Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
Episodes to download
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Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
Mon 30 Aug 2021
All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why.
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The Evidence: How will the pandemic end?
Sun 29 Aug 2021
Keeping a lid on risks of new covid variants as vaccinated countries ease restrictions
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The Life Scientific: Professor Martin Sweeting
Mon 23 Aug 2021
How Martin Sweeting made a satellite on his kitchen table
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The Life Scientific: Dr Nira Chamberlain
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems.
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Lost for words
Mon 9 Aug 2021
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing
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Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Fri 6 Aug 2021
How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
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Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories
Sat 31 Jul 2021
Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared
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Dare to repair: Fixing the future
Mon 26 Jul 2021
How does repair and repair-ability fit into our sustainable future?
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Dare to repair: The fight for the right to repair
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Exploring how citizens are fighting back for the right to repair their own stuff
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Dare to Repair: How we broke the future
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Why electronic gadgets dont last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard.
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Tooth and claw: Tigers
Mon 5 Jul 2021
What's it like facing a charging tiger and how best can we protect their growing numbers?
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The Evidence: How Covid damages the human body
Sat 26 Jun 2021
Covid the chameleon - the multiple ways this virus attacks our bodies
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Tooth and claw: Lions
Mon 21 Jun 2021
Our complex relationship with Earth’s greatest predators by the people who know them best
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Peter Goadsby on migraine
Mon 7 Jun 2021
Peter Goadsby on migraine attacks and the new treatments his research has inspired.
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The Evidence: Sharing Vaccines – what’s gone wrong?
Sat 29 May 2021
The ethics of putting children in rich countries ahead in the global vaccine queue
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The noises that make us cringe
Mon 3 May 2021
Why do some people find noises like a fork scraping a plate so terrible?
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The Hamster Power Hypothesis
Mon 26 Apr 2021
How many hamsters on wheels would it take to power London? asks Judah from Virginia, USA.
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The Martian Mission
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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The Evidence: Mental health and the pandemic
Sat 27 Mar 2021
Mental health distress has risen around the world. How can people's suffering be eased?
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The Life Scientific: Jane Hurst
Mon 8 Mar 2021
Jane Hurst reveals how mice are ruled by their noses.
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The Life Scientific: Cath Noakes
Mon 1 Mar 2021
How good ventilation dramatically reduces the risk of inhaling tiny airborne pathogens.
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The Evidence: Keeping out Covid-19
Sat 27 Feb 2021
The virus knows no borders, so do international travel restrictions work for Covid-19?
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The Life Scientific: Giles Yeo
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work.
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!
