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 Maj 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 Maj 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 Maj 202038min
Neil Shubin: How do big changes in evolution happen?
The first time a fish crawled out of the water and onto land, it was a turning point that led to brand new kinds of life. But this couldn’t happen on its own: that fish would have needed both lungs an...
4 Maj 202038min
Your questions – Everything You Wanted To Know About…Physics, episode six
Prof Jim Al-Khalili answers listeners’ questions about physics, the Universe and everything else. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit p...
29 Apr 202035min
Mysteries in physics – Everything You Wanted To Know About…Physics, episode five
Prof Jim Al-Khalili reveals some of the biggest unsolved mysteries. We talk about the plausibility of time travel, whether there are multiple universes and what we need to discover a ‘theory of everyt...
28 Apr 202032min
Energy – Everything You Wanted To Know About…Physics, episode four
Prof Jim Al-Khalili tackles thermodynamics – the study of energy. Together, we unravel the idea of entropy, talk about the direction of time and muse upon the inevitable heat death of the Universe. Ho...
27 Apr 202029min
Quantum physics – Everything You Wanted To Know About…Physics, episode three
Prof Jim Al-Khalili demystifies the strange world of quantum physics. We discuss the key experiments, how quantum effects play out in the real world and, of course, Schrödinger's infamous cat. Hosted ...
26 Apr 202032min
