Women in science
Witness History. The invention of Kevlar. Audio, 11 minutes
In 1965, a new fibre was discovered by scientist Stephanie Kwolek
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Witness History. Irawati Karve: India’s groundbreaking anthropologist. Audio, 11 minutes
Irawati Karve became India’s first female anthropologist
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The Conversation. Women and robots. Audio, 27 minutes
Women from Australia and Germany innovating in the field of robotics.
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The Conversation. Digging up dinosaurs. Audio, 27 minutes
Two palaeontologists on dinosaurs, fossils and the fight to stop illegal fossil trade
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Human Intelligence. Teachers: Mary Somerville. Audio, 15 minutes
A remarkable 19th-century polymath inspired by the natural world and the universe beyond.
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The Conversation. Women using satellites to track coastal erosion. Audio, 27 minutes
Women from Sri Lanka and France using images taken from space to counter coastal erosion.
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Short History Of... Marie Curie. Audio, 51 minutes
Marie Curie was an extraordinary woman who turned the scientific world on its head
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- Posted24 September 2024
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The Conversation. Women, bats and meerkats. Audio, 27 minutes
Costa Rican and Swiss biologists discuss what animal behaviour reveals about life
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- Posted26 July 2024
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- Posted19 June 2024
The Conversation. Pioneering women in neurosurgery. Audio, 27 minutes
Datshiane Navanayagam meets two neurosurgeons operating in a male-dominated field
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The Documentary Podcast. Forward Thinking: Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Audio, 49 minutes
Why a celebrated astrophysicist believes space research needs a new approach
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- Posted16 December 2024
Arts & Ideas. Margaret Cavendish. Audio, 45 minutes
Nandini Das and guests discuss the Duchess of Newcastle - philosopher, poet and scientist
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Great Lives. Kate Raworth on Donella Meadows. Audio, 28 minutes
Economist Kate Raworth chooses the Environmental Scientist Donella 'Dana' Meadows
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Desert Island Discs. Professor Sharon Peacock, scientist. Audio, 38 minutes
Sharon Peacock, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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The Life Scientific. Haley Gomez on cosmic dust. Audio, 28 minutes
Jim Al-Khalili talks to astrophysicist Haley Gomez.
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Desert Island Discs. Professor Corinne Le Quéré, climate scientist. Audio, 37 minutes
Corinne Le Quéré, scientist, shares the soundtrack of her life with Lauren Laverne.
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Business Daily. Business Daily Meets: Dr Natalie Kenny. Audio, 18 minutes
The founder of BioGrad shares stories from her remarkable life in science
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The Forum. A forgotten founder of climate science: Eunice Newton Foote. Audio, 39 minutes
The first person to link CO2 with global warming, and why she vanished from history
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Science In Action. Monster microbe. Audio, 34 minutes
Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash.
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