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Art, culture and society

Podcast: The science behind Breaking Bad

Chemist Dave Smith and psychologist Julian Boon delve into the science behind the show, while screenwriter Paul Viragh discusses

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Physics

Podcast: Half Life: The disappearance of Bruno Pontecorvo – with Frank Close

In 1950, Bruno Pontecorvo, one of Britain's brightest atomic physicists, disappeared without trace. He re-surfaced six years

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Art, culture and society

Podcast: Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrow - with Yuval Noah Harari

Throughout history there have been revolutions in technology, in economics, in society, in politics. Now for the first time

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Physics

Podcast: The order of time - with Carlo Rovelli

This month, Carlo Rovelli takes us on a journey through the philosophy, the science and the emotional experience of time.

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Brain

Podcast: Anatomy of a conversation - with Elizabeth Stokoe

This month, Elizabeth Stokoe explains how conversation analysis can produce a scientific understanding of talk.

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Art, culture and society

Podcast: Monsters, science and society - with Expert Panel

Frankenstein’s creature is a classic example of a monster in popular culture. But what can fictional beings tell us about the

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Art, culture and society

Podcast: The science of success (and failure) – with Matthew Syed

How can you turn failure into success? This month, journalist and table-tennis champion Matthew Syed will explain the science of

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Physics

Podcast: Moon, Mars and beyond - with Astronaut Al Worden and Experts Chris Welch and Stuart Eves

Where should humans inhabit next? The Moon? Mars? Or further beyond?

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Biology and the human body

Podcast: The Story of Life – with Matthew Cobb and Nick Lane

This month, Matthew Cobb and Nick Lane unravel the tangled story of DNA, and why life began in the first place.

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Art, culture and society

Podcast: What's next? Predictions about our future - with expert panel

What does the future have in store? Medicine, robotics, artificial intelligence, energy production and genetic engineering are

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