# al-khalili (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover al-khalili. Page: Feed: --- ## [Dean Lomax on discovering ichthyosaurs and defying nay-sayers](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002vmd6) _2026-05-26 · The Life Scientific_ Have you ever been told you aren't good enough to do something, then gone ahead and proved the naysayers wrong by doing it anyway - in glorious, headline-grabbing style? That is the satisfying story of Dr Dean Lomax. Dean grew up in Doncaster with a passion for fossils but after failing various school exams, was told by teachers that he'd never make it as a palaeontologist. Undeterred by leaving… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nfw2wc.mp3) ## [Helen Hastie on the future of human-robot relations](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002v9cr) _2026-05-19 · The Life Scientific_ What if robots of the future weren’t just clever machines, performing tasks in isolation, but trusted teammates you could have a chat with? That could respond naturally to conversational cues and even explain their work? Making this relationship a reality is a focus for Helen Hastie, Professor of Human-Robot Interaction and Head of the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh. Helen’s… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0ndqnbz.mp3) ## [Seth Berkley on the importance of vaccinating the world](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tzpf) _2026-05-12 · The Life Scientific_ Dr Seth Berkley is an epidemiologist and global health leader whose career has been shaped by one central problem: vaccines save lives, but only if people can actually get them. His 40-year career has spanned the global, from helping to build Uganda’s first HIV surveillance system and founding the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative; to leading Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance for more than a decade –… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0nchnhm.mp3) ## [Hiranya Peiris on unravelling the story of the universe](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tpng) _2026-05-05 · The Life Scientific_ Hiranya Peiris is playing a starring role in a movie that promises to tell perhaps the greatest story of all time. However, it’s a movie with a difference – there’s no director and no script. The Legacy Survey of Space and Time is one of the most ambitious projects in the world of astronomy, with a mission to create a decade-long time-lapse movie of the visible universe, to answer fundamental… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0n9kbvn.mp3) ## [Washington Yotto Ochieng on the navigation tech that keeps our world moving](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002tbkb) _2026-04-28 · The Life Scientific_ As a child growing up on the shores of Lake Victoria in western Kenya, Washington Yotto Ochieng once watched a plane cross the night sky and told his mother he wished he could travel on it. But he remembers her encouraging him to dream bigger... Today, Washington is a Professor of Engineering at Imperial College London, and President of the Royal Institute of Navigation. Over a career bridging… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0n7w31b.mp3) ## [Lucy Carpenter on how our oceans are destroying ozone](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002t18r) _2026-04-21 · The Life Scientific_ Working on a remote tropical island in the Atlantic might sound like some sort of romantic idyll - but trying to conduct scientific research on a windy, isolated volanic outcrop is no picnic, as Lucy Carpenter can attest! Lucy is an atmopsheric chemist and a Professor at the University of York, whose work has helped to transform understanding of how oceans shape the air above them. She was one of… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0n7vx94.mp3) ## [Jens Juul Holst on the gut hormone discovery behind weight-loss drugs](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sn3m) _2026-04-14 · The Life Scientific_ As recently as a few years ago, the idea of a self-administered injection that would deliver proven weight-loss results might have sounded fantastical. Today, these medications are a reality and a global phenomenon; hailed in many quarters as “miracle drugs" for their success in treating obesity and diabetes. They do this by replicating a gut hormone called GLP‑1, which tells the brain you’ve… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0n4cp9h.mp3) ## [Jim Ashworth-Beaumont on how a near-fatal accident made him a better clinician](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002sf6b) _2026-04-07 · The Life Scientific_ It's a rare thing to encounter a medical specialist who has experience of his field from the expert and the patient perspective - but not unheard of... Jim Ashworth-Beaumont is an orthotist and prosthetist who spent years helping people adapt to life with artificial limbs and musculoskeletal supports, before a near-fatal accident left him relying on both. This twist of fate might have derailed… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0n4cnn1.mp3) ## [Jehane Ragai on the science of authenticating artworks](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002nv4z) _2026-01-27 · The Life Scientific_ Ever heard of the unsuccessful Dutch painter who decided to humiliate his critics by forging Vermeers, which the artworld subsequently dubbed 'masterpieces'? Or the businessman who bought a Marc Chagall painting that he displayed with pride for years, before a television investigation revealed to his horror that it was a fake? Today we're exploring the scientific techniques used to reveal forged… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0mq6y6v.mp3) ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/jn3GiyN9LiK1) _2026-01-27 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [Tony Juniper on parrots, princes and environmental protection](http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002ntnc) _2026-01-20 · The Life Scientific_ Tony Juniper is an environmentalist who has worn many hats, over the course of his career. After developing a passion for birds in childhood, his first job saw him working to save endangered parrots - including a successful effort to bring back the Spix's macaw from the edge of extinction. Tony went on to hold leading campaigning roles with some of the world's best known environmental… [Listen](http://open.live.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/6/redir/version/2.0/mediaset/audio-nondrm-download-rss/proto/http/vpid/p0mp3mvj.mp3)