In Our Time: Science

BBC Radio 4

Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.

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293 episodes
Updated February 19

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Oct 31, 2019 · 50 min
Hybrids
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how parents from different species can reproduce
Oct 3, 2019 · 52 min
Dorothy Hodgkin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the winner of the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
May 23, 2019 · 51 min
Kinetic Theory
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how we know gas molecules move rather than keep still.
Apr 11, 2019 · 49 min
The Evolution of Teeth
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how teeth evolved in our toothless ancestors - and why.
Feb 21, 2019 · 49 min
Pheromones
A discussion of the chemicals that animals use in order to affect others of their species.
Feb 7, 2019 · 50 min
Aristotle's Biology
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the scientific study of life, originated by Aristotle.
Jan 24, 2019 · 48 min
Emmy Noether
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the ideas of one of the great 20th-century mathematicians.
Dec 27, 2018 · 50 min
Venus
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet closest to Earth, sometimes called Earth's twin
Nov 1, 2018 · 51 min
Free Radicals
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the molecules linked to cell functioning and ageing
Sep 20, 2018 · 52 min
Automata
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the history of machines imitating living beings.
Jun 21, 2018 · 51 min
Echolocation
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how some animals sense their world with sound not sight.
Apr 26, 2018 · 49 min
The Proton
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Proton, found in the nuclei of all elements.
Apr 12, 2018 · 50 min
George and Robert Stephenson
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss George and Robert Stephenson and the birth of railways.
Feb 22, 2018 · 49 min
Rosalind Franklin
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering scientist Rosalind Franklin.
Feb 15, 2018 · 48 min
Fungi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss fungi.
Feb 1, 2018 · 47 min
Cephalopods
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the biology of squid, octopus, cuttlefish and nautilus.
Nov 30, 2017 · 49 min
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss, one of the great mathematicians.
Oct 26, 2017 · 48 min
Feathered Dinosaurs
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss which dinosaurs were feathered, and their links to birds.
Jul 6, 2017 · 51 min
Bird Migration
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss how birds navigate and the risks and benefits of migration
Jun 1, 2017 · 48 min
Enzymes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss enzymes, the catalysts essential for life.