The Life Scientific

{{short description|BBC Radio 4 science biography programme}}

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The Life Scientific is a BBC Radio 4 science programme, presented by Jim Al-Khalili, in which each episode is dedicated to the biography and work of a living scientist.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015sqc7|title=The Life Scientific|work=BBC Online|access-date=24 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/news/lord-john-krebs-life-scientific-radio-4|title=Lord John Krebs on The Life Scientific, Radio 4|date=2013-05-22|work=Future of Food|access-date=24 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://wwwf.imperial.ac.uk/blog/hittingtheheadlines/2013/08/30/imperial-in-the-news-the-life-scientific/ |title=Imperial in the news: The Life Scientific|last=Jones|first=Michael|date=2013-08-30|access-date=24 January 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/oct/11/radio-head-one-to-one|title=Radio head: The Life Scientific and One to One|last=Mahoney|first=Elisabeth|date=2011-10-11|work=The Guardian|access-date=24 January 2014}}

The programme consists of an interview between Al-Khalili and the featured scientist, with others contributing anecdotes.

It is broadcast on Tuesday mornings in the UK, and is available online and via BBC Sounds, as is an archive of past episodes.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015sqc7/episodes/guide|title=The Life Scientific - Episode guide|work=BBC Online|access-date=24 January 2014}} In October 2021 the programme reached its 10-year anniversary with discussion between Ottoline Leyser, Paul Nurse, Christopher Jackson and Sue Black on the topic of 'What makes a scientist?'.

Guests

Guests have included:{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015sqc7/episodes/downloads |title=Podcasts - The Life Scientific |publisher=BBC |date=1970-01-01 |access-date=2014-07-15}}

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!Number

!Name

!Date

!Topic

!Programme page

1

|data-sort-value="Nurse, Paul"| Paul Nurse

| {{dts|11 October 2011}}

| Biology, winning the Nobel Prize and being President of the Royal Society

| {{cite web |title=Paul Nurse, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015n3b7 |website=BBC}}

2

|data-sort-value="Pinker, Steven"| Steven Pinker

| {{dts|18 October 2011}}

| Science writing and cognitive psychology

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b015zm90|title=Steven Pinker, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

3

|data-sort-value="Bell Burnell, Jocelyn"| Jocelyn Bell Burnell

| {{dts|25 October 2011}}

| Astrophyics and not winning the Nobel Prize

| {{cite web|title=Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016812j|accessdate=24 April 2023}}

4

|data-sort-value="Marmot, Michael"| Michael Marmot

|{{dts|1 November 2011}}

| How stress kills

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016ld4q|title=Sir Michael Marmot, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

5

|data-sort-value="Blakemore, Colin"| Colin Blakemore

|{{dts|8 November 2011}}

| Neuroscience

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b016wxtx|title=Colin Blakemore, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

6

|data-sort-value="Stevens, Molly"| Molly Stevens

| {{dts|15 November 2011}}

| Growing human bones in a test tube

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0174gk0|title=Molly Stevens, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

7

|data-sort-value="Clayton, Nicola"| Nicola Clayton

| {{dts|22 November 2011}}

| The intelligence of birds

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017cd0v|title=Nicky Clayton, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

8

|data-sort-value="Sulston, John"| John Sulston

| {{dts|29 November 2011}}

| Biology

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017mrbd|title=John Sulston, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

9

|data-sort-value="Frith, Uta"| Uta Frith

| {{dts|6 December 2011}}

| Changing how we view brain disorders

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b017w65r|title=Uta Frith, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

10

|data-sort-value="Hunt, Tim"| Tim Hunt

| {{dts|13 December 2011}}

| Molecular biology and winning the Nobel Prize

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0184rfy|title=Tim Hunt, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

11

|data-sort-value="Winston, Robert"| Robert Winston

| {{dts|20 December 2011}}

| IVF, the House of Lords, and scientists' ethical responsibility

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018cbnx|title=Lord Robert Winston, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

12

|data-sort-value="Pillinger, Colin"| Colin Pillinger

| {{dts|27 December 2011}}

| Life on Mars

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018g5tm|title=Colin Pillinger, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

13

|data-sort-value="Murray, Robin"| Robin Murray

| {{dts|7 February 2012}}

| The cause of schizophrenia

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bwmvt|title=Robin Murray, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

14

|data-sort-value="Stringer, Chris"| Chris Stringer

| {{dts|14 February 2012}}

| Paleoanthropology and who our ancestors were

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bllwz|title=Chris Stringer, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

15

|data-sort-value="Ryan, Tony"| Tony Ryan

| {{dts|21 February 2012}}

| The future of nanotechnology

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01c7pq0|title=Tony Ryan, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

16

|data-sort-value="Chalmers, Iain"| Iain Chalmers

| {{dts|28 February 2012}}

| Health services

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cjwtd|title=Iain Chalmers, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

17

|data-sort-value="Rees, Martin"| Martin Rees

| {{dts|6 March 2012}}

|The multiverse

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cvpyx|title=Martin Rees, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

18

|data-sort-value="Lawton, John"| John Lawton

| {{dts|13 March 2012}}

|Ecology

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01cvpyx|title=John Lawton, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

19

|data-sort-value="Virdee, Tejinder"| Tejinder Virdee

| {{dts|20 March 2012}}

|The search for the Higgs boson

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dhrmb|title=Tejinder Virdes, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

20

|data-sort-value="Gallop, Angela"| Angela Gallop

| {{dts|27 March 2012}}

|Forensic science

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01dttz7|title=Angela Gallop, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

21

|data-sort-value="Lovelock, James"| James Lovelock

| {{dts|8 May 2012}}

| The Gaia hypothesis, microwave ovens

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01h666h|title=James Lovelock, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

22

|data-sort-value="Ashcroft, Frances"| Frances Ashcroft

| {{dts|15 May 2012}}

|The link between blood sugar and insulin

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hjqhr|title=Frances Ashcroft, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

23

|data-sort-value="Peck, Lloyd"| Lloyd Peck

| {{dts|22 May 2012}}

|Giant sea spiders

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hw7yy|title=Lloyd Peck, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

24

|data-sort-value="Sahakian, Barbara"| Barbara Sahakian

| {{dts|29 May 2012}}

|Neurotransmitters

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j5j24|title=Barbara Sahakiank, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

25

|data-sort-value="May, Bob"| Bob May

| {{dts|5 June 2012}}

|Public trust

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jgll3|title=Robert May, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

26

|data-sort-value="Pickett, John"| John Pickett

| {{dts|12 June 2012}}

|GM wheat

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jqjkz|title=John Pickett, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

27

|data-sort-value="Jones, Steve"| Steve Jones

| {{dts|7 August 2012}}

|Snail studies

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lhfs5|title=Steve Jones, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

28

|data-sort-value="Wolseley, Pat"| Pat Wolseley

| {{dts|14 August 2012}}

|Her obsession with lichen

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01lsyj6|title=Pat Wolseley, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

29

|data-sort-value="Siegert, Martin"| Martin Siegert

| {{dts|21 August 2012}}

|Under the Antarctic ice

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m0ltw|title=Martin Seigert, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

30

|data-sort-value="Dowling, Ann"| Ann Dowling

| {{dts|28 August 2012}}

|Silent aircraft

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01m5gth|title=Ann Dowling, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

31

|data-sort-value="Dawkins, Richard"| Richard Dawkins

| {{dts|4 September 2012}}

|Being a biologist and author

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mc11f|title=Richard Dawkins, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

32

|data-sort-value="Sella, Andrea"| Andrea Sella

| {{dts|11 September 2012}}

|Why my chemistry demonstrations are filling theatres

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mk1zd|title=Andrea Sella, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

33

|data-sort-value="Nutt, David"| David Nutt

| {{dts|18 September 2012}}

|Research into drugs and the brain

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mqp1c|title=David Nutt, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

34

|data-sort-value="Gupta, Sunetra"| Sunetra Gupta

| {{dts|25 September 2012}}

|Being a scientist and novelist

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01mw2d6|title=Suentra Gupta, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

35

|data-sort-value="Walport, Mark"| Mark Walport

| {{dts|2 October 2012}}

|Being Government Chief Scientific Advisor

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n111x|title=Mark Walport, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

36

|data-sort-value="Montgomery, Hugh"| Hugh Montgomery

| {{dts|9 October 2012}}

|The gene for fitness

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n651h|title=Huigh Montgomery, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

37

|data-sort-value="Grady, Monica"| Monica Grady

| {{dts|16 October 2012}}

|Life on Mars

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n9z0l|title=Monica Grady, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

38

|data-sort-value="Diamond, Jared"| Jared Diamond

| {{dts|4 December 2012}}

|Gall bladders, global history, and the birds of Papua New Guinea

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p3k5q|title=Jared Diamond, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

39

|data-sort-value="Gurdon, John"| John Gurdon

| {{dts|18 December 2012}}

|Cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p9ks8|title=John Gurdon, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

40

|data-sort-value="Whitaker, Amoret"| Amoret Whitaker

| {{dts|8 January 2013}}

| Insects and their role in helping solve crimes

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pp567|title=Amoret Whitaker, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

41

|data-sort-value="Mair, Robert"| Robert Mair

| {{dts|15 January 2013}}

| Tunnelling under Big Ben, Crossrail, and engineering for the future

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pth0t|title=Robert Mair, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

42

|data-sort-value="Karmiloff-Smith, Annette"| Annette Karmiloff-Smith

| {{dts|22 January 2013}}

| Should babies under two watch TV?

