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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   Stephen Reicher

   Stephen Reicher on the psychology of crowds · Mar 2018

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   Steve Cowley

   Steve Cowley on Nuclear Fusion · Oct 2017

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   Sunetra Gupta

   Sunetra Gupta · Sep 2012

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   Susan Jebb

   Susan Jebb on nutrition · Apr 2015

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   Susannah Maidment

   Susannah Maidment on stegosaurs · Jan 2020

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   Tamsin Edwards

   Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science · Jun 2021

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   Tamsin Mather

   Tamsin Mather on what volcanic plumes reveal about our planet · May 2017

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   Tejinder Virdee

   Tejinder Virdee · Mar 2012

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   Theresa Marteau

   Theresa Marteau on how to change behaviour · Apr 2021

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    Tim Birkhead

    Tim Birkhead on bird promiscuity · Oct 2017

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    Tim Clutton-Brock

    Tim Clutton-Brock on meerkats, red deer and evolution · Oct 2021

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    Tim Coulson

    Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution · Jun 2025

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    Tim Hunt

    Tim Hunt · Dec 2011

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    Tony Juniper

    Tony Juniper on parrots, princes and environmental protection · Jan 2026

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    Tony Ryan

    Tony Ryan · Feb 2012

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    Tori Herridge

    Tori Herridge on ancient dwarf elephants and frozen mammoths · Mar 2025

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    Tracey Rogers

    Tracey Rogers on leopard seals and Antarctica · Sep 2017

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    Turi King

    DNA detective Turi King · Jul 2019

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    Valerie Beral

    Valerie Beral · Feb 2013

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    Veronica van Heyningen

    Veronica van Heyningen · Apr 2014

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    Vicky Tolfrey

    Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics · Jul 2024

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    Vikram Patel

    Vikram Patel · Mar 2014

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    Vlatko Vedral

    Vlatko Vedral on the universe as quantum information · Jun 2022

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    Washington Yotto Ochieng

    Washington Yotto Ochieng on the navigation tech that keeps our world moving · Apr 2026

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    Wendy Barclay

    Wendy Barclay and the flu virus · Jan 2018

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    Zoe Shipton

    Zoe Shipton on fracking · Jul 2014

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