Ri Science Podcast

Ri Science Podcast

47 episodes

Thought provoking lectures from the world's sharpest minds. Science talks from the Royal Institution every month.

Podcasts

Ri on AI: Understanding AlphaFold with Dame Janet Thornton

Published: Dec. 13, 2023, 5:29 p.m.
Duration: 43 minutes 25 seconds

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Tales from my PhD: Algorithms for energy efficiency with Karan Mukhi

Published: Aug. 24, 2023, 5 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 10 seconds

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Tales from my PhD: Fighting rice blast fungus with Camilla Molinari

Published: Aug. 20, 2023, 5:03 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 19 seconds

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Tales from my PhD: Researching anxiety and depression through computational models with Sophie Shang

Published: Aug. 10, 2023, 2:01 p.m.
Duration: 11 minutes 46 seconds

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Tales from my PhD: Saving manta rays with Jessica Savage

Published: Aug. 2, 2023, 5:30 a.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 17 seconds

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How to hear gravitational waves with Tessa Baker

Published: July 31, 2023, 10:21 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 9 seconds

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Tales from my PhD: What is galaxy evolution? with Rohan Varadaraj

Published: July 26, 2023, 10 a.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 4 seconds

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How did patriarchy develop across the world? with Angela Saini and Julia Gillard

Published: June 13, 2023, 10:15 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 19 seconds

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Can science explain emotions? with Dean Burnett

Published: April 30, 2023, 5:01 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 8 seconds

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Tackling climate change with innovation with Alyssa Gilbert and Katherine Mathieson

Published: April 22, 2023, 11:44 a.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 54 seconds

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Existential physics: Exploring life's big questions with Sabine Hossenfelder

Published: March 31, 2023, 9:21 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 22 seconds

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Bad statistics: How not to be misled with Jennifer Rogers

Published: Feb. 28, 2023, 2:52 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 7 seconds

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How Peter Higgs proposed the Higgs boson with Frank Close

Published: Jan. 31, 2023, 11 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 16 seconds

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How to handle heart disease with Samer Nashef

Published: Dec. 23, 2022, 9:31 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 13 seconds

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CHRISTMAS LECTURES special: Inside forensic science with Dame Sue Black & Katherine Mathieson

Published: Dec. 16, 2022, 1:51 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 21 seconds

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How does proton beam therapy treat cancer? with Simon Jolly

Published: Nov. 21, 2022, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 8 minutes 7 seconds

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How did females evolve? with Lucy Cooke

Published: July 5, 2022, 2:42 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 19 seconds

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Is the multiverse possible? with Sean M Carroll

Published: May 31, 2022, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 42 seconds

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How we got to the climate crisis with Alice Bell

Published: April 30, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 33 seconds

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How to design a rollercoaster with Brendan Walker

Published: March 28, 2022, 8:35 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 41 seconds

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What is love? with Laura Mucha & Kate Devlin

Published: Feb. 7, 2022, 8 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 33 seconds

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How to make a universe with Harry Cliff

Published: Jan. 6, 2022, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 19 minutes 48 seconds

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Using forensic anthropology to solve crimes – with Sue Black

Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 33 seconds

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Solving crimes with forensic anthropology with Sue Black

Published: Dec. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 33 seconds

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Handprints on Hubble with Kathryn D Sullivan

Published: Nov. 1, 2021, 6:44 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 25 seconds

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How advertising works with Rory Sutherland

Published: Oct. 4, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 36 minutes 34 seconds

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Medical cannabis - with professor Mike Barnes

Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 57 seconds

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Medical cannabis with Mike Barnes, Hannah Deacon, Peter Carroll and Susie Mesure

Published: Sept. 6, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 57 seconds

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Einstein on the run with Andrew Robinson

Published: Aug. 2, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 40 seconds

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Conspiracy theories with Miriam Frankel, Turkay Salim Nefes, Aleksandra Cichocka and Harry T Dyer

Published: July 5, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 13 seconds

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Can we trust maths? with Kit Yates

Published: June 7, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 2 seconds

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Life in a mars simulation with Kate Greene

Published: May 3, 2021, 5 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 minutes 46 seconds

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The art of rest with Claudia Hammond

Published: April 6, 2021, midnight
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 47 seconds

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Recipe for a Skyscraper - Ri Science Podcast #46

Published: March 30, 2020, 8:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 31 seconds

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Recipe for a Skyscraper with Roma Agrawal

Published: March 30, 2020, 8:24 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 31 seconds

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Endometriosis – Ri Science Podcast Extra #1

Published: March 4, 2020, 6:22 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 11 seconds

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A Generalist AI - Ri Science Podcast #45

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 10:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 52 seconds

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A Generalist AI - with Expert Panel

Published: Feb. 24, 2020, 10:34 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 52 seconds

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The Evolution of Truth - Ri Science Podcast #44

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 8 seconds

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The Evolution of Truth - with Richard Byrne, Evan Davis and comedian Rachel Wheeley

Published: Jan. 27, 2020, 10:07 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 26 minutes 8 seconds

