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Name First Aired Runtime Image
S2018E01 New Discoveries in Population Genetics - with Enrico Coen
January 3, 2018
54
S2018E02 The Apocalypse and How to Avoid It
January 10, 2018
44
S2018E03 Beyond the Higgs: What's Next for the LHC? - with Harry Cliff
January 17, 2018
59
S2018E04 The Chemistry of Fire and Gunpowder - with Andrew Szydlo
January 24, 2018
102
S2018E05 How do Microbes Survive in Stomach Acid? - Monthly Mailbag #12
January 31, 2018
5
S2018E06 The Universe Beyond Visible Light - with Jen Gupta
February 8, 2018
53
S2018E07 Laryngoscopy of an Opera Singer - 2017 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
February 9, 2018
4
S2018E08 Brann the Clever Raven - 2017 CHRISTMAS LECTURES
February 15, 2018
4
S2018E09 How We Measure the World - with Michael de Podesta
February 21, 2018
34
S2018E10 Ape Communication - CHRISTMAS LECTURES 2017
February 22, 2018
5
S2018E11 Constructing the Future: Crossrail and Beyond
February 28, 2018
51
S2018E12 Mapping Particle Physics - with Jon Butterworth
March 7, 2018
46
S2018E13 The Science of Vortex Rings
March 14, 2018
4
S2018E14 Emerging Technologies That Will Improve and/or Ruin Everything - with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
March 22, 2018
43
S2018E15 Why do Shower Curtains Billow Inwards? - Monthly Mailbag #14
March 28, 2018
5
S2018E16 Exclusive: New Technology Unveiled at the Ri
April 1, 2018
4
S2018E17 We Need to Talk About Physics - with Helen Czerski
April 4, 2018
59
S2018E18 Astrobiology and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life - with Ian Crawford
April 11, 2018
35
S2018E19 Studying Saturn: The Legacy of the Cassini Mission - with Michele Dougherty
April 18, 2018
55
S2018E20 Do Your Genes Make You Fat? - with Giles Yeo
April 26, 2018
57
S2018E21 Quantum Computing: Untangling the Hype
May 2, 2018
93
S2018E22 What Makes a Memory Come Alive? - with Jon Simons
May 9, 2018
50
S2018E23 Non-Euclidean Geometry of a Sphere - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
May 11, 2018
222
S2018E24 The Ri is on Patreon!
May 16, 2018
1
S2018E25 What We Eat Matters - with Giles Yeo
May 16, 2018
2
S2018E26 Surface Area to Volume Ratios - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
May 18, 2018
888
S2018E27 Building a Big Bang Machine on the Moon - with James Beacham
May 23, 2018
60
S2018E28 The Mathematics of Walking and Gait - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
May 25, 2018
555
S2018E29 The ABC of Smart Machines - with Danielle George
May 30, 2018
49
S2018E30 Properties of Resistors - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
June 1, 2018
333
S2018E31 Why the #$@&% Does Swearing Reduce Pain?
June 6, 2018
4
S2018E32 Visualising Brownian Motion - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
June 8, 2018
333
S2018E33 The Physics and Philosophy of Time - with Carlo Rovelli
June 13, 2018
54
S2018E34 Types of Oscillators - Christmas Lectures with Philip Morrison
June 15, 2018
555
S2018E35 Swearing is Good for You - with Emma Byrne Q&A
June 20, 2018
36
S2018E36 Measuring the Average Foot - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
June 22, 2018
444
S2018E37 What Happens Inside a Proton Collision? - with James Beacham
June 26, 2018
4
S2018E38 Augmented Intelligence
June 27, 2018
72
S2018E39 Velocity of a Bullet - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
June 29, 2018
555
S2018E40 The Physics and Psychology of Colour - with Andrew Hanson
July 4, 2018
36
S2018E41 The Laser Eavesdropper - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
July 6, 2018
3
S2018E42 Smart Materials of the Future - with Anna Ploszajski
July 11, 2018
28
S2018E43 The Doppler Effect - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
July 13, 2018
2
S2018E44 Algorithms That Control Our Lives - with David Sumpter
July 18, 2018
48
S2018E45 Seeing in the Dark - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
July 20, 2018
4
S2018E46 The Future of Crime Detection and Prevention
July 25, 2018
44
S2018E47 What's a Laserdisc? - Christmas Lectures with RV Jones
July 27, 2018
8
S2018E48 What is Loop Quantum Gravity - with Carlo Rovelli
July 30, 2018
2
S2018E49 Liquid Metal Embrittlement - Gallium vs. Aluminium
August 1, 2018
4
S2018E50 The Golden Angle - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart
