Biology
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- Posted12 June 2017
In Our Time. Enzymes. Audio, 49 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss enzymes, the catalysts essential for life.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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- Posted24 May 2017
The Life Scientific. Ottoline Leyser on how plants decide what to do. Audio, 28 minutes
Ottoline Leyser talks to Jim Al-Khalili about how plants decide to grow the way they do.
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CrowdScience. Why Do We Have Males and Females? Audio, 27 minutes
We plunge into the weird world of sex determination.
- AttributionBBC World Service
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- Posted25 April 2017
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- Posted18 April 2017
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- Posted13 April 2017
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- Posted31 March 2017
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- Posted31 March 2017
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- Posted17 March 2017
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- Posted9 March 2017
The Life Scientific. Alison Woollard on what she has learnt from mutant worms. Audio, 28 minutes
Geneticist Alison Wollard explains her enthusiasm for a tiny nematode worm.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Life Scientific. Alison Smith on algae. Audio, 28 minutes
Professor Alison Smith talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the many and varied uses of algae.
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In Our Time. Parasitism. Audio, 46 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Parasitism, where one species gains at the cost of another
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The Life Scientific. Jan Zalasiewicz on the Age of Man. Audio, 28 minutes
Geologist Jan Zalasiewicz talks to Jim Al-Khalili about the Anthropocene, the Age of Man.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Human Hive. Audio, 28 minutes
What do human beings and honeybees have in common? More than you would think.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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Human Hibernation: The Big Sleep. Audio, 28 minutes
Could humans pull off the trick of hibernation to conquer long-term space travel?
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Life Scientific. Lynne Boddy on Fungi. Audio, 28 minutes
Lynne Boddy enthuses about fungi.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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The Essential. The Why Factor: Violence. Audio, 6 minutes
Why are men more violent than women?
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
In Our Time. Circadian Rhythms. Audio, 43 minutes
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss circadian rhythms.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
- Available for over a year
The Why Factor. The Y Chromosome. Audio, 18 minutes
How the Y chromosome transforms a female embryo to a male one
- AttributionBBC World Service
- Available for over a year
What the Songbird Said. Audio, 28 minutes
Angela Saini explores the science of birdsong and its relationship to human language.
- AttributionBBC Radio 4
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