Cooking Oils

Which cooking oils are best for your health?

Next-gen batteries and 'dark oxygen'

Is it time to replace the little chemical factories in our pockets with something better?

Introducing two special Just One Thing programmes

Sara Cox has news of a two-part TV series celebrating Michael Mosley’s life and legacy.

Series 3: Exercise

S3. Ep 8 - Activity Revolution

The Van Tulleken twins explore the science of exercise and the dangers of inactivity.

Series 2

11. Why do we gossip?

Join anthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi as she delves into the origens of gossip.

Collectors: Charles Darwin

A life-long collector of curiosities, Darwin saw massive significance in tiny changes.

Series 31

An Unexpected History of the Body

Brian Cox and Robin Ince dissect the Royal Society archives with Ed Byrne and guests.

Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence

Can we change violent minds?

In her final Reith Lecture, Dr Gwen Adshead asks if we can change violent minds.

Will AI Eat Itself?

Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong uncover what happens when you feed an AI its own output.

Body Clock

Tick, tock! What is your body clock and is it possible to change it?

Episode 5: The Christmas Witches

We follow a procession of the candle-crowned young witches of Finland's St. Lucy Festival.

How Awe Helps You Navigate Life's Challenges

The Science of Happiness podcast explores how embracing awe can uplift caregivers.

Series 1

Introducing What? Seriously??

Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie are joined by experts to unravel some very suprising tales.

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

Jim Al-Khalili talks to Tim Peake in a special event recorded at London's Royal Society.

Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams

The latest science news, plus Titans of Science returns with Marc Abrahams.

Series 2

7. Bonus Episode - Extra Dose

A Petri dish of funny and fascinating extra unheard bits from Series 2.

Series 1

27. Birthday Cake

It’s here. The first birthday. Cake, balloons, fuss. We reflect on the last 12 months.

13. Legacy

India considers how witches today are a powerful way of resisting and addressing the past.

Understanding Others

Adam Walton explores communication between neurodivergent and neurotypical people.

Bonus: The Global Story

Why everyone wants to get back to the moon – a special episode

6. The Microdoctrine

Final episode of the LSD saga about an attempt to spark a revolution of the mind.

Professor Kathy Willis

Martha Kearney meets Kathy Willis, Professor of Biodiversity at Oxford University.

Insects and mobile phone

Smart phones could become even smarter – thanks to ants, beetles, moths and spiders!

Sloth

Becky Ripley and Sophie Ward delve into the psychology of the seven sins. Last up: sloth.

Omnibus

Presenters Andrew and Richard look back over their four-year odyssey to find the yeti.

Restoring nature for all

We visit a major project in the north of England that is restoring a damaged landscape

Newgenics

Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?

8. An Answer

Speculation that newly declassified US intelligence will contain smoking-gun evidence.

8. I Sung of Chaos

Is Silicon Valley’s radical experiment to connect the world about to implode?

Sleeper Train

Overnight trains weave their way across Ukraine through sounds gathered in 2017.