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01pzr00|title=Annette Karmiloff-Smith, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

43

|data-sort-value="Sharkey, Noel"| Noel Sharkey

| {{dts|29 January 2013}}

| Robotics and psychology

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q8mm0|title=Noel Sharky, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

44

|data-sort-value="Beral, Valerie"| Valerie Beral

| {{dts|5 February 2013}}

| Breast cancer

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qdw1k|title=Valerie Beral, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

45

|data-sort-value="Watson, Alan"| Alan Watson

| {{dts|19 February 2013}}

| His quest to discover the source of cosmic rays

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qm3yr|title=Alan Watson, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

46

|data-sort-value="Ion, Sue"| Sue Ion

| {{dts|26 February 2013}}

| Working in the nuclear industry

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01qw9hj|title=Sue Ion, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

47

|data-sort-value="Rothwell, Nancy"| Nancy Rothwell

| {{dts|7 May 2013}}

| Neuroscience

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s89mh|title=Nancy Rothwell, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

48

|data-sort-value="Gupta, Sanjeev"| Sanjeev Gupta

| {{dts|14 May 2013}}

| What links the English Channel to valleys on Mars?

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sdg25|title=Sanjeev Gupta, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

49

|data-sort-value="Krebs, John"| John Krebs

| {{dts|21 May 2013}}

| Birds, foot and mouth disease and badgers

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sj1sp|title=John Krebs, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

50

|data-sort-value="Partridge, Linda"| Linda Partridge

| {{dts|28 May 2013}}

| The science of longevity

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01sm6q6|title=Linda Partridge, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

51

|data-sort-value="Donald, Athene"| Athene Donald

| {{dts|4 June 2013}}

| The physics behind everyday stuff

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0213yfk|title=Athene Donald, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

52

|data-sort-value="Birney, Ewan"| Ewan Birney

| {{dts|11 June 2013}}

| Deciphering the human genome and junk DNA

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02mqmnh|title=Ewsan Birney, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

53

|data-sort-value="Spiegelhalter, David"| David Spiegelhalter

| {{dts|18 June 2013}}

| Risk and uncertainty

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02x7h0z|title=David Spiegelhalter, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

54

|data-sort-value="Stokoe, Elizabeth"| Elizabeth Stokoe

| {{dts|25 June 2013}}

| Studying real-life conversations

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02ykg4w|title=Elizabeth Stokoe, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

55

|data-sort-value="Foster, Russell"| Russell Foster

| {{dts|20 August 2013}}

| Circadian rhythms and jet lag

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038c5qj|title=Russell Foster, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

56

|data-sort-value="Haigh, Joanna"| Joanna Haigh

| {{dts|27 August 2013}}

| Climate

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038xrj5|title=Joanna Haigh, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

57

|data-sort-value="Lythgoe, Mark"| Mark Lythgoe

| {{dts|3 September 2013}}

| Medical imaging and mountain climbing

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039cbsn|title=Mark Lythgoe, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

58

|data-sort-value="Benton, Michael"| Michael Benton

| {{dts|10 September 2013}}

| Digging up dinosaurs in remote places

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b039px7q|title=Michael Benton, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

59

|data-sort-value="Stewart, Ian"| Ian Stewart

| {{dts|17 September 2013}}

| Sci-fi and popularising maths

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03b0wmj|title=Ian Stewart, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

60

|data-sort-value="Scott, Sophie"| Sophie Scott

| {{dts|24 September 2013}}

| The science of laughter

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bdpl5|title=Sophie Scott, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

61

|data-sort-value="Graves, Jenny"| Jenny Graves

| {{dts|1 October 2013}}

| Kangaroos and the death of the Y chromosome

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03bqw3z|title=Jenny Graves, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

62

|data-sort-value="Hall, Wendy"| Wendy Hall

| {{dts|8 October 2013}}

| The development of the web

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03c3cmk|title=Wendy Hall, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

63

|data-sort-value="Higgs, Peter"| Peter Higgs

| {{dts|18 February 2014}}

| The real story of the Higgs boson

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03vdx7m|title=Peter Higgs, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

64

|data-sort-value="Black, Sue"| Sue Black

| {{dts|25 February 2014}}

| Identifying human bodies

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03w03bb|title=Sue Black, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

65

|data-sort-value="Patel, Vikram"| Vikram Patel

| {{dts|4 March 2014}}

| Global mental health

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03wphhj|title=Vikram Patel, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

66

|data-sort-value="Miodownik, Mark"| Mark Miodownik

| {{dts|11 March 2014}}

| Nuclear weapons, 3D printers and smart materials

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03xdmz8|title=Mark Miodownik, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

67

|data-sort-value="Glover, Anne"| Anne Glover

| {{dts|18 March 2014}}

| Glow-in-the-dark bacteria and advising ministers

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03y0qcr|title=Anne Glover, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

68

|data-sort-value="Adams, Alf"| Alf Adams

| {{dts|25 March 2014}}

| His small idea that changed the world (the strained-layer quantum-well laser)

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ynf4y|title=Alf Adams, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

69

| data-sort-value="van Heyningen, Veronica"| Veronica van Heyningen

| {{dts|1 April 2014}}

| The gene that builds the eye

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03z9k48|title=The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

70

| data-sort-value="Slingo, Julia"| Julia Slingo

| {{dts|8 April 2014}}

| Being chief scientist at the Met Office

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03zr00k|title=Veronica van Heyningen, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

71

| data-sort-value="Rutter, Michael"| Michael Rutter

| {{dts|3 June 2014}}

| Child psychiatry

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04581j9|title=Michael Rutter, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

72

| data-sort-value="Hemingway, Janet"| Janet Hemingway

| {{dts|10 June 2014}}

| Malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b045z8wb|title=Janet Hemingway, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

73

| data-sort-value="Lintott, Chris"| Chris Lintott

| {{dts|17 June 2014}}

| Crowd sourced astronomy and Galaxy Zoo

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b046kwpv|title=Chris Lintott, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

74

| data-sort-value="Knapp, Sandra"| Sandra Knapp

| {{dts|24 June 2014}}

| Her adventures collecting plants in South America

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0477pgv|title=Sandra Knapp, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

75

| data-sort-value="Llewellyn Smith, Christopher"| Christopher Llewellyn Smith

| {{dts|1 July 2014}}

| Nuclear fusion

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b047z8wv|title=Christopher Llewellyn Smith, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

76

|data-sort-value="Shipton, Zoe"| Zoe Shipton

| {{dts|8 July 2014}}

| Fracking

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b048l0g3|title=Zoe Shipton, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

77

| data-sort-value="Farrar, Jeremy"| Jeremy Farrar

| {{dts|15 July 2014}}

| Fighting viruses

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0496c03|title=Jeremy Farrar, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

78

| data-sort-value="Robinson, Carol"| Carol Robinson

| {{dts|22 July 2014}}

| Chemistry

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b049yhcn|title=Carol Robinson, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

79

| data-sort-value="Cox, Brian"| Brian Cox

| {{dts|23 September 2014}}

| Quantum mechanics

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04hvx9z|title=Brian Cox, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

80

| data-sort-value="Akhavan, Jackie"| Jackie Akhavan

| {{dts|30 September 2014}}

| Explosives

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04jk360|title=Jackie Akhavan, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

81

| data-sort-value="Garman, Elspeth"| Elspeth Garman

| {{dts|7 October 2014}}

| Crystallography

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04kbjhg|title=Elspeth Garman, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

