Frances Arnold: From taxi driver to Nobel Prize

Turning microbes into living factories.

• 28 mins

Judith Bunbury on the shifting River Nile in the time of the Pharaohs

A geo-archaeologist digs down to enrich our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond.

• 28 mins

Emily Holmes on how to treat trauma

Why images are more powerful than words in shaping how we think and feel.

• 31 mins

Can computers discover new medicines?

Using AI to discover drugs. Daphne Koller tells Jim Al-Khalili about her life and work.

• 27 mins

The sounds of coral reefs

Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs

• 30 mins

Why study sewage?

Leon Barron tells Jim Al-Khalili how he developed an intense interest in sewage.

• 28 mins

A passion for fruit flies

Bambos Kyriacou tells Jim Al-Khalili why he studies the behaviour of fruit flies.

• 28 mins

Chris Elliott on fighting food fraud

How ‘fingerprinting’ technology could help prevent another horse meat scam.

• 31 mins

Pam Shaw on the research battle against motor neurone disease

How new drug trials could mark a turning point in MND research.

• 28 mins

Rebecca Kilner on beetle behaviours and evolution

How corpse-based beetles can answer long-standing questions about human evolution.

• 28 mins

Clifford Johnson on making sense of black holes and movie plots

Jim Al-Khalili hears about new approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.

• 32 mins

Adrian Smith on the power of Bayesian statistics

How a once-derided approach to statistics paved the way for AI.

• 28 mins

Haley Gomez on cosmic dust

Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Haley Gomez.

• 28 mins

Danny Altmann on how T cells fight disease

Jim Al-Khalili talks T cells, our immune response and Long Covid with Prof Danny Altmann.

• 28 mins

Julia King on manipulating metals and decarbonising transport

A metals-focused engineer's route from academia to industry to the House of Lords.

• 28 mins

Marie Johnston on health psychology and the power of behavioural shifts

Why subtle changes in how we act can radically change our lives and our health.

• 28 mins

James Jackson on understanding earthquakes and building resilience

How studying processes that shape the planet’s surface can help us become more resilient.

• 29 mins

Julie Williams on Alzheimer’s disease

Julie Williams on the genetics of Alzheimer’s disease.

• 28 mins

Andre Geim on levitating frogs, graphene and 2D materials

The Nobel prize-winning physicist talks about the world's strongest material, graphene.

• 28 mins

Gillian Reid on making chemistry count

Jim Al-Khalili hears how chemistry is connected to every part of our lives.

• 28 mins

Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards

From landslides to tornadoes, Bruce Malamud talks modelling risk and multi-hazard cascades

• 30 mins

Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science

Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Anne-Marie Imafidon about championing girls in STEM.

• 28 mins

Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics

Jim Al-Khalili unravels the tangled chains of genetic (and epigenetic) inheritance.

• 28 mins

Harald Haas on making waves in light communication

Jim Al-Khalili hears how light can be used to access the internet.

• 28 mins

Deborah Greaves on wave power and offshore renewable energy

Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Deborah Greaves about wave energy and her love of the sea

• 28 mins

Gideon Henderson on climate ‘clocks’ and dating ice ages

Jim Al-Khalili hears how study of the past climate can help us understand our future.

• 28 mins

Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill

Professor Chris Barratt discusses breaking new ground in male fertility research.

• 28 mins

Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world

Sir Colin Humphreys on LEDs, electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world

• 28 mins

Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies

Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies.

• 28 mins

Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole

Paul Murdin shares his story of the first identification of a black hole, Cygnus X-1.

• 32 mins