What is the universe made of? Where does space dust come from? And how exactly might one go about putting... more

With 86 billion nerve cells joined together in a network of 100 trillion connections, the human brain is the most... more

The reputation of the nuclear industry has had highs and lows during the career of Dr Fiona Rayment, the President... more

We are fascinated by dinosaurs. From blockbuster hits to bestselling video games, skeleton exhibitions to cuddly plushies, the creatures that... more

Dr Sheila Willis is a forensic scientist who was Director General of Forensic Science Ireland for many years. She has... more

Professor Charles Godfray, Director of the the Oxford Martin School tells Jim Al-Kahlili about the intricate world of population dynamics,... more

Sir Jonathan Van-Tam, or ‘JVT’ as he's arguably better known, first came to widespread public attention in his role as... more

Humans have a long-held fascination with the idea of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a dystopian threat: from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein,... more

How do you solve a problem like CO2? As the curtain closes on the world’s most important climate summit, we talk... more

The Life Scientific zooms in to explore the intricate atomic make-up of metal alloys, with complex crystalline arrangements that can... more

“Big data” and “data science” are terms we hear more and more these days. The idea that we can use... more

Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry. His work uncovers 'the arcane in the mundane',... more

People around the world are living longer and, on the whole, having fewer children. What does this mean for future... more

Our primate cousins fascinate us, with their uncanny similarities to us. And studying other apes and monkeys also helps us... more

The Life Scientific returns with a special episode from the USA; Princeton, New Jersey, to be precise.Here, the Institute for... more

With the world's biodiversity being lost at an alarming rate, Alexandre Antonelli, Director of Science at the Royal Botanic Gardens,... more

Astronomer Paul Murdin believes a good imagination is vital for scientists, since they're so often dealing with subjects outside the... more

Some of the most complex medicines available today are made from living cells or organisms - these treatments are called... more

How much more of our world could we understand, if we could take stock of it, one atom at a... more

Reproductive science has come a long way in recent years, but there's still plenty we don't understand - particularly around... more

We’re used to hearing the stories of scientists who study the world as it is now but what about the... more

If you’ve ever seen the ocean during a storm, you’ll understand the extraordinary power contained in waves. On an island... more

Imagine a world in which your laptop or mobile device accesses the internet, not via radio waves – or WiFi... more

Our genes can tell us so much about us, from why we look the way we look, think the way... more

Anne-Marie Imafidon passed her computing A-Level at the age of 11 and by 16, was accepted to the University of... more

From landslides and wildfires to floods and tornadoes, Bruce Malamud has spent his career travelling the world and studying natural... more

How often do you think about chemistry?The chances are, not often - but it is vital to every part of... more

The world around us is three-dimensional. Yet, there are materials that can be regarded as two-dimensional. They are only one... more

There are almost a million people in the UK living with dementia, and Alzheimer’s is the most common form. But... more

Since 1900, our best estimates suggest that earthquakes have caused around 2.3 million deaths worldwide; we saw the devastating effects... more

Marie Johnston is a pioneer in the field of health psychology: the discipline that seeks to understand how psychological, behavioural... more

Professor Dame Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge, is an engineer whose fascination with metals, and skill for handling both... more

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

Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Haley Gomez about defying expectations and becoming a world expert on cosmic dust.For centuries, cosmic... more

How a once-derided approach to statistics paved the way for AI. Jim Al-Khalili talks to pioneering mathematician, Professor Sir... more

Clifford Johnson's career to date has spanned some seemingly very different industries - from exploring quantum mechanics around string theory... more

A fur-stripped mouse carcase might not sound like the cosiest of homes – but that’s where the burying beetle makes... more

Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is a degenerative disease that relentlessly attacks the human nervous system, deteriorating muscle function to the... more

Professor Chris Elliott is something of a ‘food detective’. A Professor of Food Safety and Microbiology at Queen's University Belfast and... more

What use to science is a pesky organism that feeds on rotting fruit? Professor Bambos Kyriacou has spent fifty years... more

Leon Barron monitors pollution in our rivers, keeping tabs on chemicals that could be harmful to the environment and to... more

Tim Lamont is a young scientist making waves. Arriving on the Great Barrier Reef after a mass bleaching event, Tim... more

Daphne Koller was a precociously clever child. She completed her first degree – a double major in mathematics and computer... more

Emily Holmes is a distinguished Professor of Clinical Psychology at Uppsala University and a neuroscientist who struggled to learn... more

Think Sahara Desert, think intense heat and drought. We see the Sahara as an unrelenting, frazzling, white place. But geo-archaeologist... more

Nobel Prize-winning chemist Frances Arnold left home at 15 and went to school ‘only when she felt like it’. She... more

Who could forget the beginning of 2020, when a ‘mysterious viral pneumonia’ emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Soon,... more

Vlatko Vedral describes himself as a quantum information practitioner, who believes that our universe is made up of quantum... more

Ant-loving professor, Adam Hart, shares his passion for leaf cutting ants with Jim Al Khalili. Why do they put leaves... more

When a person with severe anorexia nervosa refuses food, the very treatment they need to survive, is that refusal carefully... more

Pete Smith is very down to earth. Not least because he’s interested in soil and the vital role it plays... more

Chi Onwurah tells Jim Al-Khalili why she wanted to become a telecoms engineer and why engineering is a caring profession.... more

Ailie's first engineering challenge was working out how to get the solids to settle in a mixture of raw sewage... more

Ben Garrod is an obsessive bone collector and wild animal behaviourist. He was destined for a career in medicine but... more

Steve Brusatte analyses the pace of evolutionary change and tries to answer big questions. Why did the dinosaurs die out... more

Sir Shankar Balasubramanian is responsible for a revolution in medicine. The method he invented for reading, at speed, the unique... more

Early in her career, Julia wanted to know if it was possible to get someone to believe they committed a... more

Microbiologist Sharon Peacock has led one of the genuine science success stories of the pandemic. Professor Peacock is the founding... more

The huge popularity of meerkats is in no small part down to Professor Tim Clutton-Brock, zoologist and evolutionary biologist of... more

Many of us take dietary rules for granted such as eating little and often, not skipping meals and keeping a... more