82

|data-sort-value="Toumazou, Chris"| Chris Toumazou

| {{dts|14 October 2014}}

| Inventing medical devices

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04l0tg0|title=Chris Toumazou, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

83

|data-sort-value="Boden, Margaret"| Margaret Boden

| {{dts|21 October 2014}}

| Artificial intelligence

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04lpzyr|title=Margaret Boden, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

84

|data-sort-value="Fortey, Richard"| Richard Fortey

| {{dts|28 October 2014}}

| Fossils

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mcbhp|title=Richard Fortey, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

85

|data-sort-value="Davies, Sally"| Sally Davies

| {{dts|4 November 2014}}

| Public health

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04n31vw|title=Sally Davies, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

86

|data-sort-value="Goulson, Dave"| Dave Goulson

| {{dts|11 November 2014}}

| Bees

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04nrrbr|title=Dave Goulson, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

87

|data-sort-value="O'Keefe, John"| John O'Keefe

| {{dts|10 March 2015}}

| Memory

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b054qc1h|title=John O'Keefe, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

88

|data-sort-value="Taylor, Matt"| Matt Taylor

| {{dts|17 March 2015}}

| The Rosetta space mission

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b055g5j1|title=Matt Taylor, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

89

|data-sort-value="Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne"| Sarah-Jayne Blakemore

| {{dts|24 March 2015}}

| Teenage brains

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05mrn29|title=Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

90

|data-sort-value="Francis, Jane"| Jane Francis

| {{dts|31 March 2015}}

| Antarctica

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05nv1wd|title=Jane Francis, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

91

|data-sort-value="Shirley, Steve"| Steve Shirley

| {{dts|7 April 2015}}

| Computer coding

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05pmvl8|title= Steve Shirley, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

92

|data-sort-value="Shadbolt, Nigel"| Nigel Shadbolt

| {{dts|14 April 2015}}

| The World Wide Web

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05qgcgj|title=Nigel Shadbolt, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

93

|data-sort-value="Jebb, Susan"| Susan Jebb

| {{dts|21 April 2015}}

| Nutrition

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3tcb|title= Susan Jebb, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

94

|data-sort-value="Seth, Anil"| Anil Seth

| {{dts| 16 June 2015}}

| Consciousness

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05xxhvy|title= Anil Seth, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

95

|data-sort-value="Jones, Kate"| Kate Jones

| {{dts| 23 June 2015}}

| Bats and biodiversity

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05zhphg|title=Kate Jones, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

96

|data-sort-value="Marsh, Henry"| Henry Marsh

| {{dts| 30 June 2015}}

| Brain surgery

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06085ck|title=Henry Marsh, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

97

|data-sort-value="Bishop, Dorothy"| Dorothy Bishop

| {{dts|7 July 2015}}

| Language disorders

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b060zq8m|title=Dorothy Bishop, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

98

|data-sort-value="Frenk, Carlos"| Carlos Frenk

| {{dts|14 July 2015}}

| Dark matter

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b061qsdc|title=Carlos Frenk, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

99

|data-sort-value="Nic Daeid, Niamh"| Niamh Nic Daéid

| {{dts|21 July 2015}}

| Forensic science

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b062k9zz|title=Niamh Nic Daéid, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

100

|data-sort-value="Wilson, EO"| E. O. Wilson

| {{dts|28 July 2015}}

| Ants and evolution

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0639kzv|title= E. O. Wilson, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

101

|data-sort-value="Palmer, Geoff"| Geoff Palmer

| {{dts|4 August 2015}}

| Brewing

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0640j59|title=Geoff Palmer, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

102

|data-sort-value="Black, Carol"| Carol Black

| {{dts|6 October 2015}}

| Public health

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06flmbf|title=Carol Black, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

103

|data-sort-value="George, Danielle"| Danielle George

| {{dts|13 October 2015}}

| Electronics

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06gqx6d|title=Danielle George, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

104

|data-sort-value="Plomin, Robert"| Robert Plomin

| {{dts|20 October 2015}}

| The genetics of intelligence

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j1qts|title=Robert Plomin, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

105

|data-sort-value="Vallance, Patrick"| Patrick Vallance

| {{dts|3 November 2015}}

| Pharmaceuticals

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06mdbnq|title=Patrick Vallance, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

106

|data-sort-value="Willis, Kathy"| Kathy Willis

| {{dts|10 November 2015}}

| Botany

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nnqdl|title=Kathy Willis, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

107

|data-sort-value="Younger, Paul"| Paul Younger

| {{dts|17 November 2015}}

| Energy for the future

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06pb54j|title=Paul Younger, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

108

|data-sort-value="Piot, Peter"| Peter Piot

| {{dts|9 February 2016}}

| Tackling ebola and HIV

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06zs3m2|title=Peter Piot, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

109

|data-sort-value="Climer, Naomi"| Naomi Climer

| {{dts|16 February 2016}}

| Engineering

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070dks6|title=Naomi Climer, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

110

|data-sort-value="Lane, Nick"| Nick Lane

| {{dts|23 February 2016}}

| The origin of life on earth

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0714mbm|title=Nick Lane, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

111

|data-sort-value="Davey Smith, George"| George Davey Smith

| {{dts|1 March 2016}}

| Health inequalities

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b071t8qd|title=George Davey Smith, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

112

|data-sort-value="Ramakrishnan, Venki"| Venki Ramakrishnan

| {{dts|8 March 2016}}

| Ribosomes

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b070dks6|title=Venki Ramakrishnan, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

113

|data-sort-value="Sharman, Helen"| Helen Sharman

| {{dts|15 March 2016}}

| Being an astronaut

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07378cf|title=Helen Sharman, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

114

|data-sort-value="Roberts, Carolyn"| Carolyn Roberts

| {{dts|22 March 2016}}

| Flood control

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07428bk|title=Carolyn Roberts, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

115

|data-sort-value="Krauss, Lawrence"| Lawrence Krauss

| {{dts|31 May 2016}}

| Dark energy

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07cvhrj|title=Lawrence Krauss, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

116

|data-sort-value="Sautoy, Marcus du"| Marcus du Sautoy

| {{dts|7 June 2016}}

| Mathematics

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dlww4|title=Marcus du Sautoy, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

117

|data-sort-value="Rowan, Sheila"| Sheila Rowan

| {{dts|14 June 2016}}

| Gravitational waves

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07h9xdb|title= Sheila Rowan, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

118

|data-sort-value="Davies, Nick"| Nick Davies

| {{dts|21 June 2016}}

| Cuckoos

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07gfft2|title=Nick Davies, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

119

|data-sort-value="Rymer, Hazel"| Hazel Rymer

| {{dts|28 June 2016}}

| Volcanoes

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07ffxsc|title= Hazel Rymer, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

120

|data-sort-value="Vargha-Khadem, Faraneh"| Faraneh Vargha-Khadem

| {{dts|5 July 2016}}

| Memory

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07j4jg8|title=Faraneh Vargha-Khadem, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

121

|data-sort-value="Mace, Georgina"| Georgina Mace

| {{dts|12 July 2016}}

| Threatened species

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07jys1h|title=Georgina Mace, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

122

|data-sort-value="Cox, Trevor"| Trevor Cox

| {{dts|19 July 2016}}

| Sound

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07kpfgx|title=Trevor Cox, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

123

|data-sort-value="Wilmut, Ian"| Ian Wilmut

| {{dts|4 October 2016}}

| Dolly the Sheep

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07x2zct|title=Ian Wilmut, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

124

|data-sort-value="de Waal, Frans"| Frans de Waal

| {{dts|11 October 2016}}

| Chimpanzees

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07wt6bj|title=Frans de Waal, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

125

|data-sort-value="Boddy, Lynne"| Lynne Boddy

| {{dts|15 November 2016}}

| Fungi

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b082hfw9|title=Lynne Boddy, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

126

|data-sort-value="Penrose, Roger"| Roger Penrose

| {{dts|22 November 2016}}

| Black holes, quantum mechanics, consciousness

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b082ymnx|title=Roger Penrose, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

127

|data-sort-value="Higgins, Julia"| Julia Higgins

| {{dts|29 November 2016}}

| Polymers

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083n2jg|title= Julia Higgins, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

128

|data-sort-value="Morris, Richard"| Richard Morris

| {{dts|6 December 2016}}

| How we know where we are

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b084bhcs|title= Richard Morris, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

129

|data-sort-value="Tyson, Neil deGrasse"| Neil deGrasse Tyson

| {{dts|20 December 2016}}

| Pluto

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08580hs|title=Neil deGrasse Tyson, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

