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BBC Radio 4

Home of the best science programmes from BBC Radio 4, from the ingenuity behind everyday objects to the biggest questions facing our planet. Released weekly, this podcast is introduced by Dr. Alex Lathbridge.

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Apr 1, 2022 · 15 min
28ish Days Later - Day One: Power
India Rakusen and guests introduce you to anatomy of the womb.
Mar 3, 2022 · 28 min
Political Animals: Sex-Switching Fish and Non-Binary Brains - 3/3
Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype.
Mar 3, 2022 · 29 min
Political Animals: Mole-Rat Queens and Genital Power - 2/3
Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the ‘dominant male’ stereotype.
Feb 24, 2022 · 28 min
Political Animals: Sex, Monkeys and the 'Coy Female' Myth - 1/3
Zoologist Lucy Cooke uncovers stories of the female animals defying Darwin’s “coy” label.
Dec 22, 2021 · 29 min
Wild Inside: The Ocean Sunfish
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of Mola mola the world's largest bony fish.
Dec 17, 2021 · 29 min
Wild Inside:The Burmese Python
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the internal secrets to success of the Burmese python.
Dec 7, 2021 · 29 min
Wild Inside: Jungle Royalty - The Jaguar
Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside three animals from the big wild world.
Oct 12, 2021 · 56 min
The Life Scientific at 10: What does it take to be a scientist?
What does it take to be a scientist? Jim Al-Khalili and distinguished guests discuss.
Oct 12, 2021 · 37 min
The Sir Patrick Vallance interview
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Sir Patrick Vallance.
Oct 12, 2021 · 57 min
The Men in the White Coats
Prof Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture.
Sep 17, 2021 · 14 min
Celebrating the life of Sir Clive Sinclair: Computers at home
Scientifically celebrates the life of Sir Clive Sinclair.
Sep 3, 2021 · 35 min
Jim Al-Khalili's Life Scientific
As The Life Scientific turns ten we look back at the time Jim became the interviewee.
Aug 11, 2021 · 29 min
Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 3
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests.
Jul 28, 2021 · 29 min
Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 2
How genetic engineering became big business.
Jul 21, 2021 · 29 min
Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 1
The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the early 1970s.
Jun 24, 2021 · 28 min
The Blind Astronomer
Kate Molleson tells the story of Wanda Diaz-Merced and her pioneering work with sound.
May 12, 2021 · 35 min
Dare to Repair: Fixing the Future - Episode 3
Mark Miodownik looks at how repair and repair-ability fits into our sustainable future.
May 5, 2021 · 35 min
Dare To Repair: The Right to Repair - Episode 2
Exploring how citizens are fighting back for the right to repair their own stuff.
Apr 30, 2021 · 34 min
Dare To Repair: How We Broke the Future - Episode 1
Why electronic gadgets don’t last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard.
Apr 21, 2021 · 57 min
Gagarin and the lost Moon
The story of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly into space

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