A public audience test the world's leading scientists over the meaning of their work.
World Service,·23 episodes
How much of a Neanderthal are you? Svante Paabo reveals the secrets of our genes
A once in 10,000 year event gave astrophysicist Thaisa Storchi Bergman her eureka moment
Professor Sadaf Farooqi looks at why some people put on weight and others don’t
Irene Tracey known as the Queen of Pain shows how the brain can be easily tricked
Genomics
Prof Nazneen Rahman and her search for genes that can cause cancer
Robotics
Nasa engineer Ashitey Trebi-Ollenu explains how to drive a robot on Mars
Saving Coral
Marine Biologist Mary Hagedorn has an innovative plan to save the coral reefs
Emotion of Decision Making
Does emotion influence decision-making and do we make worse decisions as we get older?
Drug Resistant Malaria
How do we halt the rise of drug resistant malaria? Nick White and Francois Nosten discuss
Can understanding of how bacteria communicate solve the problem of failing antibiotics?
Building a super computer which will virtually replicate the human brain
Why do fish shoal, birds flock and locusts swarm?
Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison on the disastrous highs and lows of bipolar disorder
What is the motivation behind India's mission to Mars?
How many dimensions did the big bang bang?
Electrical charges in the human body - what are the implications for disease and cures?
What if anything can be done to allay the risks of global epidemics?
What treatments are in the pipeline from the realm of medical tissue engineering?
Episode 1 - Sir Paul Nurse
AC Grayling in conversation with Sir Paul Nurse, a Nobel Prize-winning cell biologist
Episode 2 - Vilayanur Ramachandran
AC Grayling in conversation with Vilayanur Ramachandran, the 'Marco Polo' of neuroscience
Episode 3 - Valerie Mizrahi
AC Grayling in conversation with Valerie Mizrahi, who has done ground-breaking work on TB.
Episode 4 - Gebisa Ejeta
AC Grayling in conversation with Gebisa Ejeta, can he help abolish famine world wide?
Episode 5 - Steven Pinker
AC Grayling in conversation with Steven Pinker, a leading authority on language and mind