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Make, Think, Imagine - Ri Science Podcast #43

Published: Dec. 30, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes

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Make, Think, Imagine: Engineering a Brighter Future - with Lord Browne and Vivienne Parry

Published: Dec. 30, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes

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The Gene Machine - Ri Science Podcast #42

Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 46 seconds

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The Gene Machine - with Venki Ramakrishnan

Published: Nov. 25, 2019, 9 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 46 seconds

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The Science of Stress – Ri Science Podcast #41

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 21 seconds

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The Science of Stress with Joe Herbert, Julie Turner Cobb, and Shane OMara

Published: Oct. 28, 2019, 2 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 20 seconds

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How Does Science Actually Work? – Ri Science Podcast #40

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 31 seconds

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How Does Science Actually Work? with Jeremy Baumberg

Published: Sept. 30, 2019, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 31 seconds

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Whats Next? Predictions About Our Future - Ri Science Podcast #39

Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 59 seconds

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Whats Next? Predictions About Our Future - with Expert Panel

Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 59 seconds

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The Story of Life – Ri Science Podcast #38

Published: July 29, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 45 seconds

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The Story of Life with Matthew Cobb and Nick Lane

Published: July 29, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 31 minutes 44 seconds

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Moon, Mars and Beyond - Ri Science Podcast #37

Published: June 24, 2019, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 28 seconds

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Moon, Mars and Beyond - with Astronaut Al Worden and Experts Chris Welch and Stuart Eves

Published: June 24, 2019, 10:59 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 28 seconds

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The Science of Success (and Failure) – Ri Science Podcast #36

Published: May 27, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 8 seconds

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The Science of Success (and Failure) with Matthew Syed

Published: May 27, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 8 seconds

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Monsters, Science and Society - Ri Science Podcast #35

Published: April 29, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 17 seconds

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Monsters, Science and Society - with Expert Panel

Published: April 29, 2019, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 17 seconds

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Anatomy of a Conversation - Ri Science Podcast #34

Published: March 25, 2019, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 24 seconds

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Anatomy of a Conversation - with Elizabeth Stokoe

Published: March 25, 2019, 3 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 24 seconds

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The Order Of Time - Ri Science Podcast #33

Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 12:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 2 seconds

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The Order Of Time - with Carlo Rovelli

Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 12:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 23 minutes 2 seconds

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Homo Deus with Yuval Noah Harari - Ri Science Podcast #32

Published: Jan. 28, 2019, noon
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 5 seconds

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Homo Deus: a Brief History of Tomorrow - with Yuval Noah Harari

Published: Jan. 28, 2019, noon
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 4 seconds

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Half Life: The disappearance of Bruno Pontecorvo – Ri Science Podcast #31

Published: Dec. 24, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 55 seconds

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Half Life: The disappearance of Bruno Pontecorvo with Frank Close

Published: Dec. 24, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 16 minutes 54 seconds

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The Science Behind Breaking Bad - Ri Science Podcast #30

Published: Nov. 26, 2018, noon
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 20 seconds

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The Science Behind Breaking Bad - with Chemist Dave Smith, Psychologist Julian Boon and Screenwriter Paul Viragh

Published: Nov. 26, 2018, noon
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 20 seconds

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Quantum Biology - Ri Science Podcast #29

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 59 seconds

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Quantum Biology - with Nigel Scrutton, Alexandra Olaya-Castro and Jenny Brookes

Published: Oct. 29, 2018, 10 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes 58 seconds

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Sense of Style with Steven Pinker - Ri Science Podcast #28

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 10:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 11 seconds

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Sense of Style: How to Communicate Effectively - with Experimental Psychologist Steven Pinker

Published: Sept. 25, 2018, 10:51 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 24 minutes 11 seconds

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Future Pharma - Ri Science Podcast #27

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 35 seconds

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Future Pharma - With Expert Panel

Published: Aug. 27, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 34 seconds

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Interview with a Spaceman – Ri Science Podcast #26

Published: July 30, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 29 seconds

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Interview with a Spaceman with Astronaut Mike Massimino

Published: July 30, 2018, 7 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 21 minutes 28 seconds

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Unruly Memory – Ri Science Podcast #25

Published: June 25, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 31 seconds

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Unruly Memory with Memory Experts: Vin Walsh, Julia Shaw and Jennifer Wild

Published: June 25, 2018, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 30 seconds

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Using Tech to Track Endangered Wildlife – Ri Science Podcast #24

Published: May 28, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 48 seconds

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Using Tech to Track Endangered Wildlife with Kate Jones

Published: May 28, 2018, 8 a.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 48 seconds

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Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything With Kelly and Zach Weinersmith

Published: April 30, 2018, 4:29 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 28 minutes 39 seconds

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How To Leave The Planet – Ri Science Podcast #22

Published: April 2, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes

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How To Leave The Planet Dallas Campbell and Kevin Fong

Published: April 2, 2018, 11 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 13 minutes 59 seconds

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Frankenstein and its Legacy – Ri Science Podcast #21

Published: Feb. 26, 2018, 9:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 5 seconds

