The Life Scientific
By BBC Radio 4
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
Episodes (7)
Jim Ashworth-Beaumont on how a near-fatal accident made him a better clinician
28m4/7/2026
Jens Juul Holst on the gut hormone discovery behind weight-loss drugs
28m4/14/2026
Lucy Carpenter on how our oceans are destroying ozone
28m4/21/2026
Washington Yotto Ochieng on the navigation tech that keeps our world moving
28m4/28/2026
Hiranya Peiris on unravelling the story of the universe
28m5/5/2026
Seth Berkley on the importance of vaccinating the world
28m5/12/2026
Helen Hastie on the future of human-robot relations
28m5/19/2026
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