Scientifically... Podcast
鲍鱼tv of the best science programmes from 鲍鱼tv Radio 4, from the ingenuity behind everyday objects to the biggest questions facing our planet. Released weekly, this podcast is introduced by Dr. Alex Lathbridge.
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28ish Days Later - Day One: Power
Fri 1 Apr 2022
India Rakusen and guests introduce you to anatomy of the womb.
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Political Animals: Sex-Switching Fish and Non-Binary Brains - 3/3
Thu 3 Mar 2022
Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the 鈥榙ominant male鈥� stereotype.
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Political Animals: Mole-Rat Queens and Genital Power - 2/3
Thu 3 Mar 2022
Lucy Cooke meets females from the animal world that smash the 鈥榙ominant male鈥� stereotype.
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Political Animals: Sex, Monkeys and the 'Coy Female' Myth - 1/3
Thu 24 Feb 2022
Zoologist Lucy Cooke uncovers stories of the female animals defying Darwin鈥檚 鈥渃oy鈥� label.
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Wild Inside: The Ocean Sunfish
Wed 22 Dec 2021
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of Mola mola the world's largest bony fish.
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Wild Inside:The Burmese Python
Fri 17 Dec 2021
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the internal secrets to success of the Burmese python.
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Wild Inside: Jungle Royalty - The Jaguar
Tue 7 Dec 2021
Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside three animals from the big wild world.
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A Good Read with Adam Rutherford and Farrah Jarral
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Books with a science theme are on the menu.
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The Life Scientific at 10: What does it take to be a scientist?
Tue 12 Oct 2021
What does it take to be a scientist? Jim Al-Khalili and distinguished guests discuss.
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The Men in the White Coats
Tue 12 Oct 2021
Prof Andrea Sella on the shifting image of the scientist in popular culture.
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Celebrating the life of Sir Clive Sinclair: Computers at home
Fri 17 Sep 2021
Scientifically celebrates the life of Sir Clive Sinclair.
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Jim Al-Khalili's Life Scientific
Fri 3 Sep 2021
As The Life Scientific turns ten we look back at the time Jim became the interviewee.
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Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 3
Wed 11 Aug 2021
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests.
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Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 2
Wed 28 Jul 2021
How genetic engineering became big business.
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Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares - Episode 1
Wed 21 Jul 2021
The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the early 1970s.
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The Blind Astronomer
Thu 24 Jun 2021
Kate Molleson tells the story of Wanda Diaz-Merced and her pioneering work with sound.
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Dare to Repair: Fixing the Future - Episode 3
Wed 12 May 2021
Mark Miodownik looks at how repair and repair-ability fits into our sustainable future.
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Dare To Repair: The Right to Repair - Episode 2
Wed 5 May 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 - Episode 1
Fri 30 Apr 2021
Why electronic gadgets don鈥檛 last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard.
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Gagarin and the lost Moon
Wed 21 Apr 2021
The story of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly into space
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Hardware, Software, Anywhere: Anywhere - Episode 3
Wed 7 Apr 2021
Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.
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Hardware, Software, Anywhere: Hardware - Episode 2
Wed 31 Mar 2021
Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.
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Hardware, Software, Anywhere: Software - Episode 1
Thu 25 Mar 2021
Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world
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Laws That Aren't Laws: Stigler's Law - Episode 5
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Stigler's Law was first hypothesised by his friend, Robert K. Merton.
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Laws That Aren't Laws: The Peter Principle - Episode 4
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Robin Ince investigates Lawrence J Peter's analysis of hierarchical structures.
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Laws That Aren't Laws: Betteridge's Law of Headlines - Episode 3
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren't, but should be.
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Laws That Aren't Laws: Parkinson's Law - Episode 2
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren't, but should be.
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Laws That Aren't Laws: Murphy's Law - Episode 1
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren鈥檛, but should be.
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Long Covid
Wed 30 Sep 2020
Adam Rutherford explores the science behind why recovery from covid can be so protracted.
