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Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise

Blowflies may be reviled insects, but they are central to forensic entomology

• 27 mins

Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle

Erica McAlister on the innocuous black soldier fly and the Namib desert beetle

• 27 mins

The Evidence: Is the world becoming more allergic?

Exploring the effect science has on the world around us

• 49 mins

Metamorphosis: Bee brains and the cockroach

Erica McAlister on the bee intellect, and the nervous system of the cockroach

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Deborah Greaves

Jim Al-Khalili speaks to Deborah Greaves about wave energy and her love of the sea.

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Gideon Henderson

Gideon Henderson on climate 鈥榗locks鈥� and dating ice ages.

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Chris Barratt

Chris Barratt on head-banging sperm and a future male contraceptive pill.

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Bahija Jallal

Bahija Jallal on the biotech revolution in cancer therapies

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Paul Murdin

Paul Murdin on the first ever identification of a black hole

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Alex Antonelli

Alex Antonelli on learning from nature's biodiversity to adapt to climate change

• 27 mins

Tooth and Claw: Wolverines

Adam Hart investigates, do wolverines deserve their reputation for gluttony and ferocity?

• 27 mins

Tooth and Claw: Great White Sharks

Adam Hart investigates the most famous and feared predator in all the ocean!

• 27 mins

Tooth and Claw: Piranhas

Adam Hart investigates, do these South American fish deserve their frenzied reputation?

• 27 mins

Tooth and Claw: Cheetahs

The fastest land animal in the world 鈥� Adam Hart investigates the cheetah!

• 27 mins

Putting the Mouth Back into the Body

A look at the evidence that links the health of our mouths with the rest of our bodies.

• 49 mins

When does sitting become bad for health?

James Gallagher delves into the science to find out exactly how much sitting is too much?

• 26 mins

What's stopping us from exercising in older age?

James Gallagher tries to understand what holds us back from exercise as we age.

• 26 mins

The Life Scientific: Edward Witten

Physicist Edward Witten on M-Theory, the leading contender for a 'theory of everything'

• 26 mins

The Life Scientific: Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

Jim al-Khalili discusses monkey infanticide and human parenting with Sarah Hrdy

• 26 mins

The Life Scientific: Sarah Harper

Jim Al-Khalili talks to Professor Sarah Harper about societal ageing and falling fertility

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Sir Michael Berry

Professor Jim Al-Khalili meets one of Britain's greatest physicists, Sir Michael Berry.

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Cathie Sudlow

Jim Al-Khalili discusses population-wide health research with Professor Cathie Sudlow.

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Sir Harry Bhadeshia

Sir Harry Bhadeshia on his work in metallurgy and choreographing crystalline structures.

• 28 mins

The Life Scientific: Mercedes Maroto-Valer

Mercedes Maroto-Valer on making carbon dioxide useful.

• 27 mins

The Life Scientific: Michael Wooldridge

Michael Wooldridge, professor of Computer Science at the University of Oxford, talks AI

• 27 mins

Uncharted: The returning soldier

Uncharted with Hannah Fry

• 27 mins

Uncharted: The doctor will see you now

Two couples brought together by a tragedy and a tatty piece of paper with a serial number

• 27 mins

Uncharted: The happiness curve

Do orangutans, or humans, experience a midlife crisis? And, why happiness is U shaped

• 15 mins

Uncharted: The gossip mill

Gossip and rumour can affect morale but can the science of networks explain why?

• 27 mins

The Evidence: The science of the menopause

How is the menopause viewed around the world? Claudia Hammond unpacks the latest science

• 49 mins