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The magnetic mystery
The Curious Cases team explore the strange world of magnetism
The puzzle of the pyramids
The Curious Cases team discovers how Egypt's pyramids were really built.
The resurrection quest
The Curious Cases team ask if it's possible - or desirable - to bring back extinct species
The mind-numbing medicine
The Curious Cases team investigate the magical properties of anaesthetics.
The impossible number
The Curious Cases team get to grips with the very real uses of imaginary numbers
Lazy guide to exercise
What is the least amount of exercise you can do to still stay healthy?
Maggots in medicine
The healthcare professionals who are turning to maggot therapy to help clean up wounds
Food Insecurity
Explorations in the world of science.
Fungal pandemic threat
Why invasive fungal infections are on the rise and a potential pandemic could be a threat
Psychedelics
How psychedelics are shaking up psychiatry
Sperm counts
Are sperm counts falling?
Seeing more
The new technologies pushing the boundaries of what we can see, hear, smell, and feel
Sound solutions
Prof Ben Garrod meets conservationists with sound solutions to protect animal habitats
Smelly people
Prof Ben Garrod uses new tech to sniff things out, and explores extending our senses
The Evidence: Exploring the concept of solastalgia
The feeling of pain or distress associated with environmental change close to your home
Remote touch
Prof Ben Garrod investigates the technology trying to replicate human touch
Bodies, brains and computers
How technology is blurring the line between our bodies, our brains, and computers
In search of stardust
A jazz musician becomes a cosmic dust hunter
The Life Scientific: Andre Geim
The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene
The Life Scientific: Bruce Malamud
Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards
The Life Scientific: Anne Ferguson-Smith
Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics.
The Life Scientific: Anne-Marie Imafidon
Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science.
The Life Scientific: Harald Haas
Harald Haas on making waves in light communication.
Metamorphosis: Jumping fleas and mighty mouthparts
Dr Erica McAlister uncovers a treasure trove of remarkable insects
Metamorphosis: Drosophila melanogaster, hoverfly
Insights from the insect world including the Drosophila melanogaster and metamorphosis
Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise
Blowflies may be reviled insects, but they are central to forensic entomology
Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle
Erica McAlister on the innocuous black soldier fly and the Namib desert beetle
The Evidence: Is the world becoming more allergic?
Exploring the effect science has on the world around us
Metamorphosis: Bee brains and the cockroach
Erica McAlister on the bee intellect, and the nervous system of the cockroach
The Life Scientific: Deborah Greaves
Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Deborah Greaves about wave energy and her love of the sea.
The Life Scientific: Gideon Henderson
Gideon Henderson on climate ‘clocks’ and dating ice ages.