Ri Science Podcast
By The Royal Institution
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Subscribers: 367
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Episodes: 100
Harald Clark
Oct 21, 2018
Excellent talks from enthusiastic scientists and presenters, a great way to get overviews and useful glimpses of complicated topics. Well-produced podcast with no bloat.
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Explore a new area of science every month from the world's sharpest minds. 'From the Theatre' episodes every second Wednesday of the month, bringing you talks from the Ri's world-renowned Theatre. Ri Science Podcast original episodes every last Wednesday of the month, lifting the lid on the science all around us.
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From the Theatre: Should computers run the world? - with Hannah Fry
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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The science behind sickle cell disease - with Sara El Hoss and Stephanie George
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Sep 23, 2025 |
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From the Theatre: The science of mental health - with Camilla Nord
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Sep 09, 2025 |
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Is data failing us? - with Grace Huckins
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Aug 26, 2025 |
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What can dogs teach us about the microbiome? - with Bushra Schuitemaker
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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The science behind ACL injuries in women's football - with Blake Rivers and Grace Vella
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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De-westernizing the history of science - with Gianamar Giovannetti-Singh
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Understanding antimicrobial resistance - with Gabriel Astorga
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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How climate change affects the brain - with Clayton Aldern and Sanjay Sisodiya
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Statistical uncertainty in the modern world - with David Spiegelhalter
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Scientists on Scientists: Being the Christmas Lecturer - with Chris van Tulleken and Monica Grady
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Best of 2024: Science wrapped
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Quantum physics and gender equity - with Jess Wade
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Sustainable materials: Trick or treat? - with Mike Shaver
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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The search for Earth 2.0 - with Elizabeth Tasker
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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The brain on exercise - with Dr Flaminia Ronca
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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How women drove evolution - with Cat Bohannon
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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The science of cheese - with Bronwen Percival
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Eggs, Evolution, and life on Earth - with Jules Howard
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May 29, 2024 |
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The neuroscience of memory - with Charan Ranganath
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Ri on AI: The healthcare revolution – with Dr James Kinross
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Geometry in Everyday Life - with the London Institute of Mathematical Sciences (LIMS)
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Ri on AI: Understanding AlphaFold with Dame Janet Thornton
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Tales from my PhD: Algorithms for energy efficiency – with Karan Mukhi
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Tales from my PhD: Fighting rice blast fungus – with Camilla Molinari
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Tales from my PhD: Researching anxiety and depression through computational models – with Sophie Shang
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Tales from my PhD: Saving manta rays – with Jessica Savage
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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How to hear gravitational waves – with Tessa Baker
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Tales from my PhD: What is galaxy evolution? – with Rohan Varadaraj
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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How did patriarchy develop across the world? – with Angela Saini and Julia Gillard
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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Can science explain emotions? – with Dean Burnett
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Tackling climate change with innovation – with Alyssa Gilbert and Katherine Mathieson
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Existential physics: Exploring life's big questions – with Sabine Hossenfelder
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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Bad statistics: How not to be misled – with Jennifer Rogers
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Feb 28, 2023 |
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How Peter Higgs proposed the Higgs boson – with Frank Close
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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How to handle heart disease – with Samer Nashef
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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CHRISTMAS LECTURES special: Inside forensic science – with Dame Sue Black & Katherine Mathieson
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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How does proton beam therapy treat cancer? – with Simon Jolly
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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How did females evolve? – with Lucy Cooke
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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Is the multiverse possible? – with Sean M Carroll
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May 31, 2022 |
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How we got to the climate crisis – with Alice Bell
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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How to design a rollercoaster – with Brendan Walker
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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What is love? – with Laura Mucha & Kate Devlin
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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How to make a universe – with Harry Cliff
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Solving crimes with forensic anthropology – with Sue Black
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Handprints on Hubble – with Kathryn D Sullivan
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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How advertising works – with Rory Sutherland
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Medical cannabis – with Mike Barnes, Hannah Deacon, Peter Carroll and Susie Mesure
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Einstein on the run – with Andrew Robinson
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Conspiracy theories – with Miriam Frankel, Türkay Salim Nefes, Aleksandra Cichocka and Harry T Dyer
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Can we trust maths? – with Kit Yates
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Life in a mars simulation – with Kate Greene
