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Painful Medicine

The hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers

• 26 mins

Elspeth Garman

Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter

• 26 mins

Vagus Nerve

Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?

• 26 mins

New Space to Fly

The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes

• 26 mins

Can Maths Combat Terrorism?

Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates

• 26 mins

Animal Personality

From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?

• 26 mins

Virtual Therapy

Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality

• 26 mins

Hot Gossip - Part One

Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip

• 26 mins

Hot Gossip - Part Two

Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip

• 26 mins

The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence

Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden

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The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey

Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth

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The Science of Smell

Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again

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Throwaway Society

What is swelling the world鈥檚 mountain of electrical and electronic waste?

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Throwaway Society 2/2

Can the world鈥檚 companies manufacture four times more stuff without gutting the planet?

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Placebo Problem

The medical phenomenon of the nocebo effect, the fear that something is harmful

• 26 mins

Finding Your Voice

The impact of selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking

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Does Money Make you Mean?

Does becoming rich make you less kind to those around you?

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Does Money Make you Mean?

Hong Kong psychologists test the effects of money from our generosity to agression

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John O'Keefe

Nobel Prize 2014 winner John O'Keefe on his work on spatial ability and basketball

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Matt Taylor

The Rosetta comet mission and the man in charge of landing the robot Philae on comet 67P

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The Teenage Brain: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

A cognitive neuroscientist unlocks the mysteries of the teenage brain

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Jane Francis

The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

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Science of Stammering

Exploring the condition of stammering, widely misunderstood and occurs in all cultures

• 26 mins

Scotland's Forgotten Einstein, James Clerk Maxwell

How the Scottish scientist James Clerk Maxwell paved the way for today's technology

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Future of Solar Energy

Roland Pease explores Perovskite, the new material experts say will transform solar power

• 26 mins

Shedding Light on the Brain

Biologists use light to explore the brain - and to alter it

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What the Songbird Said

The science of birdsong and its relationship to human language

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Origins of War

Is war a uniquely human act or can its origins be found in our evolutionary past?

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Stephanie Shirley: Software Pioneer

Dame Stephanie Shirley made a fortune selling computer programmes to companies

• 26 mins

The Bone Wars

The tale of dinosaur hunters Edward Cope and Othniel Marsh and their legendary feud

• 26 mins