Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
Episodes to download
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The James Webb Space Telescope
Mon 13 Dec 2021
A new giant space telescope that will show us the first stars that shone in the universe
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Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares
Mon 6 Dec 2021
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests
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The Evidence: Healthcare pushed out by the pandemic
Sat 27 Nov 2021
The killer diseases ignored because of Covid-19
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Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares
Mon 22 Nov 2021
The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the 1970s.
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Listening to coral reefs
Mon 15 Nov 2021
Conservationist Rory Crawford meets the scientists surveying coral reefs using sound
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Geoengineering The Planet
Mon 8 Nov 2021
How we cool the planet with the latest geoengineering technologies.
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The Evidence: When misinformation kills
Sat 30 Oct 2021
Tackling the 鈥渋nfodemic鈥� 鈥� misinformation and Covid-19
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Chilean mummies
Mon 25 Oct 2021
Jane Chambers learns about the world's oldest examples of mummification
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Earthshot 3 - The prize winners
Mon 18 Oct 2021
Five categories, a million pounds in each. Who has won the Earthshot prize?
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Earthshot 2 鈥� Tackling our energy crisis
Mon 11 Oct 2021
Balancing our growing need for electricity while addressing climate change
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The Evidence: To boost or not to boost?
Sat 2 Oct 2021
The science and the ethics of vaccine booster shots
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China's great science leap
Mon 27 Sep 2021
Will China鈥檚 ambitions in space, quantum & biotech lead it to science super-power status?
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Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
Mon 30 Aug 2021
All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why.
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The Evidence: How will the pandemic end?
Sun 29 Aug 2021
Keeping a lid on risks of new covid variants as vaccinated countries ease restrictions
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The Life Scientific: Professor Martin Sweeting
Mon 23 Aug 2021
How Martin Sweeting made a satellite on his kitchen table
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The Life Scientific: Dr Nira Chamberlain
Mon 16 Aug 2021
Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems.
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Lost for words
Mon 9 Aug 2021
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing
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Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
Fri 6 Aug 2021
How animals make us smarter 鈥� we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
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Whatever happened to鈥hose Covid-19 stories
Sat 31 Jul 2021
Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared
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Dare to repair: Fixing the future
Mon 26 Jul 2021
How does repair and repair-ability fit into our sustainable future?
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Dare to repair: The fight for the right to repair
Mon 19 Jul 2021
Exploring how citizens are fighting back for the right to repair their own stuff
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Dare to Repair: How we broke the future
Mon 12 Jul 2021
Why electronic gadgets dont last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard.
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
