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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   Amoret Whitaker

   Amoret Whitaker · Jan 2013

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   Andrea Sella

   Andrea Sella · Sep 2012

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   Andy Fabian

   Andy Fabian on black holes · Aug 2020

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   Ann Clarke

   Ann Clarke on The Frozen Ark · May 2017

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   Anna Korre

   Anna Korre on capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations · Sep 2024

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   Anne Child

   Anne Child on Marfan syndrome and love at first sight · Jul 2024

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   Anne Ferguson-Smith

   Anne Ferguson-Smith on unravelling epigenetics · Jun 2023

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   Anne Glover

   Anne Glover · Mar 2014

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   Anne Johnson

   Anne Johnson on the importance of public health · Feb 2021

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    Anne Magurran

    Anne Magurran on how to measure biodiversity · Oct 2019

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    Anne-Marie Imafidon

    Anne-Marie Imafidon on fighting for diversity and equality in science · Jun 2023

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    Annette Karmiloff-Smith

    Annette Karmiloff-Smith · Jan 2013

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    Anya Hurlbert

    Anya Hurlbert on seeing colour · Mar 2020

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    Bahija Jallal

    Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies · Sep 2023

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    Barbara Sahakian

    Barbara Sahakian · May 2012

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    Ben Garrod

    Ben Garrod on conservation and extinction · Mar 2022

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    Brenda Boardman

    Brenda Boardman on making our homes energy efficient. · Sep 2021

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    Brian Schmidt

    Brian Schmidt on Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine · Apr 2025

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    Bruce Malamud

    Bruce Malamud on modelling risk for natural hazards · Jun 2023

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    Callum Roberts

    Callum Roberts on the urgent need for marine conservation · May 2018

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    Caroline Dean

    Caroline Dean reveals the genetic secrets of flowering · May 2018

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    Caroline Hargrove

    Formula One engineer Caroline Hargrove · Nov 2018

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    Caroline Smith

    Caroline Smith on meteorites and potential ancient life on Mars · Nov 2025

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    Carolyn Roberts

    Carolyn Roberts on flood control · Mar 2016

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    Cat Hobaiter

    Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes · May 2018

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    Cath Noakes

    Cath Noakes on making buildings Covid-safe · Jan 2021

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    Catherine Heymans

    Catherine Heymans on the lighter side of the dark universe · Jul 2025

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    Cathie Sudlow

    Cathie Sudlow on data in healthcare · Nov 2023

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    Charles Godfray

    Sir Charles Godfray on parasitic wasps and the race to feed nine billion people · Mar 2024

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    Chi Onwurah

    Chi Onwurah on why engineering is a caring profession. · May 2022

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    Chris Barratt

    Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill · Aug 2023

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    Chris Llewellyn Smith

    Chris Llewellyn Smith on nuclear fusion · Jul 2014

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    Chris Stringer

    Chris Stringer · Feb 2012

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    Chris Toumazou

    Chris Toumazou on inventing medical devices · Oct 2014

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    Clare Grey

    Clare Grey on the Big Battery Challenge · Mar 2018

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    Clifford Stott

    Clifford Stott on riot prevention · Jun 2020

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    Colin Humphreys

    Sir Colin Humphreys on electron microscopes, and the thinnest material in the world · Aug 2023

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    Corinne Le Quéré

    Corinne Le Quéré on the global carbon cycle · Mar 2019

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    Dale Sanders

    Dale Sanders on feeding the world · Aug 2020

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    Danielle George

    Danielle George on electronics · Oct 2015

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