130

|data-sort-value="Dougherty, Michele"| Michele Dougherty

| {{dts|10 January 2017}}

| Saturn

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b087qjcw|title=Michele Dougherty, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

131

|data-sort-value="Zalasiewicz, Jan"| Jan Zalasiewicz

| {{dts|17 January 2017}}

| The Age of Man

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b088fcgz|title=Jan Zalasiewicz, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

132

|data-sort-value="Farooqi, Sadaf"| Sadaf Farooqi

| {{dts|24 January 2017}}

| What makes us fat

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08b7vyg|title=Sadaf Farooqi, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

133

|data-sort-value="Smith, Alison"| Alison Smith

| {{dts|31 January 2017}}

| Algae

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08bzl8y|title=Alison Smith, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

134

|data-sort-value="Carroll, Sean"| Sean Carroll

| {{dts|7 February 2017}}

| How time and space began

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08crvm0|title=Sean Carroll, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

135

|data-sort-value="Wessely, Simon"| Simon Wessely

| {{dts|14 February 2017}}

| Unexplained medical syndromes

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08dnr3g|title=Simon Wessely, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

136

|data-sort-value="Winfield, Alan"| Alan Winfield

| {{dts|21 February 2017}}

| Robot ethics

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08ffv2l|title=Alan Winfield, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

137

|data-sort-value="Woollard, Alison"| Alison Woollard

| {{dts|28 February 2017}}

| What she has learnt from mutant worms

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08g52z3|title=Alison Woollard, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

138

|data-sort-value="Dennett, Daniel"| Daniel Dennett

| {{dts|4 April 2017}}

| The evolution of the human brain

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08kv3y4|title=Daniel Dennett, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

139

|data-sort-value="Fraser, Nick"| Nick Fraser

| {{dts|11 April 2017}}

| Triassic reptiles

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08lh5yp|title=Nick Fraser, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

140

|data-sort-value="Sockett, Liz"| Liz Sockett

| {{dts|18 April 2017}}

| Friendly killer bacteria

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08mb1fm|title=Liz Sockett, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

141

|data-sort-value="MacGregor, Graham"| Graham MacGregor

| {{dts|25 April 2017}}

| Tackling the demons in our diet

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08n2ltq|title=Graham MacGregor, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

142

|data-sort-value="Clarke, Ann"| Ann Clarke

| {{dts|2 May 2017}}

| The Frozen Ark

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08npns2|title=Ann Clarke, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

143

|data-sort-value="Dowker, Fay"| Fay Dowker

| {{dts|9 May 2017}}

| A new theory of space-time

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08pdzxj|title=Fay Dowker, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

144

|data-sort-value="Leyser, Ottoline"| Ottoline Leyser

| {{dts|16 May 2017}}

| How plants decide what to do

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08q5wxx|title=Ottoline Leyser, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

145

|data-sort-value="O'Brien, Tim"| Tim O'Brien

| {{dts|23 May 2017}}

| Transient stars and science and music festivals

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08r1skf|title=Tim O'Brien, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

146

| data-sort-value="Mather, Tamsin" |Tamsin Mather

| 30 May 2017

| Volcanology

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08t0d3w|title=Tamsin Mather, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

147

|data-sort-value="Doudna, Jennifer"| Jennifer Doudna

| {{dts|19 September 2017}}

| Gene editing

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0952pgy|title=Jennifer Doudna, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

148

|data-sort-value="Rogers, Tracey"| Tracey Rogers

| {{dts|26 September 2017}}

| Leopard seals and Antarctica

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b095rbt3|title=Tracey Rogers, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

149

|data-sort-value="Green, Lucie"| Lucie Green

| {{dts|3 October 2017}}

| The Sun

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b096hcck|title=Lucie Green, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

150

|data-sort-value="Cowley, Steven"| Steven Cowley

| {{dts|10 October 2017}}

| Nuclear Fusion

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b097918v|title=Steven Cowley, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

151

|data-sort-value="Birkhead, Tim"| Tim Birkhead

| {{dts|17 October 2017}}

| Bird promiscuity

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b098j5l3|title=Tim Birkhead, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

152

|data-sort-value="Stofan, Ellen"| Ellen Stofan

| {{dts|24 October 2017}}

| Being NASA Chief Scientist

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b099y91h|title=Ellen Stofan, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

153

|data-sort-value="Thomas, Adrian"|Adrian Thomas

|31 October 2017

|The mechanics of flight

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09byqf7|title=Adrian Thomas, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

154

|data-sort-value="Upton, Eben"|Eben Upton

|16 January 2018

|Raspberry Pi

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ly60f|title=Eben Upton, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

155

|data-sort-value="Cheng, Eugenia"|Eugenia Cheng

|23 January 2018

|The mathematics of mathematics

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09nvrcn|title=Eugenia Cheng, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

156

| data-sort-value="Barclay, Wendy" | Wendy Barclay

| 30 January 2018

| The flu virus

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09plntp|title=Wendy Barclay and the flu virus, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

157

|data-sort-value="Henderson, Richard"|Richard Henderson

|13 February 2018

|The molecules of life

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09r4c8f|title=Richard Henderson, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

158

|data-sort-value="Burn, John"|John Burn

|20 February 2018

|The genetics of cancer

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09rxr3t|title=John Burn, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

159

|data-sort-value="Macadam, Ailie"|Ailie MacAdam

|27 February 2018

|The biggest construction project in Europe

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09sn7yk|title=Ailie MacAdam, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

160

|data-sort-value="Grey, Clare"|Clare Grey

|6 March 2018

|Big battery challenge

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tdr0r|title=Clare Grey, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

161

|data-sort-value="Reicher, Steve"|Steve Reicher

|13 March 2018

|Psychology of crowds

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09v35t8|title=Steve Reicher, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

162

|data-sort-value="Roberts, Callum"|Callum Roberts

|1 May 2018

|Marine conservation

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b0pvmz|title=Callum Roberts, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

163

|data-sort-value="Rovelli, Carlo"|Carlo Rovelli

|8 May 2018

|Why time is not what it seems

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b1r1cw|title=Carlo Rovelli, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

164

|data-sort-value="Dean, Caroline"|Caroline Dean

|15 May 2018

|Genetic secrets of flowering

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b2jdxj|title=Caroline Dean, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

165

|data-sort-value="Hobaiter, Cat"|Catherine Hobaiter

|22 May 2018

|Communication in apes

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b3cv9t|title=Catherine Hobaiter, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

166

|data-sort-value="Taylor, John"|John Taylor

|29 May 2018

|Being an inventor

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b42z87|title=John Taylor, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

167

|data-sort-value="Cruickshank, Sheena"|Sheena Cruickshank

|5 June 2018

| The wonders of the human immune system

| {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b50kwx|title=The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4, Sheena Cruickshank on the wonders of the human immune system|website=BBC}}

168

|data-sort-value="Close, Frank"|Frank Close

|12 June 2018

|Particle physics

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b5sygy|title=Frank Close, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

169

|data-sort-value="Mills, Rachel"|Rachel Mills

|19 June 2018

|Exploring the sea floor

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b6m5y3|title=Rachel Mills, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

170

|data-sort-value="McGlade, Jacqueline"|Jacqueline McGlade

|23 October 2018

|Monitoring the environment from space

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000t5z|title=Jacqueline McGlade, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

171

|data-sort-value="Fitzpatrick, Noel"|Noel Fitzpatrick

|30 October 2018

|Becoming a supervet

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000y8g|title=Noel Fitzpatrick, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

172

|data-sort-value="OSullivan, Suzanne"|Suzanne O'Sullivan

|6 November 2018

|Detective of the mind

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000112j|title=Suzanne O'Sullivan, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

173

|data-sort-value="Stratton, Michael"|Michael Stratton

|13 November 2018

|Cancer genes

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00013q5|title=Michael Stratton, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

174

|data-sort-value="Hargrove, Caroline"|Caroline Hargrove

|20 November 2018

|Formula One

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00017s6|title=Caroline Hargrove, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

175

|data-sort-value="Hay, Alastair"|Alastair Hay

|27 November 2018

|Banning chemical weapons

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001b03|title=Alastair Hay, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

176

|data-sort-value="Aderin-Pocock, Maggie"|Maggie Aderin-Pocock

|4 December 2018

|Sky at Night presenter

| {{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001dzz|title=Maggie Aderin-Pocock, The Life Scientific - BBC Radio 4|website=BBC}}

