CHRISTMAS LECTURES special: 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. Katherine Mathieson, Director of the Ri, managed to steal Sue away from rehears...
16 Des 202228min
How does proton beam therapy treat cancer? – with Simon Jolly
An advanced form of radiotherapy, proton beam therapy enables tumours to be targeted with greater precision, reducing the collateral damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Physicist Simon Jolly sheds l...
21 Nov 20221h 8min
How did females evolve? – with Lucy Cooke
Did you know that zoologists have only found 5 species of mammals that go through the menopause? That's 4 species of toothed whale, plus us humans. The animal kingdom reveals a lot about female evolut...
5 Jul 20221h 18min
Is the multiverse possible? – with Sean M Carroll
If you're a fan of multiverse movies, this episode is for you. The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics says that an infinite number of universes exist in parallel to eachother, each having...
31 Mai 20221h 24min
How we got to the climate crisis – with Alice Bell
Our exploration of the Earth’s fluctuating environment is an extraordinary story of human perception and scientific endeavour, which began much earlier than you might think.This month we hear from Ali...
30 Apr 20221h 26min
How to design a rollercoaster – with Brendan Walker
Do you consider yourself a ‘thrill-seeker’? If so, you may have a variation in the DRD4 dopamine receptor gene which makes you less able to process dopamine, a neurotransmitter that's responsible for ...
28 Mar 20221h 9min
What is love? – with Laura Mucha & Kate Devlin
Does love at first sight exist? How does your attachment style influence how you love? This month we hear from lawyer-turned-poet and author, Laura Mucha, and artificial intelligence expert, Kate Devl...
7 Feb 202257min
How to make a universe – with Harry Cliff
Physicist Harry Cliff explains how the Universe is made, drawing on experimental data from the Large Hadron Collider and labs around the world. We hear how the basic building blocks of matter and four...
6 Jan 20221h 19min
