Satellites versus the stars

What are the benefits and unintended consequences of thousands more satellites in space?

• 28 mins

How Covid changed science, part 1

What has been the impact of Covid on the practice of science?

• 27 mins

How Covid changed science, part 2

Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science

• 27 mins

How Covid Changed Science, part 3

Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.

• 27 mins

Sir Martin Landray

Jim al-Khalili speaks to Sir Martin Landray about the world's largest Covid-19 drug trial.

• 27 mins

Frances Arnold

Frances Arnold on turning microbes into living factories.

• 27 mins

David Eagleman

Can we create new senses? Prof David Eagleman talks to Jim Al-Khalili.

• 27 mins

The Evidence: How pandemics end

Is it premature to say the pandemic is over?

• 50 mins

Chi Onwurah

Why politics needs more scientists and engineers.

• 27 mins

The Case of The Missing Gorilla

“How can I be immersed in a book, and still notice my name?” asks Charlotte.

• 27 mins

The Wild and Windy Tale

“How do winds start and why do they stop?” asks Georgina from the Isle of Wight.

• 28 mins

The suspicious smell

Why do our bodies smell? And does our smell influence how much we like each other?

• 28 mins

The problem of infinite Pi(e)

How did we discover Pi? How do we know that it’s infinite and never repeats? asks Alex

• 26 mins

The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses

Why do things like pet hair, peanuts and pollen can get our immune systems so riled up?

• 28 mins

The puzzle of the plasma doughnut

“How does fusion work, and how can we do it safely on earth?” asks Les Walker

• 27 mins

Wild inside: The Cheetah

The amazing internal anatomy of the cheetah and the secrets to survival

• 27 mins

Wild inside: Great Grey Owl

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Wild inside: The Harbour Porpoise

Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of the enigmatic harbour porpoise

• 27 mins

Wild Inside: The Alpaca

Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to success of the alpaca.

• 28 mins

Tooth and Claw: Komodo dragon

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Preparing for the next pandemic

Scientists warn it’s not if, but when, another pandemic will hit us

• 50 mins

Tooth and Claw: African Wild Dog

Explorations in the world of science.

• 28 mins

Tooth and Claw: Wasps

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Tooth and Claw: Cougar

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: You've got good genes

The origins of Eugenics and the idea that we could breed ourselves to a brighter future

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: You will not replace us

The rise of the idea that immigrants will out-breed and replace the dominant white 'race'

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: Birth controlled

The women forcibly sterilised against their will and the campaign for birth control

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: Rassenhygiene

The mass sterilisation of those deemed ‘unfit’ by the Nazis in the name of eugenics

• 27 mins

Bad Blood: The curse of Mendel

How Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, an insight which inspired eugenics from the 1900s

• 28 mins

Bad Blood: Newgenics

Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?

• 28 mins