177

|data-sort-value="Oppenheimer, Clive"|Clive Oppenheimer

|11 December 2018

|Volcanic offerings of our angry earth

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0001hvs|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Clive Oppenheimer on volcanic offerings of our angry earth|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

178

|data-sort-value="AlKhalili, Jim"|Jim Al-Khalili

|5 February 2019

|HIS life scientific: Interviewed by Adam Rutherford

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002bml|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Jim Al-Khalili on HIS life scientific|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

179

|data-sort-value="Black, Sue"|Sue Black

|12 February 2019

|Women in Technology

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002gq4|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Sue Black on women in tech|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

180

|data-sort-value="Winter, Gregory"|Gregory Winter

|19 February 2019

|2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002m2h|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, 2018 Chemistry Nobel Prize winner, Sir Gregory Winter|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

181

|data-sort-value="Adshead, Gwen"|Gwen Adshead

|26 February 2019

|The minds of violent offenders

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002r3j|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Gwen Adshead on treating the minds of violent offenders|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

182

|data-sort-value="Strickland, Donna"|Donna Strickland

|5 March 2019

|2018 Nobel Prize in Physics

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0002z2z|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, 2018 Nobel Prize winner, Donna Strickland, on laser physics|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

183

|data-sort-value="Gabriel, Ken"|Ken Gabriel

|12 March 2019

|Why your Smartphone is Smart

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00035tc|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Ken Gabriel, Why your Smartphone is Smart.|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

184

|data-sort-value="Le Quere, Corinne"|Corinne Le Quéré

|19 March 2019

|Global carbon cycle

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003cy9|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Corinne Le Quéré on the global carbon cycle|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

185

|data-sort-value="Davies, Paul"|Paul Davies

|26 March 2019

|Origin of life and the evolution of cancer

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003ks6|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Paul Davies on the origin of life and the evolution of cancer|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

186

|data-sort-value="Tracey, Irene"|Irene Tracey

|2 April 2019

|Pain in the brain

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003qx1|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Irene Tracey on pain in the brain|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2025-06-03}}

187

|data-sort-value="Peto, Richard"|Richard Peto

|9 April 2019

|Why smoking kills but quitting saves lives

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0003zth|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Richard Peto on why smoking kills but quitting saves lives|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

188

|data-sort-value="McAlister, Erica"|Erica McAlister

|16 April 2019

|The beauty of flies

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00045kh|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Erica McAlister on the beauty of flies|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

189

|data-sort-value="Thompson, Richard"|Richard Thompson

|25 June 2019

|Plastic pollution

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000674n|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

190

|data-sort-value="Van Dishoeck, Ewine"|Ewine van Dishoeck

|2 July 2019

|Cosmic chemistry

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006dh4|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Ewine van Dishoeck on cosmic chemistry|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

191

|data-sort-value="King, Turi"|Turi King

|9 July 2019

|Ancient DNA

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006m3f|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, DNA detective Turi King|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

192

|data-sort-value="Joy, Katherine"|Katherine Joy

|16 July 2019

|Lunar rock

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006sml|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Katherine Joy on moon rock|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

193

|data-sort-value="Dunbar, Robin"|Robin Dunbar

|23 July 2019

|Why we have friends

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0006zt6|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Robin Dunbar on why we have friends|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

194

|data-sort-value="Ball, Virologist"|Jonathan Ball

|30 July 2019

|Arms race against viruses

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00074h0|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Jonathan Ball on his arms race against viruses|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

195

|data-sort-value="Wiseman, Richard"|Richard Wiseman

|1 October 2019

|Lying, luck and the paranormal

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008y3y|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Richard Wiseman on lying, luck and the paranormal|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

196

|data-sort-value="Magurran, Anne"|Anne Magurran

|8 October 2019

|How to measure biodiversity

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000935c|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Anne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

197

|data-sort-value="Clokie, Martha"|Martha Clokie

|15 October 2019

|The viruses that could improve our health

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009b2t|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Martha Clokie on the viruses that could improve our health|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

198

|data-sort-value="Owen, Adrian"|Adrian Owen

|22 October 2019

|Scanning for awareness in the injured brain

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009ksc|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Adrian Owen on scanning for awareness in the injured brain|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

199

|data-sort-value="Islam, Saiful"|Saiful Islam

|29 October 2019

|Materials to power the 21st century

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009rhg|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Saiful Islam on materials to power the 21st century|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

200

|data-sort-value="Hassabis, Demis"|Demis Hassabis

|5 November 2019

|Artificial intelligence

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0009zbj|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Demis Hassabis on artificial intelligence|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-14}}

201

|data-sort-value="Fisher, Elizabeth"|Elizabeth Fisher

|12 November 2019

|Chromosomes in mice and men

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000b5k4|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Elizabeth Fisher on chromosomes in mice and men|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-13}}

202

|data-sort-value="Wiltshire, Patricia"|Patricia Wiltshire

|7 January 2020

|How pollen can solve crimes

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cz0p|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Patricia Wiltshire on how pollen can solve crimes|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

203

|data-sort-value="Maidment, Susannah"|Susannah Maidment

|14 January 2020

|Stegosaurs

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000d705|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Susannah Maidment on stegosaurs|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

204

|data-sort-value="Foonagy, Peter"|Peter Fonagy

|28 January 2020

|A revolution in mental health care

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dpj2|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Peter Fonagy on a revolution in mental health care|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

205

|data-sort-value="Ratcliffe, Peter"|Peter Ratcliffe

|4 February 2020

|2019 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000dy4f|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, 2019 Nobel Prize winner for Physiology or Medicine, Sir Peter Ratcliffe|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

206

|data-sort-value="Bayvel, Polina"|Polina Bayvel

|11 February 2020

|Optical communications

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000f5fz|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Optical communications pioneer Polina Bayvel|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

207

|data-sort-value="Allen, Miles"|Myles Allen

|18 February 2020

|Understanding climate change

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fgcn|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Myles Allen on understanding climate change|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

208

|data-sort-value="Hurlbert, Anya"|Anya Hurlbert

|25 February 2020

|Seeing colour

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fp4n|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Anya Hurlbert on seeing colour|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

209

|data-sort-value="Cobb, Matthew"|Matthew Cobb

|3 March 2020

|How we detect smells

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000fvtl|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Matthew Cobb on how we detect smells|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

210

|data-sort-value="Greene, Brian"|Brian Greene

|28 April 2020

|How the universe is made of string

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000hmfm|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Brian Greene on how the universe is made of string|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

211

|data-sort-value="McDonald, Jim"|Jim McDonald

|5 May 2020

|Power networks

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000hvkp|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Jim McDonald on power networks|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

212

|data-sort-value="Pain, Debbie"|Debbie Pain

|12 May 2020

|Conserving globally threatened bird species

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j21k|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Debbie Pain on conserving globally threatened bird species|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

213

|data-sort-value="Kelly, Frank"|Frank Kelly

|10 March 2021

|Air pollution

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000j7zx|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Frank Kelly on air pollution|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=22 August 2021}}

214

|data-sort-value="Sewaard, Liz"|Liz Seward

|26 May 2020

|Space science

|{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Liz Seward and the dream of spaceflight |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jg8w |website=BBC |access-date=8 June 2020}}

215

|data-sort-value="Goodall, Jane"|Jane Goodall

|2 June 2020

|Life with chimpanzees in the Gombe

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jmsd|title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Jane Goodall on living with wild chimpanzees|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-08}}

216

|data-sort-value="Bunce, Emma"|Emma Bunce

|9 June 2020

|Space science - gas giants of the outer solar system

|{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Emma Bunce on the gas giants |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jvxq |website=BBC |access-date=9 June 2020}}

217

|data-sort-value="Stott, Clifford"|Clifford Stott

|16 June 2020

|Riot prevention

|{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Clifford Stott on riot prevention |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000k2l3 |website=BBC |access-date=16 June 2020}}

218

|data-sort-value="Roberts, Alice"|Alice Roberts

|4 August 2020

|Bones

|{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Alice Roberts on bones |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lghd |website=BBC |access-date=4 August 2020}}

219

|data-sort-value="Fabian, Andy"|Andy Fabian

|11 August 2020

|Black holes

|{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Andy Fabian on black holes |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lmdt|website=BBC |access-date=12 August 2020}}

220

|data-sort-value="Sanders, Dale"|Dale Sanders

|18 August 2020

|Feeding the world

|{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Dale Sanders on feeding the world |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000lv3x|website=BBC |access-date=25 August 2020}}

