Series 1

Episode 12

First broadcast ahead of 2014 Commonwealth Games, Pennie Latin explores competitiveness.

• 28 mins

Series 1

Edinburgh Science Festival

Mark Stephen presents a special edition of Brainwaves from the Edinburgh Science Festival.

• 28 mins

For the love of bog

Pennie Latin takes a look at our rare and scientifically remarkable Scottish peat bogs.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Light

Pennie Latin explores the impact light has on people's lives.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Episode 2

Pennie Latin meets Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, president of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Episode 3

Pennie Latin investigates cyber security and privacy.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Episode 4

Pennie Latin meets Professor Karen Vousden, director of Cancer Research UK.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Episode 5

Professor June Andrews of Stirling University talks to Pennie Latin about dementia.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Monkey Business

Pennie Latin visits the Living Links Centre for the study of primates at Edinburgh Zoo.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Episode 7

Pennie Latin meets leading forensic pathologist Professor James Grieve.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Episode 8

Pennie Latin talks to Professor Stuart Cunningham, named oceanographer of the year in 2014

• 28 mins

Series 2

Episode 9

Pennie Latin explores the different ways that sounds affect people.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Caroline Watt

Pennie Latin meets Dr Caroline Watt, a founder member of the Koestler Parapsychology Unit.

• 28 mins

Series 2

The Future of Blood

Pennie Latin investigates the pioneering work in Scotland into the manufacture of blood.

• 28 mins

Series 2

Episode 14

Pennie Latin visits the Edinburgh Science Festival to explore male and female brains.

• 28 mins

Donating your body to science

Pennie Latin considers whether she would or could donate her body to science

• 28 mins

Series 3

Handedness

Pennie Latin explores what determines handedness and the effects of hand dominance.

• 28 mins

Series 3

The Flu Virus

Pennie Latin hears why flu is a worldwide problem and learns about the battle against it.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Peter Higgs

Pennie Latin meets Nobel Prize-winning physicist Professor Peter Higgs.

• 28 mins

Series 3

The Psychology of Cheating

Pennie Latin explores what drives people to deceive, dupe and defraud.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Lee Cronin

Pennie Latin meets Professor Lee Cronin, who talks about recreating the origins of life.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Biometrics

Pennie Latin explores the personal world of biometrics.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Dame Anne Glover

Pennie Latin talks to Professor Dame Anne Glover about communicating science.

• 28 mins

Series 3

The Queensferry Crossing

Pennie Latin explores the science involved in the construction of the Queensferry Crossing

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Andrew Morris

Professor Andrew Morris talks about how access to personal data has changed healthcare.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Hydrogen power

Pennie Latin explores whether hydrogen could be the power source of the future.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Professor Geoff Palmer

Pennie Latin talks to Geoff Palmer, the UK's first professor of brewing and distilling.

• 28 mins

Series 3

Rank and Hierarchy

Pennie Latin looks at the role of rank and hierarchy in society.

• 28 mins

Memories are made of this

Pennie Latin explores how the brain makes and retrieves memories.

• 28 mins

Series 4

The Selfie

Pennie Latin explores whether there is more to a selfie than mere self-obsession.

• 28 mins