Instant Genius

482 Episodes

1. The future of human flight, with real-life Iron Man Richard Browning

   Published: 26/04/2021
2. Why realistic humanoid robots need to learn to lip-sync

   Published: 19/04/2021
3. How to understand statistics in the news and when to trust them

   Published: 12/04/2021
4. The bizarre biology of the mantis shrimp

   Published: 05/04/2021
5. The creator of Bellingcat on using the internet to investigate global affairs

   Published: 29/03/2021
6. Prof Avi Loeb on what 'Oumuamua tells us about the problem with modern physics

   Published: 22/03/2021
7. Meet the computer scientist teaching an AI to play Dungeons and Dragons

   Published: 15/03/2021
8. International Women’s Day: The forgotten female scientists of history

   Published: 08/03/2021
9. How to maximise your motivation, according to a neuroscientist

   Published: 01/03/2021
10. Inside the February issue with the BBC Science Focus team

    Published: 21/02/2021
11. Mental health and your brain: What happens when it goes wrong

    Published: 15/02/2021
12. Why rewilding success stories make us hopeful for the future

    Published: 08/02/2021
13. The psychology of the sea shanty: Why work songs are such earworms

    Published: 01/02/2021
14. Team talk: Beating pandemic burnout, the seasons of you and a daring giraffe rescue

    Published: 25/01/2021
15. Why you can’t multitask (and why that’s a good thing)

    Published: 18/01/2021
16. How virtual reality is helping patients with phobias, anxiety disorders and more

    Published: 11/01/2021
17. How a scientist used viruses to save her husband’s life from a superbug

    Published: 04/01/2021
18. Marcus Chown: Does the Big Bang really explain our Universe?

    Published: 28/12/2020
19. End of year roundup: The non-COVID science that brought us joy in 2020

    Published: 24/12/2020
20. Prof John Drury: The psychology of lockdowns

    Published: 21/12/2020