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and its Legacy with Experts Phillip Ball, Miranda Seymour, Frank James and Angela Wright

Published: Feb. 26, 2018, 9:54 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 27 minutes 5 seconds

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A Whirlwind Tour of Science with Dr Karl – Ri Science Podcast #20

Published: Jan. 31, 2018, 5:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 30 seconds

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A Whirlwind Tour of Science - with Dr Karl Kruszelnicki

Published: Jan. 31, 2018, 5:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 22 minutes 30 seconds

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What Our Brains Want - Ri Science Podcast #19

Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 11 seconds

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What Our Brains Want - with Ray Dolan, Wolfram Schultz and Peter Dayan

Published: Dec. 22, 2017, 12:05 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes 11 seconds

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Autism: A personal journey – Ri Science podcast #18

Published: Nov. 27, 2017, 12:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 1 second

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Autism: A personal journey with Dame Stephanie Shirley

Published: Nov. 27, 2017, 12:21 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 10 minutes 1 second

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New Genes from Scratch - Ri Science Podcast #17

Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 38 seconds

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New Genes from Scratch - Aoife McLysaght

Published: Oct. 30, 2017, 3:10 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 25 minutes 37 seconds

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Science at the Extremes - Ri Science Podcast #16

Published: Aug. 7, 2017, 10:22 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 33 seconds

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Science at the Extremes - with Greg Foot, Dan Martin and Leigh Marsh

Published: Aug. 7, 2017, 10:22 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 32 seconds

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Epigenetics and Parental Origin Effects - Ri Science Podcast #15

Published: July 3, 2017, 8:09 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 10 seconds

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Epigenetics and Parental Origin Effects - with Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith

Published: July 3, 2017, 8:09 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 2 seconds

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Revolutionary Science and the French Revolution - Ri Science Podcast #14

Published: June 5, 2017, 11:34 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 36 seconds

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The Psychology of Thinking - Ri Science Podcast #13

Published: May 2, 2017, 9:32 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 39 seconds

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The Psychology of Thinking - Richard Nisbett

Published: May 2, 2017, 9:32 a.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 31 seconds

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Neuroimaging, Neurononsense and Gender Stereotypes - with Gina Rippon

Published: April 3, 2017, 8:03 a.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 53 seconds

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The Neuroscience of Addiction - Ri Science Podcast #11

Published: Feb. 28, 2017, 12:27 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 59 seconds

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The Neuroscience of Addiction - with Marc Lewis

Published: Feb. 28, 2017, 12:27 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 59 seconds

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Catching Gravitational Waves - Ri Science Podcast #10

Published: Feb. 13, 2017, 11:52 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 53 seconds

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Catching Gravitational Waves - with Sheila Rowan

Published: Feb. 13, 2017, 11:52 a.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 53 seconds

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The Neuroscience of Consciousness – Ri Science Podcast #9

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 28 seconds

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The Neuroscience of Consciousness With Professor Anil Seth

Published: Jan. 26, 2017, 5:21 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 27 seconds

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Colour and Cancer; Scorpions and Surgery - Ri Science Podcast #8

Published: Jan. 9, 2017, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 31 seconds

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Colour and Cancer; Scorpions and Surgery - with Dr Henry Marsh and Dr Jim Olson

Published: Jan. 9, 2017, 4:14 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 31 seconds

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The Science of Sleep - Ri Science Podcast #7

Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 9:22 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 18 seconds

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The Science of Sleep - with Russell Foster, Debra Skene and Stafford Lightman

Published: Dec. 12, 2016, 9:22 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 17 seconds

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What Science Tells us About Race and Racism - Ri Science Podcast #6

Published: Nov. 28, 2016, 9:51 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 40 seconds

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What Science Tells us About Race and Racism - with Expert Panel

Published: Nov. 28, 2016, 9:51 a.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 39 seconds

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The Serengeti Rules with Sean B Carroll - Ri Science Podcast #5

Published: Nov. 14, 2016, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 14 seconds

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The Serengeti Rules of Life - with Sean B Carroll

Published: Nov. 14, 2016, 10:20 a.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 14 seconds

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My Life in Science with Richard Dawkins – Ri Science Podcast #4

Published: Oct. 31, 2016, 9:10 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 58 seconds

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My Life in Science - with Richard Dawkins

Published: Oct. 31, 2016, 9:10 a.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 58 seconds

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The Perfect Bet with Adam Kucharski - Ri Science Podcast #3

Published: Oct. 17, 2016, 9:31 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 26 seconds

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The Perfect Bet - with Mathematician Adam Kucharski

Published: Oct. 17, 2016, 9:31 a.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 26 seconds

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Mars Exploration: Curiosity and Beyond with Anita Sengupta

Published: Oct. 3, 2016, 9:11 a.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 46 seconds

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The Aliens are Coming! with Ben Miller - Ri Science Podcast #1

Published: Sept. 19, 2016, 8:54 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 26 seconds

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The Aliens are Coming! - with Ben Miller and Jim Al-Khalili

Published: Sept. 19, 2016, 8:54 a.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 26 seconds

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