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May 03, 2021 |
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The art of rest – with Claudia Hammond
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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Recipe for a Skyscraper – with Roma Agrawal
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Endometriosis: Myths, Symptoms and Future Treatments - with PhD researcher Magda Mareckova, Dr Krina Zondervan and Dr Christian Becker
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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A Generalist AI - with Expert Panel
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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The Evolution of Truth - with Richard Byrne, Evan Davis and comedian Rachel Wheeley
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering a Brighter Future - with Lord Browne and Vivienne Parry
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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The Gene Machine - with Venki Ramakrishnan
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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The Science of Stress – with Joe Herbert, Julie Turner Cobb, and Shane O’Mara
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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How Does Science Actually Work? – with Jeremy Baumberg
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Whats Next? Predictions About Our Future - with Expert Panel
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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The Story of Life – with Matthew Cobb and Nick Lane
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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Moon, Mars and Beyond - with Astronaut Al Worden and Experts Chris Welch and Stuart Eves
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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The Science of Success (and Failure) – with Matthew Syed
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May 27, 2019 |
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Monsters, Science and Society - with Expert Panel
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Anatomy of a Conversation - with Elizabeth Stokoe
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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The Order Of Time - with Carlo Rovelli
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Feb 26, 2019 |
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Homo Deus: a Brief History of Tomorrow - with Yuval Noah Harari
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Half Life: The disappearance of Bruno Pontecorvo – with Frank Close
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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The Science Behind Breaking Bad - with Chemist Dave Smith, Psychologist Julian Boon and Screenwriter Paul Viragh
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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Quantum Biology - with Nigel Scrutton, Alexandra Olaya-Castro and Jenny Brookes
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Sense of Style: How to Communicate Effectively - with Experimental Psychologist Steven Pinker
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Sep 25, 2018 |
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Future Pharma - With Expert Panel
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Aug 27, 2018 |
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Interview with a Spaceman – with Astronaut Mike Massimino
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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Unruly Memory – with Memory Experts: Vin Walsh, Julia Shaw and Jennifer Wild
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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Using Tech to Track Endangered Wildlife – with Kate Jones
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May 28, 2018 |
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Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything – With Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
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Apr 30, 2018 |
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How To Leave The Planet – Dallas Campbell and Kevin Fong
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its Legacy – with Experts Phillip Ball, Miranda Seymour, Frank James and Angela Wright
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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A Whirlwind Tour of Science - with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki
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Jan 31, 2018 |
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What Our Brains Want - with Ray Dolan, Wolfram Schultz and Peter Dayan
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Dec 22, 2017 |
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Autism: A personal journey – with Dame Stephanie Shirley
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Nov 27, 2017 |
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New Genes from Scratch - Aoife McLysaght
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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Science at the Extremes - with Greg Foot, Dan Martin and Leigh Marsh
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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Epigenetics and Parental Origin Effects - with Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith
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Jul 03, 2017 |
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Revolutionary Science and the French Revolution - Ri Science Podcast #14
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Jun 05, 2017 |
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The Psychology of Thinking - Richard Nisbett
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May 02, 2017 |
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Neuroimaging, Neurononsense and Gender Stereotypes - with Gina Rippon
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Apr 03, 2017 |
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The Neuroscience of Addiction - with Marc Lewis
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Feb 28, 2017 |
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Catching Gravitational Waves - with Sheila Rowan
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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The Neuroscience of Consciousness –With Professor Anil Seth
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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Colour and Cancer; Scorpions and Surgery - with Dr Henry Marsh and Dr Jim Olson
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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The Science of Sleep - with Russell Foster, Debra Skene and Stafford Lightman
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Dec 12, 2016 |
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What Science Tells us About Race and Racism - with Expert Panel
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Nov 28, 2016 |
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The Serengeti Rules of Life - with Sean B Carroll
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Nov 14, 2016 |
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My Life in Science - with Richard Dawkins
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Oct 31, 2016 |
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The Perfect Bet - with Mathematician Adam Kucharski
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Oct 17, 2016 |
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Mars Exploration: Curiosity and Beyond with Anita Sengupta
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Oct 03, 2016 |
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The Aliens are Coming! - with Ben Miller and Jim Al-Khalili
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Sep 19, 2016 |