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September 14 · 26 min
Women Not Included: Consumer Products
In a world not designed for women, everyday products ignore women’s real needs.
September 7 · 26 min
Women not included: Medical devices
In a world not designed for women, devices put inside of female bodies pose hidden risks
August 31 · 26 min
Women not included: Artificial Intelligence
In a world not designed for women, AI reveals its hidden gender biases.
August 24 · 26 min
Women Not Included: Urban Planning
In a world not designed for women, the urban landscape reveals who it was really built for
August 17 · 26 min
Women Not Included: Safety Equipment
In a world not designed for women, tools meant to protect can leave many exposed.
August 10 · 26 min
Women Not Included: Drugs and clinical trials
In a world not designed for women, medicine built for male bodies puts people at risk
June 22 · 26 min
The friendly virus
As antibiotics start to fail, are we ready to enter the age of phage?
June 15 · 26 min
The Life Scientific: Dean Lomax
Dean Lomax on his unconventional route into palaeontology and making BIG discoveries.
June 8 · 26 min
The Life Scientific: Helen Hastie
Professor Helen Hastie on the positive future role for robots in our world.
June 1 · 26 min
The Life Scientific: Seth Berkley
Epidemiologist Seth Berkley on a career trying to get vaccines to those in need.
May 25 · 26 min
The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris
Hiranya Peiris on discovering the origin and evolution of the universe.
May 18 · 26 min
The Life Scientific: Washington Yotto Ochieng
Washington Yotto Ochieng reveals just how dependent we are on navigation systems like GPS
May 11 · 26 min
The Life Scientific: Lucy Carpenter
Atmospheric chemist Lucy Carpenter explains how natural marine processes impact ozone.
May 4 · 26 min
The Life Scientific: Jens Juul Holst
Physiologist Jens Juul Holst on how gut hormone GLP-1 paved the way for weight loss drugs
April 27 · 26 min
The Life Scientific: Jim Ashworth-Beaumont
Orthotist Jim Ashworth-Beaumont on how the body can adapt to life-changing injuries.
April 20 · 26 min
Inside Universe 25
What we can learn about the psychology of crowding from one man, and two thousand mice?
April 13 · 26 min
Dark Breath
The story of a scientific surprise and what happened next.
April 6 · 29 min
Superbugs: Resistance Rising Part 3
Antibiotic resistant bacteria is rising; is a great global crisis on the horizon?
March 30 · 26 min
Superbugs: Resistance rising, part 2
Antibiotic resistant bacteria is rising; is a great global crisis on the horizon?
March 23 · 29 min
Superbugs: Resistance rising, part 1
Antibiotic resistant bacteria is rising - is a great global crisis on the horizon?

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