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Season 2018

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  • Created December 31, 2018
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Name First Aired Runtime Image
S2018E01 A map of the invisible: mapping particle physics + Q&A (Jon Butterworth)
January 16, 2018
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S2018E02 Are your genes to blame when your jeans don’t fit? + Q&A (Giles Yeo)
January 26, 2018
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S2018E03 Swearing is good for you + Q&A (Emma Byrne)
February 8, 2018
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S2018E04 [NYP] Into the grey zone (Adrian Owen)
February 12, 2018
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S2018E05 Postcards from Saturn: the legacy of the Cassini mission + Q&A (Michele Dougherty)
February 23, 2018
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S2018E06 [NYP] The origin of life (Philip Ball & Nick Lane)
March 2, 2018
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S2018E07 Quantum computing: untangling the hype (Artur Ekert, Harry Buhrman & Philip Ball)
March 13, 2018
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S2018E08 The physics and psychology of colour (Andrew Hanson)
March 19, 2018
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S2018E09 Smart materials of the future (Anna Ploszajski)
March 19, 2018
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S2018E10 [NYP] The unnatural nature of natural history museums (Jack Ashby)
March 19, 2018
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S2018E11 The subjective experience of remembering + Q&A (Jon Simons)
March 23, 2018
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S2018E12 A Big Bang machine on the moon + Q&A (James Beacham)
March 27, 2018
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S2018E13 The ABC of smart machines + Q&A (Danielle George)
April 26, 2018
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S2018E14 The order of time: the physics and philosophy + Q&A (Carlo Rovelli)
April 30, 2018
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S2018E15 The future of crime detection and prevention + Q&A (Gloria Laycock, Mark Girolami & Adrian Weller)
May 8, 2018
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S2018E16 Brainstorm: detective stories from the world of neurology + Q&A (Suzanne O’Sullivan)
May 10, 2018
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S2018E17 Operating at the boundaries: Augmented intelligence + Q&A (Martha Imprialou, Dr Karina Vold & James Hewitt)
May 16, 2018
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S2018E18 Outnumbered: Exploring the algorithms that control our lives + Q&A (David Sumpter)
May 17, 2018
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S2018E19 Conjuring the universe + Q&A (Peter Atkins)
May 21, 2018
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S2018E20 The physics of hot air + Q&A (Shaun Fitzgerald)
May 24, 2018
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S2018E21 Inventing ourselves: The secret life of the teenage brain + Q&A (Sarah-Jayne Blakemore)
June 4, 2018
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S2018E22 How to change your mind: the science of psychedelics + Q&A (Michael Pollan)
June 11, 2018
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S2018E23 The traumatised brain: PTSD, psychological trauma and head injuries + Q&A (Alexander Wieck Fjaeldstad & Morten Kringelbach)
June 12, 2018
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S2018E24 Beyond weird: why everything you thought you knew about quantum physics is different + Q&A (Philip Ball)
June 20, 2018
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S2018E25 Are we eeady for the next pandemic? + Q&A (Peter Piot)
June 29, 2018
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S2018E26 The art of logic: how to think like a mathematician + Q&A (Eugenia Cheng)
July 2, 2018
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S2018E27 The end of time: The future history of the Universe + Q&A (Geraint Lewis)
July 24, 2018
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S2018E28 Synthetic intelligence + Q&A (Zdenka Kuncic)
July 26, 2018
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S2018E29 [NYP] Engineering at the speed of light (Anita Sengupta)
September 2, 2018
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S2018E30 The Hyperloop: the future of green high-speed transportation + Q&A (Anita Sengupta)
September 3, 2018
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S2018E31 The book of humans: the story of how we became us + Q&A (Adam Rutherford)
September 12, 2018
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S2018E32 Blockchain: hope or hype? + Q&A (John Domingue & Sajida Zouarhi)
September 24, 2018
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S2018E33 What are museums for in the 21st century? + Q&A (Tristram Hunt)
September 28, 2018
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S2018E34 Regenerative medicine: a biological boost + Q&A (Paolo De Coppi & Prof Pamela Habibović)
October 1, 2018
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S2018E35 [NYP] Black History Month: balancing the equation (Alex Lathbridge, Riham Satti, Dr Segun Fatumo & Lisa Kennedy)
October 8, 2018
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S2018E36 Operating at the boundaries: diversity of perspective (Alice Breeden, Diana Biggs & Gina Neff) + Q&A
October 10, 2018
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S2018E37 Proton beam therapy: how the Large Hadron Collider cures cancer + Q&A (Simon Jolly)
October 12, 2018
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S2018E38 Innate: How the wiring of our brains shapes who we are + Q&A (Kevin Mitchell)
October 25, 2018
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S2018E39 [NYP] Robotics: natural efficiencies (Adrian Thomas)
October 26, 2018
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S2018E40 [NYP] Blueprint: how DNA makes us who we are (Robert Plomin)
October 29, 2018
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S2018E41 [NYP] The life-changing magic of numbers (Bobby Seagull)
October 31, 2018
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S2018E42 [NYP] The secret life of science: how science really works and why it matters (Jeremy Baumberg)
November 1, 2018
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S2018E43 [NYP] Catalysts and chemistry: building a sustainable future (Bert Weckhuysen)
November 2, 2018
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S2018E44 Black magic: the extraordinary history of coal (Andrew Szydlo)
November 3, 2018
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S2018E45 [NYP] Hello world: how to be human in the age of the machine (Hannah Fry)
series finale
November 30, 2018
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S2018E45 Hello world: how to be human in the age of the machine (Hannah Fry)
November 30, 2018
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