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Climate

Podcast: Tackling climate change with innovation – with Alyssa Gilbert and Katherine Mathieson

Alyssa Gilbert and Katherine Mathieson introduce 'Undaunted', our partnership with Imperial College London.

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Podcast Rings made of multi-coloured light on a black background.

Physics

Podcast: Existential physics: Exploring life's big questions – with Sabine Hossenfelder

Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explores what modern physics can tell us about life's big questions.

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Maths

Podcast: Bad statistics: How not to be misled – with Jennifer Rogers

Statistician Jennifer Rogers shows how statistics can help to make better decisions about risky activities.

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Podcast Colliding and overlapping golden circles on a black background.

History of science Physics

Podcast: How Peter Higgs proposed the Higgs boson – with Frank Close

Frank Close explores the life of Nobel prize-winning scientist Peter Higgs.

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Podcast A model of a heart on a metal stand. In the background, out of focus, are many other heart models in the distance.

Biology and the human body

Podcast: How to handle heart disease – with Samer Nashef

Cardiac surgeon Samer Nashef discusses his book, ‘The Angina Monologues: Stories of Surgery for Broken Hearts’, with journalist

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Podcast Purple-coloured cancer cells in a lung.

Biology and the human body Physics

Podcast: How does proton beam therapy treat cancer? – with Simon Jolly

Physicist Simon Jolly explains proton beam therapy, an advanced form of radiotherapy for cancer treatment.

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CHRISTMAS LECTURES

Podcast: Inside forensic science – with Dame Sue Black & Katherine Mathieson

In this Christmas special we go behind the scenes of our 2022 CHRISTMAS LECTURES, presented by Professor Dame Sue Black.

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History of science

Podcast: The aliens are coming! - with Ben Miller and Jim Al-Khalili

Writer Ben Miller leads Jim Al-Khalili through our search for alien life in the Universe in the first of our new podcast series

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Podcast Mars

Technology and engineering

Podcast: Mars exploration: curiosity and beyond with Anita Sengupta

Anita Sengupta is one of the lead NASA engineers who developed the system to land Curiosity. She describes the challenges of

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Maths

Podcast: The perfect bet - with mathematician Adam Kucharski

The house always wins. Or does it?

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