The Life Scientific

BBC Radio 4

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

Latest episodeGillian Forrester on gesturing gorillas, babbling babies and the origins of human languageOctober 27, 2026 · 28 min

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Latest episodes

1. Gillian Forrester on gesturing gorillas, babbling babies and the origins of human languageOctober 27, 2026 · 28 min
2. David Canter on how psychology can save lives and catch killersOctober 20, 2026 · 28 min
3. Edith Heard on unravelling the mystery of X-chromosome inactivationOctober 13, 2026 · 28 min
4. Ginger Kerrick on manning Nasa's Mission Control and getting to MarsOctober 6, 2026 · 29 min
5. Dean Lomax on discovering ichthyosaurs and defying nay-sayersMay 26, 2026 · 28 min
6. Helen Hastie on the future of human-robot relationsMay 19, 2026 · 28 min
7. Seth Berkley on the importance of vaccinating the worldMay 12, 2026 · 28 min
8. Hiranya Peiris on unravelling the story of the universeMay 5, 2026 · 28 min
9. Washington Yotto Ochieng on the navigation tech that keeps our world movingApril 28, 2026 · 28 min
10. Lucy Carpenter on how our oceans are destroying ozoneApril 21, 2026 · 28 min

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