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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   Harry Bhadeshia

   Sir Harry Bhadeshia on the choreography of metals · Dec 2023

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   Hazel Rymer

   Hazel Rymer on volcanoes · Jun 2016

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   Heather Koldewey

   Heather Koldewey on marine conservation · Aug 2020

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   Helen Hastie

   Helen Hastie on the future of human-robot relations · May 2026

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   Helen Scales

   Helen Scales on marine conservation · May 2021

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   Helen Sharman

   Helen Sharman, the first British astronaut (2016) · Mar 2016

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   Hiranya Peiris

   Hiranya Peiris on unravelling the story of the universe · May 2026

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   Iain Chalmers

   Iain Chalmers · Feb 2012

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   Ian Wilmut

   Ian Wilmut on Dolly the sheep · Oct 2016

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    Irene Tracey

    Irene Tracey on pain in the brain · Apr 2019

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    Jacinta Tan

    Jacinta Tan on anorexia nervosa and the mind · Jun 2022

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    Jackie Akhavan

    Jackie Akhavan on explosives · Sep 2014

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    Jacqueline McGlade

    Jacqueline McGlade on monitoring the environment from space · Oct 2018

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    Jacqueline McKinley

    Jacqueline McKinley on unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites · Apr 2025

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    James Jackson

    James Jackson on understanding earthquakes and building resilience · Mar 2023

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    Jan Zalasiewicz

    Jan Zalasiewicz on the Age of Man · Jan 2017

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    Jane Clarke

    Jane Clarke on Protein Folding · Apr 2021

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    Jane Hurst

    Jane Hurst on the secret life of mice · Feb 2021

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    Janet Hemingway

    Janet Hemingway · Jun 2014

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    Janet Treasure

    Janet Treasure on eating disorders and the quest for answers · Jul 2024

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    Jehane Ragai

    Jehane Ragai on the science of authenticating artworks · Jan 2026

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    Jenny Graves

    Jenny Graves · Oct 2013

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    Jens Juul Holst

    Jens Juul Holst on the gut hormone discovery behind weight-loss drugs · Apr 2026

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    Jim Ashworth-Beaumont

    Jim Ashworth-Beaumont on how a near-fatal accident made him a better clinician · Apr 2026

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    Jim McDonald

    Jim McDonald on power networks · May 2020

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    Joanna Haigh

    Joanna Haigh · Aug 2013

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    John Burn

    John Burn and the genetics of cancer · Feb 2018

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    John Gurdon

    John Gurdon · Dec 2012

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    John Krebs

    Lord John Krebs · May 2013

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    John Lawton

    John Lawton · Mar 2012

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    John O'Keefe

    John O'Keefe on memory · Mar 2015

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    John Pickett

    John Pickett · Jun 2012

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    Jonathan Ball

    Jonathan Ball on his arms race against viruses · Jul 2019

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    Jonathan Shepherd

    Jonathan Shepherd on a career as a crime-fighting surgeon · Apr 2025

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    Jonathan Van-Tam

    Jonathan Van-Tam on Covid communication and the power of football analogies · Mar 2024

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    Judith Bunbury

    Judith Bunbury on the shifting River Nile in the time of the Pharaohs · Sep 2022

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    Julia Higgins

    Julia Higgins on polymers · Nov 2016

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    Julia King

    Julia King on manipulating metals and decarbonising transport · Mar 2023

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    Julia Simner

    Julia Simner on tasty words and hearing colours · Dec 2025

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    Julia Slingo

    Julia Slingo · Apr 2014

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