August 6, 2018
11
S2018E51 The Neurobiology of Epilepsy - with Suzanne O’Sullivan
August 8, 2018
51
S2018E52 The Mathematics of Locomotion - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart
August 10, 2018
8
S2018E53 Origins of the Laws of Nature - Peter Atkins
August 15, 2018
49
S2018E54 The Monty Hall Problem - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart
August 17, 2018
7
S2018E55 How To Make Bath Bombs
August 20, 2018
3
S2018E56 The Neuroscience of the Teenage Brain - with Sarah-Jayne Blakemore
August 22, 2018
56
S2018E57 Fractals: The Geometry of Chaos - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart
August 24, 2018
4
S2018E58 The Physics of Hot Air - with Shaun Fitzgerald
August 29, 2018
60
S2018E59 The Belousov-Zhabotinsky Reaction - Christmas Lectures with Ian Stewart
August 31, 2018
2
S2018E60 The Science of Psychedelics - with Michael Pollan
September 5, 2018
52
S2018E61 Electron Microscopy - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close
September 7, 2018
3
S2018E62 Liquid Nitrogen and the Leidenfrost Effect
September 12, 2018
3
S2018E63 The Cloud Chamber - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close
September 14, 2018
2
S2018E64 PTSD, Psychological Trauma and Head Injuries
September 19, 2018
51
S2018E65 Visualising Antimatter with Bubble Chambers - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close
September 21, 2018
5
S2018E66 Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Quantum Physics is Different - with Philip Ball
September 26, 2018
42
S2018E67 How to Store Food with Science
September 27, 2018
5
S2018E68 What Keeps a Nucleus Together? - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close
September 28, 2018
4
S2018E69 The End of the Universe - with Geraint Lewis
October 3, 2018
57
S2018E70 Looking for Dark Matter - Christmas Lectures with Frank Close
October 8, 2018
6
S2018E71 Black Scientists: Past, Present and Future
October 10, 2018
88
S2018E72 The Standard Model - with Harry Cliff
October 11, 2018
12
S2018E73 What is Bandwidth? - Christmas Lectures with David Pye
October 12, 2018
7
S2018E74 How to Make a Fire Tornado (A Wee One)
October 17, 2018
5
S2018E75 Firefly Signalling - Christmas Lectures with David Pye
October 19, 2018
3
S2018E76 Are We Ready for the Next Pandemic? - with Peter Piot
October 24, 2018
61
S2018E77 Optical Fiber Cables - Christmas Lectures with David Pye
October 29, 2018
8
S2018E78 How to Make a Simple Battery
October 30, 2018
5
S2018E79 Blockchain: Hope or Hype? - John Domingue & Sajida Zouarhi
October 31, 2018
48
S2018E80 Using Radar to Detect and Identify Movement - Christmas Lectures with David Pye
November 2, 2018
5
S2018E81 What Makes Us Human? - with Adam Rutherford
November 7, 2018
53
S2018E82 How Do Nerve Cells Carry Information? - Christmas Lectures with David Pye
November 9, 2018
9
S2018E83 Why is Cracking a Whip So Loud?
November 14, 2018
5
S2018E84 Checking the Weather Report in 1985 - Christmas Lectures with David Pye
November 16, 2018
3
S2018E85 Hyperloop and the Future of Transport Technology - with Anita Sengupta
November 21, 2018
41
S2018E86 How Do Maglev Trains Work? - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder
November 23, 2018
5
S2018E87 Can You Help Us Find the Missing Christmas Lectures
November 24, 2018
2
S2018E88 Synthetic Intelligence - with Zdenka Kuncic
November 28, 2018
40
S2018E89 How Jets Are Used to Attitude Control Satellites - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder
November 30, 2018
3
S2018E90 How Particle Accelerators Are Used to Cure Cancer - with Simon Jolly
December 5, 2018
58
S2018E91 Visualising Resonance - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder
December 11, 2018
4
S2018E92 How Is Black Fire Made?
December 12, 2018
3
S2018E93 A Boy, a Robot and a Buzz Wire - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder
December 17, 2018
7
S2018E94 Andrew Szydlo's Chemistry of Coal
December 19, 2018
78
S2018E95 What Keeps Airplanes Up? - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder
December 22, 2018
3
S2018E96 How Can Science Be More Open? - with Alice Williamson
December 26, 2018
44
S2018E97 Early 3D Movement Analysis - Christmas Lectures with Leonard Maunder
season finale
December 28, 2018
3

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