221

|data-sort-value="Koldewey, Heather"|Heather Koldewey

|25 August 2020

|Marine conservation

|{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Heather Koldewey on marine conservation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m102|website=BBC |access-date=25 August 2020}}

222

|data-sort-value="Happe, Francesca"|Francesca Happé

|1 September 2020

|Autism

|{{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Francesca Happé on autism|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000m5lh|website=BBC |access-date=25 August 2020}}

223

| data-sort-value="Haake, Steve"| Steve Haake

| {{dts| 8 September 2020}}

| Technology, sport and health

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Steve Haake on technology, sport and health|url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mcy6|website=BBC |access-date=15 September 2020 }}

224

| data-sort-value="Gilbert, Sarah"| Sarah Gilbert

| {{dts| 15 September 2020}}

| Developing a vaccine for Covid-19

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Sarah Gilbert on developing a vaccine for Covid-19 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mj18 |website=BBC |access-date=15 September 2020}}

225

| data-sort-value="Ferguson, Neil"| Neil Ferguson

| {{dts| 22 September 2020}}

| Modelling Covid-19

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Neil Ferguson on modelling Covid-19 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mt0h|website=BBC |access-date=22 September 2020}}

226

| data-sort-value="Jackson, Chris"| Chris Jackson

| {{dts| 12 January 2021}}

| Sustainable geology

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Chris Jackson on sustainable geology|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000r3n0|website=BBC }}

227

| data-sort-value="Noakes, Catherine"| Catherine Noakes

| {{dts| 19 January 2021}}

| Making buildings Covid-safe

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Catherine Noakes on making buildings Covid-safe|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rcnl|website=BBC }}

228

| data-sort-value="Yeo, Giles"| Giles Yeo

| {{dts| 26 January 2021}}

| How our genes can make us fat

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Giles Yeo on how our genes can make us fat|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rmp5|website=BBC }}

229

| data-sort-value="Johnson, Anne Mandall"| Anne Johnson

| {{dts| 2 February 2021}}

| The importance of public health

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Anne Johnson on the importance of public health|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000rw25|website=BBC }}

230

| data-sort-value="Hurst, Jane"| Jane Hurst

| {{dts| 16 February 2021}}

| The secret life of mice

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Jane Hurst on the secret life of mice|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000s180|website=BBC }}

231

| data-sort-value="Bentall, Richard"| Richard Bentall

| {{dts| 23 February 2021}}

| The causes of mental ill health

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Richard Bentall on the causes of mental ill health|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sj7c|website=BBC }}

232

| data-sort-value="Bridle, Sarah"| Sarah Bridle

| {{dts| 2 March 2021}}

| The carbon footprint of food

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Sarah Bridle on the carbon footprint of food|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sqk6|website=BBC }}

233

| data-sort-value="Spencer, Mark"| Mark Spencer

| {{dts| 9 March 2021}}

| How plants solve crimes

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Mark Spencer on how plants solve crimes|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sz1m|website=BBC }}

234

| data-sort-value="Marteau, Theresa"| Theresa Marteau

| {{dts| 13 April 2021}}

| How to change behaviour

| {{cite web |title=Theresa Marteau on how to change behaviour|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v2rt|website=BBC }}

235

| data-sort-value="Sweeting, Martin"| Martin Sweeting

| {{dts| 20 April 2021}}

| Microsatellites in space

| {{cite web |title=Professor Martin Sweeting, inventor of microsatellites|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000v7pb|website=BBC }}

236

| data-sort-value="Clarke, Jane"| Jane Clarke

| {{dts| 27 April 2021}}

| Protein Folding

| {{cite web |title=Jane Clarke on Protein Folding|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vgh0|website=BBC }}

237

| data-sort-value="Goadsby, Peter"| Peter Goadsby

| {{dts| 4 May 2021}}

| Migraine

| {{cite web |title=Peter Goadsby on migraine|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vp2z|website=BBC}}

238

| data-sort-value="Scales, Helen"| Helen Scales

| {{dts| 11 May 2021}}

| Marine conservation

| {{cite web |title=Helen Scales on marine conservation|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000vwqh|website=BBC}}

239

| data-sort-value="Chamberlain, Nira"| Nira Chamberlain

| {{dts| 18 May 2021}}

| How mathematics can solve real-world problems

| {{cite web |title=Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000w4rr|website=BBC}}

240

| data-sort-value="Tipton, Mike"| Mike Tipton

| {{dts| 25 May 2021}}

| How our bodies respond to extreme conditions

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Mike Tipton on how our bodies respond to extreme conditions |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000w9t5 |website=BBC |access-date=25 May 2021}}

241

| data-sort-value="Edwards, Tamsin"| Tamsin Edwards

| {{dts| 1 June 2021}}

| Uncertainty in climate science

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wjpn |website=BBC |access-date=10 June 2022}}

242

| data-sort-value="Fry, Hannah"| Hannah Fry

| {{dts| 7 September 2021}}

| The power and perils of big data

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Hannah Fry on the power and perils of big data |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000zdq1|website=BBC |access-date=7 September 2021}}

243

| data-sort-value="Eagleman, David"| David Eagleman

| {{dts| 14 September 2021}}

| Why reality is an illusion

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, David Eagleman on why reality is an illusion|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000zlqc|website=BBC |access-date=14 September 2021}}

244

| data-sort-value="Boardman, Brenda"| Brenda Boardman

| {{dts| 21 September 2021}}

| Making our homes energy efficient

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Brenda Boardman on making our homes energy efficient|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000zt8v|website=BBC |access-date=21 September 2021}}

245

| data-sort-value="Dijk, Derk-Jan"| Derk-Jan Dijk

| {{dts| 28 September 2021}}

| The importance of sleep

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Derk-Jan Dijk on the importance of sleep|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001007z|website=BBC |access-date=7 October 2021}}

246

| data-sort-value="Cloke, Hannah"| Hannah Cloke

| {{dts| 5 October 2021}}

| Predicting floods

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Hannah Cloke and predicting floods.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00107v8|website=BBC |access-date=7 October 2021}}

247

| data-sort-value="Al-Khalili, Jim"| Jim Al-Khalili

| {{dts| 12 October 2021}}

| The Life Scientific at 10: What makes a scientist? Talking with Ottoline Leyser, Paul Nurse, Christopher Jackson and Sue Black.

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific at 10: What makes a scientist? |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010gjg|website=BBC |access-date=12 October 2021}}

248

| data-sort-value="Spector, Tim"| Tim Spector

| {{dts| 19 October 2021}}

| Personalised diets for long term health

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Tim Spector and personalised diets for long term health.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0010pv0|website=BBC |access-date=20 October 2021}}

249

| data-sort-value="Clutton-Brock, Tim"| Tim Clutton-Brock

| {{dts| 23 October 2021}}

| Meerkats, red deer and evolution

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Tim Clutton-Brock on meerkats, red deer and evolution.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010x20|website=BBC |access-date=10 June 2022}}

250

| data-sort-value="Peacock, Sharon"| Sharon Peacock

| {{dts| 2 November 2021}}

| Hunting pandemic variants of concern

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Sharon Peacock and hunting pandemic variants of concern.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0011498|website=BBC |access-date=3 November 2021}}

251

| data-sort-value="Shaw, Julia"| Julia Shaw

| {{dts| 22 February 2022}}

| Memories that aren't true

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Julia Shaw on memories that aren't true.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0014p73|website=BBC |access-date=22 February 2022}}

252

| data-sort-value="Balasubramanian, Shankar"| Shankar Balasubramanian

| {{dts| 1 March 2022}}

| Decoding DNA

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0014wt0|website=BBC |access-date=31 May 2022}}

253

| data-sort-value="Brusatte, Stephen L"| Stephen L. Brusatte

| {{dts| 8 March 2022}}

| The fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0015499|website=BBC |access-date=31 May 2022}}

254

| data-sort-value="Garrod, Ben"| Ben Garrod

| {{dts| 22 March 2022}}

| Conservation and extinction

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Ben Garrod on conservation and extinction.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0015ls8|website=BBC |access-date=31 May 2022}}

255

| data-sort-value="Onwurah, Chi"| Chi Onwurah

| {{dts| 24 May 2022}}

| Why engineering is a caring profession

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Chi Onwurah on why engineering is a caring profession.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017khd|website=BBC |access-date=31 May 2022}}

256

| data-sort-value="Smith, Pete"| Pete Smith

| {{dts| 31 May 2022}}

| Why soil matters

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Pete Smith on why soil matters|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0017tgl|website=BBC |access-date=31 May 2022}}

