Podcast · 60 episodes
Discovery, page 3
by BBC World Service · English
Explorations in the world of science.
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The Life Scientific: Doyne FarmerDoyne Farmer’s career using physics, chaos theory, and complex-systems “prediction” to model seemingly random outcomes in roulette, the economy, and climate/energy transitions.15 Sep 2025 · 26 min · 14 chapters
The Life Scientific: Tori HerridgeIce Age evolution through fossil “elephants” (including woolly mammoths and dwarf elephants), using detective-style fieldwork and dating methods; plus science communication and women in palaeontology.8 Sep 2025 · 27 min · 17 chapters
The Life Scientific: Sir Magdi YacoubA BBC “Life Scientific” profile of Sir Magdi Yacoub, covering his pioneering heart surgery and research, early controversies around heart transplants, and later breakthroughs in neonatal arterial…1 Sep 2025 · 26 min · 16 chapters
The Life Scientific: Claudia de RhamClaudia de Rham’s life and work on gravity, especially “massive gravity,” and how it might explain the universe’s accelerating expansion.25 Aug 2025 · 26 min · 15 chapters
The Life Scientific: Neil LawrenceNeil Lawrence (DeepMind Professor of Machine Learning, Cambridge) argues AI’s biggest danger is already “socio-technical,” not Terminator-style; fast machine decisions can destabilize society (e.g.,…18 Aug 2025 · 26 min · 16 chapters
The Life Scientific: Liz MorrisGlaciologist Liz Morris discusses her life in polar science—ice physics, fieldwork in Antarctica and Greenland, and how snow/ice density measurements inform climate-change impacts on ice sheets and…11 Aug 2025 · 26 min · 15 chapters
The Life Scientific: Anthony FauciAnthony Fauci’s career at the intersection of medicine and politics, covering HIV/AIDS, COVID-19, vaccine misinformation, and lessons for future outbreaks.4 Aug 2025 · 26 min · 12 chapters
Tooth and Claw: Praying MantisesPraying mantises—how they hunt, what they eat, their camouflage and life cycle, their cultural folklore, and their roles in agriculture and conservation.28 Jul 2025 · 26 min · 15 chapters
Tooth and Claw: LeopardsThe BBC World Service’s Tooth and Claw episode “Leopards” explains leopard camouflage and hunting, coat-color mutations, individual identification methods, tree-feeding behavior, range and habitat,…21 Jul 2025 · 26 min · 13 chapters
The Thirst for WaterHydration and health, and how access to clean water (including groundwater) affects disease, safety, and future risk under climate change.19 Jul 2025 · 49 min · 21 chapters
Tooth and Claw: Harpy EaglesHarpy eagles (mythology, appearance, habitat, diet, behavior, threats, and conservation), framed as apex predator “tooth and claw” in rainforest canopies.14 Jul 2025 · 26 min · 10 chapters
Tooth and Claw: Killer WhalesKiller whales (orca) as apex predators, focusing on two ecotypes: Antarctic pack-ice killer whales and endangered southern resident killer whales, including hunting methods, vocal communication,…7 Jul 2025 · 26 min · 12 chapters