Leonard Mlodinow: How did Stephen Hawking make science accessible?
Two years to the day the great physicist Professor Stephen Hawking was interred at Westminster Abbey, and at the time of his death, we spoke to one of the people that knew him best, Leonard Mlodinow. ...
15 Kesä 202028min
Pragya Agarwal: When does bias become prejudice?
No matter how open-minded we consider ourselves to be, all of us hold biases towards other people. Dr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist, ex-academic, and a freelance writer and journa...
8 Kesä 202043min
Anthony David: Why is there still such stigma around mental health?
Mental health has become a hot topic in recent years, with campaigns asking us to be kind on social media and to reach out to friends who are struggling. It seems now more than ever, we have a better ...
1 Kesä 202039min
Luck, the paranormal and the Moon landings - Everything you ever wanted to know about…. illusions, magic and the paranormal
Our guest Prof Richard Wiseman is a spectacularly creative scientist who started off his career as a magician before becoming a psychologist. Over the last few decades, Richard has studied the art of ...
28 Touko 202030min
Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac: Has climate change determined our future?
Christiana Figueres is the former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, and it was her work that led to its members signing the 2015 Paris agreement. Together with Tom ...
26 Touko 202045min
Illusions and Magic - Everything you ever wanted to know about... illusions, magic and the paranormal, episode 1
Our guest Prof Richard Wiseman is a spectacularly creative scientist who started off his career as a magician before becoming a psychologist. Over the last few decades, Richard has studied the art of ...
21 Touko 202026min
Elisa Raffaella Ferrè: What happens to the brain in space?
Here on Earth, we take the force of gravity for granted. For years, researchers have neglected to study its influence because of this very reason, but with commercial spaceflight on the horizon, resea...
18 Touko 202034min
Sonia Contera: How will nanotechnology revolutionise medicine?
This week we talk to one of the world’s leading pioneers in the field of nanotechnology, Sonia Contera. Nanotechnology is the application of science at a truly nano scale. To put that in perspective, ...
11 Touko 202038min
