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Exchanges at the Frontier

A public audience test the world's leading scientists over the meaning of their work.

World Service,23 episodes

Episodes

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The Search for Neanderthal Genes
How much of a Neanderthal are you? Svante Paabo reveals the secrets of our genes
12 Mar 2016,49 mins
Supermassive Black Holes and the Evolution of Galaxies
A once in 10,000 year event gave astrophysicist Thaisa Storchi Bergman her eureka moment
05 Mar 2016,49 mins
The Search for Hunger Genes
Professor Sadaf Farooqi looks at why some people put on weight and others don’t
20 Feb 2016,49 mins
Is Pain an Emotion?
Irene Tracey known as the Queen of Pain shows how the brain can be easily tricked
13 Feb 2016,49 mins
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Genomics
Prof Nazneen Rahman and her search for genes that can cause cancer
17 Jan 2015,55 mins
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Robotics
Nasa engineer Ashitey Trebi-Ollenu explains how to drive a robot on Mars
24 Jan 2015,55 mins
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Saving Coral
Marine Biologist Mary Hagedorn has an innovative plan to save the coral reefs
31 Jan 2015,55 mins
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Emotion of Decision Making
Does emotion influence decision-making and do we make worse decisions as we get older?
07 Feb 2015,55 mins
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Drug Resistant Malaria
How do we halt the rise of drug resistant malaria? Nick White and Francois Nosten discuss
14 Mar 2015,55 mins
Bonnie Bassler, Professor of Molecular Biology
Can understanding of how bacteria communicate solve the problem of failing antibiotics?
08 Feb 2014,55 mins
Henry Markram, Director of the Human Brain Project
Building a super computer which will virtually replicate the human brain
15 Feb 2014,55 mins
Iain Couzin - Collective Animal Behaviour
Why do fish shoal, birds flock and locusts swarm?
22 Feb 2014,55 mins
Kay Redfield Jamison, Professor of Psychiatry
Psychologist Kay Redfield Jamison on the disastrous highs and lows of bipolar disorder
01 Mar 2014,55 mins
Jitendra Goswami
What is the motivation behind India's mission to Mars?
02 Nov 2013,55 mins
Lisa Randall - Professor of Physics
How many dimensions did the big bang bang?
16 Feb 2013,55 mins
Frances Ashcroft - Physiologist
Electrical charges in the human body - what are the implications for disease and cures?
09 Feb 2013,55 mins
Jeremy Farrar - Epidemiologist
What if anything can be done to allay the risks of global epidemics?
02 Feb 2013,55 mins
Robert Langer - Biochemical Engineer
What treatments are in the pipeline from the realm of medical tissue engineering?
26 Jan 2013,55 mins
Exchanges At The Frontier 2011
Episode 1 - Sir Paul Nurse
AC Grayling in conversation with Sir Paul Nurse, a Nobel Prize-winning cell biologist
55 mins
Exchanges At The Frontier 2011
Episode 2 - Vilayanur Ramachandran
AC Grayling in conversation with Vilayanur Ramachandran, the 'Marco Polo' of neuroscience
55 mins
Exchanges At The Frontier 2011
Episode 3 - Valerie Mizrahi
AC Grayling in conversation with Valerie Mizrahi, who has done ground-breaking work on TB.
55 mins
Exchanges At The Frontier 2011
Episode 4 - Gebisa Ejeta
AC Grayling in conversation with Gebisa Ejeta, can he help abolish famine world wide?
55 mins
Exchanges At The Frontier 2011
Episode 5 - Steven Pinker
AC Grayling in conversation with Steven Pinker, a leading authority on language and mind
55 mins