257

| data-sort-value="Tan, Jacinta"| Jacinta Tan

| {{dts| 7 June 2022}}

| Anorexia nervosa and the mind

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Jacinta Tan on anorexia nervosa and the mind|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00180kg|website=BBC |access-date=7 June 2022}}

258

| data-sort-value="Hart, Adam"| Adam Hart

| {{dts| 14 June 2022}}

| Ants, bees and insect burgers

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Adam Hart on ants, bees and insect burgers|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00187qn|access-date=14 June 2022}}

259

| data-sort-value="Vedral, Vlatko"| Vlatko Vedral

| {{dts| 21 June 2022}}

| The universe as quantum information

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Vlatko Vedral on the universe as quantum information|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0018g79|access-date=24 April 2023}}

260

| data-sort-value="Landray, Martin"| Martin Landray

| {{dts| 28 June 2022}}

| Saving over a million lives

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Sir Martin Landray on saving over a million lives|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0018ns0|access-date=24 April 2023}}

261

| data-sort-value="Arnold, Frances"| Frances Arnold

| {{dts| 6 September 2022}}

| From taxi driver to Nobel Prize

| {{cite web |title=BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific, Frances Arnold: From taxi driver to Nobel Prize|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001brm6|access-date=6 September 2022}}

262

| data-sort-value="Bunbury, Judith"| Judith Bunbury

| {{dts| 13 September 2022}}

| The shifting River Nile in the time of the Pharaohs

| {{cite web |title=Judith Bunbury on the shifting River Nile in the time of the Pharaohs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001byyc|accessdate=13 September 2022}}

263

| data-sort-value="Holmes, Emily"| Emily A. Holmes

| {{dts| 20 September 2022}}

| How to treat trauma

| {{cite web |title=Emily Holmes on how to treat trauma|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001c6fw|accessdate=20 September 2022}}

264

| data-sort-value="Koller, Daphne"| Daphne Koller

| {{dts| 27 September 2022}}

| Can computers discover new medicines?

| {{cite web |title=Can computers discover new medicines?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cdsm|accessdate=27 September 2022}}

265

| data-sort-value="Lamont, Tim"| Tim Lamont

| {{dts| 4 October 2022}}

| The sounds of coral reefs

| {{cite web |title=The sounds of coral reefs|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cp9f|accessdate=11 October 2022}}

266

| data-sort-value="Barron, Leon"| Leon Barron

| {{dts| 11 October 2022}}

| Why study sewage?

| {{cite web |title=Why study sewage|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001cx0m|accessdate=11 October 2022}}

267

| data-sort-value="Kyriacou, Bambos"| Bambos Kyriacou

| {{dts| 18 October 2022}}

| A passion for fruit flies

| {{cite web|title=A passion for fruit flies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001d5cq|accessdate=18 October 2022}}

268

| data-sort-value="Elliott, Chris"| Chris Elliott

| {{dts| 10 January 2023}}

| Fighting food fraud

| {{cite web|title=Fighting food fraud|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001gwyh|accessdate=10 January 2023}}

269

| data-sort-value="Shaw, Pamela"| Pamela Shaw

| {{dts| 17 January 2023}}

| Research battle against motor neurone disease

| {{cite web|title=Research battle against motor neurone disease|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001h495|accessdate=17 January 2023}}

270

| data-sort-value="Kilner, Rebecca"| Rebecca Kilner

| {{dts| 24 January 2023}}

| Beetle behaviours and evolution

| {{cite web|title=Beetle behaviours and evolution|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hf6q|accessdate=24 January 2023}}

271

| data-sort-value="Johnson, Clifford V."| Clifford V. Johnson

| {{dts| 31 January 2023}}

| Making sense of black holes and movie plots

| {{cite web|title=Making sense of black holes and movie plots|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hp2p|accessdate=31 January 2023}}

272

| data-sort-value="Smith, Adrian"| Adrian Smith

| {{dts| 7 February 2023}}

| The power of Bayesian statistics

| {{cite web|title=The power of Bayesian statistics|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001hwwl|accessdate=7 February 2023}}

273

| data-sort-value="Gomez, Haley"| Haley Gomez

| {{dts| 21 February 2023}}

| Cosmic dust

| {{cite web|title=Cosmic dust|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jc3s|accessdate=10 January 2023}}

274

| data-sort-value="Altmann, Danny"| Danny Altmann

| {{dts| 28 February 2023}}

| How T cells fight disease

| {{cite web|title=How T cells fight disease|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jkqn|accessdate=14 March 2023}}

275

| data-sort-value="King, Julia"| Julia King

| {{dts| 7 March 2023}}

| Manipulating metals and decarbonising transport

| {{cite web|title=Manipulating metals and decarbonising transport|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jshz|accessdate=14 March 2023}}

276

| data-sort-value="Johnston, Marie"| Marie Johnston

| {{dts| 14 March 2023}}

| Health psychology and the power of behavioural shifts

| {{cite web|title=Health psychology and the power of behavioural shifts|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k0jm|accessdate=14 March 2023}}

277

| data-sort-value="Jackson, James"| James A. Jackson

| {{dts| 21 March 2023}}

| Understanding earthquakes and building resilience

| {{cite web|title=Understanding earthquakes and building resilience|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001k7tt|accessdate=21 March 2023}}

278

| data-sort-value="Williams, Julie"| Julie Williams

| {{dts| 28 March 2023}}

| Alzheimer's disease

| {{cite web|title=Alzheimer's disease|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001kh1s|accessdate=28 March 2023}}

279

| data-sort-value="Geim, Andre"| Andre Geim

| {{dts| 23 May 2023}}

| Levitating frogs, graphene and 2D materials

| {{cite web|title=Alzheimer's disease|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m4qb|accessdate=23 May 2023}}

280

| data-sort-value="Reid, Gillian"| Gillian Reid

| {{dts| 30 May 2023}}

| Making chemistry count

| {{cite web|title=Making chemistry count|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mbw3|accessdate=13 June 2023}}

281

| data-sort-value="Malamud, Bruce"| Bruce Malamud

| {{dts| 6 June 2023}}

| Modelling risk for natural hazards

| {{cite web|title=Modelling risk for natural hazards|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mlkz|accessdate=13 June 2023}}

282

| data-sort-value="Imafidon, Anne-Marie"| Anne-Marie Imafidon

| {{dts| 13 June 2023}}

| Fighting for diversity and equality in science

| {{cite web|title=Fighting for diversity and equality in science|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001mt3h|accessdate=13 June 2023}}

283

| data-sort-value="Greaves, Deborah"| Deborah Greaves

| {{dts| 8 August 2023}}

| Wave power and offshore renewable energy

| {{cite web|title=Wave power and offshore renewable energy|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pf3d|accessdate=9 August 2023}}

284

| data-sort-value="Henderson, Gideon"| Gideon Henderson

| {{dts| 16 August 2023}}

| Climate 'clocks' and dating ice ages

| {{cite web|title=Climate clocks and dating ice ages|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pmgn|accessdate=29 August 2023}}

285

| data-sort-value="Barratt, Chris"| Chris Barratt (scientist)

| {{dts| 23 August 2023}}

| Head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill

| {{cite web|title=Head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001pt5z|accessdate=29 August 2023}}

286

| data-sort-value="Humphreys, Colin"| Colin Humphreys

| {{dts| 29 August 2023}}

| Electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world

| {{cite web|title=Electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q0r7|accessdate=29 August 2023}}

286

| data-sort-value="Jallal, Bahija"| Bahija Jallal

| {{dts| 5 September 2023}}

| Biotech revolution in cancer therapies

| {{cite web|title=The biotech revolution in cancer therapies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001q670|accessdate=5 September 2023}}

287

| data-sort-value="Murdin, Paul"| Paul Murdin

| {{dts| 12 September 2023}}

| The first ever identification of a black hole

| {{cite web|title= The first ever identification of a black hole|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qdln|accessdate=12 September 2023}}

288

| data-sort-value="Antonelli, Alexandre"| Alexandre Antonelli

| {{dts| 19 September 2023}}

| Learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change

| {{cite web|title= Learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001qm68}}

289

| data-sort-value="Witten, Edward"| Edward Witten

| {{dts| 31 October 2023}}

| M-Theory, the leading contender for a 'theory of everything'

| {{cite web|title= M-Theory, the leading contender for a 'theory of everything'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001rycq}}

290

| data-sort-value="Hrdy, Sarah Blaffer"| Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

| {{dts| 7 November 2023}}

| Human evolution and parenthood

| {{cite web|title= Human evolution and parenthood|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s5ff}}

