The Life Scientific

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future

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Every guest on The Life Scientific

346 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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   Colin Pillinger

   Colin Pillinger · Dec 2011

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   David Spiegelhalter

   David Spiegelhalter · Jun 2013

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   Gwen Adshead

   Gwen Adshead on treating the minds of violent offenders · Feb 2019

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   Hannah Fry

   Hannah Fry on the power and perils of big data · Sep 2021

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   Henry Marsh

   Henry Marsh on brain surgery · Jun 2015

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   Hugh Montgomery

   Hugh Montgomery · Oct 2012

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   Ian Stewart

   Ian Stewart · Sep 2013

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   Ijeoma Uchegbu

   Ijeoma Uchegbu on using nanoparticles to transform medicines · Sep 2024

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   James Lovelock

   James Lovelock · May 2012

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    Jane Francis

    Jane Francis on Antarctica · Mar 2015

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    Jeremy Farrar

    Jeremy Farrar on fighting viruses · Jul 2014

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    Jocelyn Bell Burnell

    Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell · Dec 2018

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    John Sulston

    John Sulston · Nov 2011

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    John Taylor

    John Taylor on being an inventor · May 2018

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    Kevin Fong

    Kevin Fong on medical planning for Mars and Earth-based emergencies · Jul 2025

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    Liz Morris

    Liz Morris on Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets · Jun 2025

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    Magdi Yacoub

    Sir Magdi Yacoub on pioneering heart transplant surgery · Mar 2025

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    Maggie Aderin-Pocock

    Sky at Night presenter Maggie Aderin-Pocock · Dec 2018

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    Michael Marmot

    Sir Michael Marmot · Nov 2011

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    Michele Dougherty

    Michele Dougherty on Saturn · Jan 2017

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    Monica Grady

    Monica Grady · Oct 2012

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    Nancy Rothwell

    Nancy Rothwell · May 2013

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    Noel Fitzpatrick

    Noel Fitzpatrick on becoming a supervet · Oct 2018

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    Patricia Wiltshire

    Patricia Wiltshire on how pollen can solve crimes. · Jan 2020

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    Paul Nurse

    Paul Nurse · Oct 2011

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    Peter Piot

    Peter Piot on tackling ebola and HIV · Feb 2016

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    Robert Winston

    Lord Robert Winston · Dec 2011

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    Russell Foster

    Russell Foster · Aug 2013

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    Sally Davies

    Dame Sally Davies on public health · Nov 2014

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    Sharon Peacock

    Sharon Peacock on hunting pandemic variants of concern · Nov 2021

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    Simon Wessely

    Simon Wessely on unexplained medical syndromes · Feb 2017

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    Stephanie Shirley

    Stephanie Shirley on computer coding · Apr 2015

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    Steve Jones

    Steve Jones · Aug 2012

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    Sue Black

    Sue Black on women in tech · 2 episodes

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    Sue Ion

    Sue Ion · Feb 2013

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    Tim Peake

    Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space · Dec 2024

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    Tim Spector

    Tim Spector and personalised diets for long term health · Oct 2021

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    Uta Frith

    Uta Frith · Dec 2011

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    Venki Ramakrishnan

    Venki Ramakrishnan on ribosomes · Mar 2016

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    Wendy Hall

    Wendy Hall · Oct 2013

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