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Uncharted: Access denied

Hannah Fry explores two tales of data and discovery. A young researcher gains access to a...

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The Evidence: The science of the menopause

Millions of women around the world experience the menopause each year; it’s an important...

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Uncharted: The gossip mill

Hannah Fry explores two more tales of data and discovery. Gossip and rumour are plaguing a tile...

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Uncharted: The happiness curve

Hannah Fry explores two tales of data and discovery. Do orangutans - or humans - experience a...

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Uncharted: The doctor will see you now

Hannah Fry explores two tales of data and discovery. Two couples are brought together by a...

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Uncharted: The returning soldier

In a few specific years across the 20th Century, the proportion of boys born mysteriously spiked....

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The Life Scientific: Michael Woolridge

Humans have a long-held fascination with the idea of Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a dystopian...

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The Life Scientific: Mercedes Maroto-Valer

How do you solve a problem like CO2? As the curtain closes on the world’s most important...

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The Life Scientific: Sir Harry Bhadeshia

The Life Scientific zooms in to explore the intricate atomic make-up of metal alloys, with...

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The Life Scientific: Cathie Sudlow

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

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The Life Scientific: Sir Michael Berry

Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry. His work...

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The Life Scientific: Sarah Harper

People around the world are living longer and, on the whole, having fewer children. What does...

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Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Our primate cousins fascinate us, with their uncanny similarities to us. And studying other apes...

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Edward Witten

The Life Scientific returns with a special episode from the USA; Princeton, New Jersey, to be...

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What's stopping us from exercising in older age?

Exercise in older age is high on the agenda, but the idea that with age comes bags of time and a...

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When does sitting become bad for health?

How many hours do you spend sitting down per day? Six? Maybe eight? Or 10? Between commuting,...

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Putting the Mouth Back into the Body

A look at the evidence that links the health of our mouths with the rest of our bodies.

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Tooth and Claw: Cheetahs

Adam Hart investigates the fastest land animal in the world – the cheetah! Built for high-speed...

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Tooth and Claw: Piranhas

Adam Hart investigates a frenzied and voracious fish from South America – the piranha! Said to be...

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Tooth and Claw: Great White Sharks

Adam Hart investigates the most famous and feared predator in all the ocean – the great white...

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