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Naomi Climer on engineering
Naomi Climer tells Jim Al-Khalili why engineers should be as famous as rock stars.
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Peter Piot on tackling ebola and HIV
Peter Piot talks to Jim Al-Khalili about Zika, Ebola and HIV.
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Paul Younger on energy for the future
Professor Paul Younger talks to Jim Al-Khalili about keeping the lights on in the future.
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Kathy Willis on botany
Kathy Willis, Kew Gardens' director of science, discusses biodiversity with Jim Al-Khalili
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Patrick Vallance on pharmaceuticals
Jim Al-Khalili meets Patrick Vallance heading drug development at a pharmaceutical company
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Robert Plomin on the genetics of intelligence
Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence.
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Danielle George on electronics
Engineer Danielle George tells Jim about her passion for getting children into electronics
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Dame Carol Black on public health
Expert health advisor and professor of medicine Carol Black talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Geoff Palmer on brewing
Jim talks to internationally renowned professor of brewing and distilling Geoff Palmer.
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EO Wilson on ants and evolution
Leading biologist EO Wilson talks to Jim Al-Khalili about ants, altruism and evolution.
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Niamh Nic Daeid on forensic science
Forensic chemist Niamh Nic Daeid talks about investigating fires and analysing legal highs
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Carlos Frenk on dark matter
Carlos Frenk talks to Jim Al-Khalili about dark matter and modelling the cosmos.
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Dorothy Bishop on language disorders
Why do some children find language difficult? Dorothy Bishop talks about her life's work.
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Henry Marsh on brain surgery
Neurosurgeon Henry Marsh talks to Jim Al-Khalili about slicing through our thoughts.
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Kate Jones on bats and biodiversity
From bats to biodiversity, ecologist Kate Jones discusses her Life Scientific.
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Anil Seth on consciousness
Anil Seth discusses the hard problem of understanding consciousness with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Susan Jebb on nutrition
Obesity expert Susan Jebb talks to Jim al-Khalili about the science of what we eat.
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Nigel Shadbolt on the worldwide web
Sir Nigel Shadbolt talks about artificial intelligence and open data with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Stephanie Shirley on computer coding
Software pioneer Dame Stephanie Shirley talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Jane Francis on Antarctica
The director of the British Antarctic Survey, Jane Francis talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Sarah-Jayne Blakemore on teenage brains
Prof Sarah-Jayne Blakemore talks to Jim Al-Khalili about her research on the teenage brain
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Matt Taylor on the Rosetta space mission
Matt Taylor talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Rosetta comet mission.
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John O'Keefe on memory
2014 Nobel Prize-winner John O'Keefe talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Dave Goulson on bees
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Prof Dave Goulson about his obsession with bees.
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Dame Sally Davies on public health
Jim al-Khalili talks to Dame Sally Davies about looking after the nation's health.
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Richard Fortey on fossils
Jim Al-Khalili meets Mr Trilobite, the palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey.
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Margaret Boden on artificial intelligence
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Maggie Boden, a world authority in the field of AI.
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Chris Toumazou on inventing medical devices
Chris Toumazou talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the science of invention.
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Elspeth Garman on crystallography
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman.
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Jackie Akhavan on explosives
Jackie Akhavan talks about the ethical issues of working on explosives used in war.
