Mar 2015
The medical phenomenon of the nocebo effect, the fear that something is harmful
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Throwaway Society 2/2
Mon 23 Feb 2015
Can the world鈥檚 companies manufacture four times more stuff without gutting the planet?
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Throwaway Society
Mon 16 Feb 2015
What is swelling the world鈥檚 mountain of electrical and electronic waste?
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The Science of Smell
Mon 9 Feb 2015
Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again
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The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey
Mon 2 Feb 2015
Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth
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The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence
Mon 26 Jan 2015
Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden
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Hot Gossip - Part Two
Mon 19 Jan 2015
Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip
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Hot Gossip - Part One
Mon 12 Jan 2015
Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip
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Virtual Therapy
Mon 5 Jan 2015
Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality
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Animal Personality
Mon 29 Dec 2014
From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?
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Can Maths Combat Terrorism?
Mon 22 Dec 2014
Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates
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New Space to Fly
Mon 15 Dec 2014
The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes
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Vagus Nerve
Mon 8 Dec 2014
Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?
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Elspeth Garman
Mon 1 Dec 2014
Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter
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Chris Toumazou
Mon 17 Nov 2014
European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, on the science of invention
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Trauma: The Fight for Life
Mon 27 Oct 2014
How modern trauma medicine evolved from conflict and catastrophe to help save lives
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Urine Trouble: What鈥檚 in our Water
Mon 13 Oct 2014
What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body?
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
