About this podcast
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
356 episodes · science
The Life Scientific
About this podcast
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
Latest episodeDean Lomax on discovering ichthyosaurs and defying nay-sayers
Recent episodes
- Helen Hastie on the future of human-robot relations19 May · 28 min
- Seth Berkley on the importance of vaccinating the world12 May · 28 min
- Hiranya Peiris on unravelling the story of the universe5 May · 28 min
- Washington Yotto Ochieng on the navigation tech that keeps our world moving28 Apr · 28 min
- Lucy Carpenter on how our oceans are destroying ozone21 Apr · 28 min
- Jens Juul Holst on the gut hormone discovery behind weight-loss drugs14 Apr · 28 min
- Jim Ashworth-Beaumont on how a near-fatal accident made him a better clinician7 Apr · 28 min
- Jehane Ragai on the science of authenticating artworks27 Jan · 28 min
- Tony Juniper on parrots, princes and environmental protection20 Jan · 29 min
- Pierre Friedlingstein on carbon’s pivotal role in climate change9 Dec 2025 · 28 min
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