The Life Scientific
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future.
Episodes (247 available)
Egyptian chemist Jehane Ragai on proving forged paintings and uncovering masterpieces.
28 mins
Tony Juniper, head of Natural England, shares his hopes and fears for the state of nature.
29 mins
Pierre Friedlingstein on the pivotal role of carbon in predicting climate change.
28 mins
Professor Julia Simner tests Jim for synaesthesia with surprising results.
28 mins
Caroline Smith on meteorites, rocks on Mars and the potential for ancient life there.
28 mins
Photochemist AP De Silva on engineering molecular sensors to help revolutionise healthcare
28 mins
Peter Knight on quantum computing and the strange physics of light.
28 mins
Materials scientist Eleanor Schofield on conserving a 500-year-old wooden warship.
28 mins
Geneticist George Church on mapping the world's DNA and a mammoth 'de-extinction' project.
28 mins
Gareth Collett on explosives engineering, bomb disposal and his move from army to academia
28 mins