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| Title | Date published | ||
| Drought, with Kevin Hiscock | 2022-08-11 | ||
| Instant Genius Update | 2022-08-07 | ||
| Seashells with Dr Helen Scales | 2022-08-07 | ||
| Inside the mind of a bee, with Prof Lars Chittka | 2022-07-31 | ||
| Deepfakes, with Sam Gregory | 2022-07-25 | ||
| The evolution of human childhood, with Dr Brenna Hassett | 2022-07-17 | ||
| The science of crabs, with Peter Davie | 2022-07-10 | ||
| Meteorites, with Dr Tim Gregory | 2022-07-03 | ||
| Animal senses, with Ed Yong | 2022-06-26 | ||
| Sloths, with Dr Rebecca Cliffe | 2022-06-19 | ||
| Bitcoin, with Brett Scott | 2022-06-12 | ||
| COVID numbers, with Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter | 2022-06-05 | ||
| The science of dreams, with Sidarta Ribeiro | 2022-05-29 | ||
| The body clock, with Prof Russell Foster | 2022-05-22 | ||
| Dog intelligence, with Jules Howard | 2022-05-15 | ||
| The first stars in the Universe, with Dr Emma Chapman | 2022-05-08 | ||
| Lichens, with Kerry Knudsen | 2022-05-01 | ||
| The origins of religion, with Robin Dunbar | 2022-04-24 | ||
| Sound in the animal kingdom, with David George Haskell | 2022-04-17 | ||
| Corals, with Dr Jamie Craggs | 2022-04-10 |