291

| data-sort-value="Harper, Sarah"| Sarah Harper

| {{dts| 14 November 2023}}

| How population change is remodelling societies.

| {{cite web|title= How population change is remodelling societies.|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001s5ff}}

292

| data-sort-value="Berry, Michael"| Michael Berry

| {{dts| 21 November 2023}}

| Phenomena in physics' borderlands

| {{cite web|title= Phenomena in physics' borderlands|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sm7t}}

293

| data-sort-value="Sudlow, Cathie"|Cathie Sudlow

| {{dts| 28 November 2023}}

| Data in healthcare

| {{cite web|title= Data in healthcare|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sv33}}

294

| data-sort-value="Bhadeshia, Harshad"|Harshad Bhadeshia

| {{dts| 5 December 2023}}

| Choreography of metals

| {{cite web|title= Choreography of metals|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001t3d4}}

295

| data-sort-value="Maroto-Valer, Mercedes"|Mercedes Maroto-Valer

| {{dts| 12 December 2023}}

| Making carbon dioxide useful

| {{cite web|title=Making carbon dioxide useful|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tbg5}}

296

| data-sort-value="Wooldridge, Michael"|Michael Wooldridge

| {{dts| 19 December 2023}}

| AI and sentient robots

| {{cite web|title=AI and sentient robots |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001tgk9}}

297

| data-sort-value="Van-Tam, Jonathan"|Jonathan Van-Tam

| {{dts| 12 March 2024}}

| Covid communication and the power of football analogies

| {{cite web|title=Covid communication and the power of football analogies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x4k4}}

298

| data-sort-value="Godfray, Charles"|Charles Godfray

| {{dts| 19 March 2024}}

| Parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people

| {{cite web|title=Parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdl8}}

299

| data-sort-value="Willis, Sheila"|Sheila Willis

| {{dts| 26 March 2024}}

| Using science to help solve crime

| {{cite web|title=Using science to help solve crime|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xm36}}

300

| data-sort-value="Longrich, Nick"|Nick Longrich

| {{dts| 02 April 2024}}

| Discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones

| {{cite web|title=Discovering new dinosaurs from overlooked bones

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xvmr}}

301

| data-sort-value="Rayment, Fiona"|Fiona Rayment

| {{dts| 09 April 2024}}

| Applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond

| {{cite web|title=Applications of nuclear for net zero and beyond

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y26h}}

302

| data-sort-value="Critchlow, Hannah"|Hannah Critchlow

| {{dts| 16 April 2024}}

| The connected brain

| {{cite web|title=The connected brain

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001y87c}}

303

| data-sort-value="Edmunds, Mike"|Mike Edmunds

| {{dts| 23 April 2024}}

| The chemical make-up of galaxies and decoding the Antikythera Mechanism

| {{cite web|title=The chemical make-up of galaxies and decoding the Antikythera Mechanism

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001yhzp}}

304

| data-sort-value="Aerts, Conny"|Conny Aerts

| {{dts| 24 June 2024}}

| Star vibrations and following your dreams

| {{cite web|title=Star vibrations and following your dreams

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020hlk}}

305

| data-sort-value="Child, Anne"|Anne Child

| {{dts| 2 July 2024}}

| Marfan syndrome and love at first sight

| {{cite web|title=Marfan syndrome and love at first sight

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020qjj}}

306

| data-sort-value="Treasure, Janet"|Janet Treasure

| {{dts| 9 July 2024}}

| Eating disorders and the quest for answers

| {{cite web|title=Eating disorders and the quest for answers

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0020xrk}}

307

| data-sort-value="Schinazi, Raymond"|Raymond Schinazi

| {{dts| 16 July 2024}}

| Revolutionising treatments for killer viruses

| {{cite web|title=Revolutionising treatments for killer viruses

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00213gh}}

308

| data-sort-value="Bonfield, Dawn"|Dawn Bonfield

| {{dts| 23 July 2024}}

| Inclusive engineering, sustainable solutions, and why she once tried to leave the sector for good

| {{cite web|title=Inclusive engineering, sustainable solutions and why she once tried to leave the sector for good

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021b04}}

309

| data-sort-value="Tolfrey, Vicky"|Vicky Tolfrey

| {{dts| 30 July 2024}}

| Parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics

| {{cite web|title=Parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021hbx}}

310

| data-sort-value="Thorne, Kip"|Kip Thorne

| {{dts| 6 August 2024}}

| Black holes, Nobel Prizes, and taking physics to Hollywood

| {{cite web|title=Black holes, Nobel Prizes and taking physics to Hollywood

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0021qhv}}

311

| data-sort-value="Gates, Bill"|Bill Gates

| {{dts| 20 August 2024}}

| Vaccines, conspiracy theories, and the pleasures of pickleball

| {{cite web|title=Vaccines, conspiracy theories and the pleasures of pickleball

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00224gl}}

312

| data-sort-value="Croft, Darren"|Darren Croft

| {{dts| 27 August 2024}}

| Killer whale matriarchs and the menopause

| {{cite web|title=Killer whale matriarchs and the menopause

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022c2x}}

313

| data-sort-value="Uchegbu, Ijeoma"|Ijeoma Uchegbu

| {{dts| 4 September 2024}}

| Using nanoparticles to transform medicines

| {{cite web|title=Using nanoparticles to transform medicines

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022kmn}}

314

| data-sort-value="Stott, Peter"|Peter Stott

| {{dts| 10 September 2024}}

| Climate change deniers and Italian inspiration

| {{cite web|title=Climate change deniers and Italian inspiration

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022ss3}}

315

| data-sort-value="David, Rosalie"|Rosalie David

| {{dts| 17 September 2024}}

| The science of Egyptian mummies

| {{cite web|title=The science of Egyptian mummies

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002305z}}

316

| data-sort-value="Korre, Anna"|Anna Korre

| {{dts| 24 September 2024}}

| Capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations

| {{cite web|title=Capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00237pc}}

317

| data-sort-value="Peake, Tim"|Tim Peake

| {{dts| 31 December 2024}}

| His journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space

| {{cite web|title=His journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00268zj}}

318

| data-sort-value="Yacoub, Magdi"|Sir Magdi Yacoub

| {{dts| 18 February 2025}}

| Pioneering heart transplant surgery

| {{cite web|title=Pioneering heart transplant surgery

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00282zb}}

319

| data-sort-value="Herridge, Tori"|Tori Herridge

| {{dts| 25 February 2025}}

| Ancient dwarf elephants and frozen mammoths

| {{cite web|title=Ancient dwarf elephants and frozen mammoths

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00289nr}}

320

| data-sort-value="Farmer, Doyne"|Doyne Farmer

| {{dts| 4 March 2025}}

| Making sense of chaos for a better world

| {{cite web|title=Making sense of chaos for a better world

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028jkk}}

321

| data-sort-value="Shepherd, Jonathan"|Jonathan Shepherd

| {{dts| 11 March 2025}}

| A career as a crime-fighting surgeon

| {{cite web|title=A career as a crime-fighting surgeon

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028swp}}

322

| data-sort-value="McKinley, Jacqueline"|Jacqueline McKinley

| {{dts| 18 March 2025}}

| Unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites

| {{cite web|title=Unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0028zyv}}

323

| data-sort-value="Schmidt, Brian"|Brian Schmidt

| {{dts| 25 March 2025}}

| Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine

| {{cite web|title=Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00298nf}}

324

| data-sort-value="Fauchi, Anthony"|Anthony Fauci

| {{dts| 29 April 2025}}

| A medical career navigating pandemics and presidents

| {{cite web|title=A medical career navigating pandemics and presidents

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bhwk}}

325

| data-sort-value="Morris, Liz"|Liz Morris

| {{dts| 6 May 2025}}

| Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets

| {{cite web|title=Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002bsw0}}

326

| data-sort-value="Lawrence, Neil"|Neil Lawrence

| {{dts| 13 May 2025}}

| Taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI

| {{cite web|title=Taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002c36v}}

327

| data-sort-value="de Rham, Claudia"|Claudia de Rham

| {{dts| 20 May 2025}}

| Playing with gravity

| {{cite web|title=Playing with gravity

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cdfx}}

328

| data-sort-value="Coulson, Timothy"|Timothy Coulson

| {{dts| 27 May 2025}}

| How predators shape ecosystems and evolution

| {{cite web|title=How predators shape ecosystems and evolution

|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002cpmj}}

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