Vicky Tolfrey on parasport research and childhood dreams of the Olympics

Sports scientist Vicky Tolfrey on supporting para athletes and working with ParalympicsGB.

• 28 mins

Kip Thorne on black holes, Nobel Prizes and taking physics to Hollywood

Astrophysicist Kip Thorne discusses his career, from researching black holes to hit movies

• 35 mins

Bill Gates on vaccines, conspiracy theories and the pleasures of pickleball

Bill Gates talks philanthropy, the power of vaccines and dealing with conspiracy theories.

• 35 mins

Darren Croft on killer whale matriarchs and the menopause

Killer whale matriarchs, their dependent sons and the evolution of the menopause

• 28 mins

Ijeoma Uchegbu on using nanoparticles to transform medicines

Ijeoma Uchegbu on using nanoparticles to transform medicines.

• 28 mins

Peter Stott on climate change deniers and Italian inspiration

Climate scientist Peter Stott on taking on sceptics and modelling our climate impact.

• 28 mins

Rosalie David on the science of Egyptian mummies

Rosalie David on what mummies reveal about life, death and medicine in ancient Egypt

• 28 mins

Anna Korre on capturing carbon dioxide and defying expectations

Environmental engineer Anna Korre on the race to decarbonise British industry.

• 28 mins

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.

• 60 mins

Sir Magdi Yacoub on pioneering heart transplant surgery

Professor Sir Magdi Yacoub discusses his career at the cutting edge of transplant surgery.

• 28 mins

Tori Herridge on ancient dwarf elephants and frozen mammoths

Dr Tori Herridge on her fascination with Ice Age elephants and their evolutionary story.

• 28 mins

Doyne Farmer on making sense of chaos for a better world

Doyne Farmer on how predict the future to help prevent climate change and win at roulette.

• 28 mins

Jonathan Shepherd on a career as a crime-fighting surgeon

Surgeon Jonathan Shepherd on developing the Cardiff Model of Violence Prevention.

• 28 mins

Jacqueline McKinley on unearthing bones and stories at Britain's ancient burial sites

Jim Al-Khalili digs into the subterranean world of ancient bones with Jacqueline McKinley.

• 28 mins

Brian Schmidt on Nobel Prize-winning supernovae and the joys of making wine

Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist Brian Schmidt talks supernovae studies and wine-making.

• 28 mins

Anthony Fauci on a medical career navigating pandemics and presidents

Dr Anthony Fauci discusses his career spanning the worlds of medicine and politics.

• 45 mins

Liz Morris on Antarctic adventures and the melting polar ice sheets

Liz Morris discusses being in the first wave of UK women scientists to work in Antarctica.

• 28 mins

Neil Lawrence on taking down the 'digital oligarchy' and why we shouldn't fear AI

Neil Lawrence on why we needn't fear the power of AI

• 28 mins

Claudia de Rham on playing with gravity

Claudia de Rham on defying gravity and understanding its fundamental nature.

• 28 mins

Tim Coulson on how predators shape ecosystems and evolution

Professor Tim Coulson on how the wolves of Yellowstone National Park shape the ecosystem.

• 28 mins

Catherine Heymans on the lighter side of the dark universe

Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans talks telescopes, dark matter and comedy.

• 28 mins

Dame Pratibha Gai on training atoms to do what we want

Pratibha Gai on her microscope that brought chemical reactions into sharp focus.

• 28 mins