Science

Discovery

by BBC World Service

Explorations in the world of science.

100 episodes

EN language

All Episodes

1

Dark Breath

26:28 Apr 13, 2026

2

Superbugs: Resistance Rising Part 3

29:22 Apr 6, 2026

3

Superbugs: Resistance rising, part 2

26:28 Mar 30, 2026

4

Superbugs: Resistance rising, part 1

29:33 Mar 23, 2026

5

The Life Scientific: Jehane Ragai

26:29 Mar 16, 2026

6

The Life Scientific: Tony Juniper

26:29 Mar 9, 2026

7

The Life Scientific: Pierre Friedlingstein

26:29 Mar 2, 2026

8

The Life Scientific: Julia Simner

26:29 Feb 23, 2026

9

The Life Scientific: Caroline Smith

26:29 Feb 16, 2026

10

The Life Scientific: AP De Silva

26:29 Feb 9, 2026

11

The Life Scientific: Eleanor Schofield

26:29 Feb 2, 2026

12

The Life Scientific: Peter Knight

26:29 Jan 26, 2026

13

Frontiers of Earth Science

26:28 Jan 19, 2026

14

Frontiers of Space Science

26:28 Jan 12, 2026

15

What is Quantum?

26:28 Jan 5, 2026

16

The Life Scientific: George Church

26:29 Dec 29, 2025

17

The Life Scientific: Gareth Collett

26:29 Dec 22, 2025

18

The Life Scientific: Sonia Gandhi

26:28 Dec 15, 2025

19

The Life Scientific: Mark O'Shea

26:29 Dec 8, 2025

20

Waking up with a different voice

26:28 Dec 1, 2025

21

The animal employment agency

26:28 Nov 24, 2025

22

Bodies

26:28 Nov 17, 2025

23

The Life Scientific: Kevin Fong

26:30 Nov 10, 2025

24

The Life Scientific: Dame Pratibha Gai

26:28 Nov 3, 2025

25

The Life Scientific: Catherine Heymans

26:29 Oct 27, 2025

26

The Life Scientific: Tim Coulson

26:28 Oct 20, 2025

27

The Life Scientific: Brian Schmidt

26:27 Oct 13, 2025

28

The Life Scientific: Jane Goodall

26:29 Oct 6, 2025

29

The Life Scientific: Jacqueline McKinley

26:28 Sep 29, 2025

30

The Life Scientific: Jonathan Shepherd

26:29 Sep 22, 2025

31

The Life Scientific: Doyne Farmer

26:28 Sep 15, 2025

32

The Life Scientific: Tori Herridge

26:30 Sep 8, 2025

33

The Life Scientific: Sir Magdi Yacoub

26:29 Sep 1, 2025

34

The Life Scientific: Claudia de Rham

26:29 Aug 25, 2025

35

The Life Scientific: Neil Lawrence

26:29 Aug 18, 2025

36

The Life Scientific: Liz Morris

26:27 Aug 11, 2025

37

The Life Scientific: Anthony Fauci

26:29 Aug 4, 2025

38

Tooth and Claw: Praying Mantises

26:28 Jul 28, 2025

39

Tooth and Claw: Leopards

26:28 Jul 21, 2025

40

The Thirst for Water

49:28 Jul 19, 2025

41

Tooth and Claw: Harpy Eagles

26:28 Jul 14, 2025

42

Tooth and Claw: Killer Whales

26:28 Jul 7, 2025

43

The Life Scientific - Tim Peake

26:29 Jun 30, 2025

44

How does heat affect our health?

49:27 Jun 3, 2025

45

Unstoppable: Inge Lehmann

28:14 May 12, 2025

46

Unstoppable: Tebello Nyokong

26:29 May 5, 2025

47

Unstoppable: Kura Paul-Burke

26:29 Apr 28, 2025

48

Unstoppable: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

29:22 Apr 21, 2025

49

Unstoppable: Tu Youyou

26:28 Apr 14, 2025

50

Unstoppable: Purnima Devi Barman

26:31 Apr 7, 2025

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