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The Life Scientific
357 episodes · by BBC
About The Life Scientific
The Life Scientific is a podcast with 357 episodes in the PodLexicon database, each accompanied by a full searchable transcript and AI-generated summary. Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future PodLexicon indexes every episode of The Life Scientific and turns each one into a searchable AI summary — find the episode that covers a topic, track how that topic evolved over time, or compare what different guests said about it.
Topics Covered on The Life Scientific
Population Biology Foundations Parasitoid Wasps and Natural History Mathematical Ecology and Academia Malaria Gene-Drive Modelling Food Security and Sustainable Intensification Bovine TB Policy and Evidence Interdisciplinary Research Leadership Barkley’s global health journey
Notable Guests on The Life Scientific
Recent Episodes
Ginger Kerrick on manning Nasa's Mission Control and getting to Mars — October 06, 2026Dean Lomax on discovering ichthyosaurs and defying nay-sayers — May 26, 2026Helen Hastie on the future of human-robot relations — May 19, 2026Seth Berkley on the importance of vaccinating the world — May 12, 2026Hiranya Peiris on unravelling the story of the universe — May 05, 2026Washington Yotto Ochieng on the navigation tech that keeps our world moving — April 28, 2026Lucy Carpenter on how our oceans are destroying ozone — April 21, 2026Jens Juul Holst on the gut hormone discovery behind weight-loss drugs — April 14, 2026Jim Ashworth-Beaumont on how a near-fatal accident made him a better clinician — April 07, 2026Jehane Ragai on the science of authenticating artworks — January 27, 2026Tony Juniper on parrots, princes and environmental protection — January 20, 2026Pierre Friedlingstein on carbon’s pivotal role in climate change — December 09, 2025Julia Simner on tasty words and hearing colours — December 02, 2025Caroline Smith on meteorites and potential ancient life on Mars — November 25, 2025AP De Silva on building molecular fluorescence sensors for healthcare — November 18, 2025Peter Knight on quantum technologies — November 11, 2025Eleanor Schofield on conserving Tudor warship the Mary Rose — November 04, 2025George Church on reimagining woolly mammoths and virus-proofing humans — October 28, 2025Gareth Collett on a career in bomb disposal — October 21, 2025Sonia Gandhi on building model brains to tackle Parkinson’s disease — October 14, 2025Mark O'Shea on close encounters with venomous snakes — October 07, 2025Kevin Fong on medical planning for Mars and Earth-based emergencies — July 15, 2025Dame Pratibha Gai on training atoms to do what we want — July 08, 2025Catherine Heymans on the lighter side of the dark universe — July 01, 2025Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution — June 24, 2025Claudia de Rham on playing with gravity — June 17, 2025Neil Lawrence on taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI — June 10, 2025Liz Morris on Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets — June 03, 2025Anthony Fauci on a medical career navigating pandemics and presidents — May 27, 2025Brian Schmidt on Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine — April 22, 2025Jacqueline McKinley on unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites — April 15, 2025Jonathan Shepherd on a career as a crime-fighting surgeon — April 08, 2025Doyne Farmer on making sense of chaos for a better world — April 01, 2025Tori Herridge on ancient dwarf elephants and frozen mammoths — March 25, 2025Sir Magdi Yacoub on pioneering heart transplant surgery — March 18, 2025Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space — December 31, 2024Anna Korre on capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations — September 24, 2024Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies — September 17, 2024Peter Stott on climate change deniers and Italian inspiration — September 10, 2024Ijeoma Uchegbu on using nanoparticles to transform medicines — September 03, 2024Darren Croft on killer whale matriarchs and the menopause — August 27, 2024Bill Gates on vaccines, conspiracy theories and the pleasures of pickleball — August 20, 2024Kip Thorne on black holes, Nobel Prizes and taking physics to Hollywood — August 06, 2024Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics — July 30, 2024Dawn Bonfield on inclusive engineering, sustainable solutions and why she once tried to leave the sector for good — July 23, 2024Raymond Schinazi on revolutionising treatments for killer viruses — July 16, 2024Janet Treasure on eating disorders and the quest for answers — July 09, 2024Anne Child on Marfan syndrome and love at first sight — July 02, 2024Conny Aerts on star vibrations and following your dreams — June 25, 2024Mike Edmunds on decoding galaxies and ancient astronomical artefacts — April 23, 2024
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