Instant Genius

476 Episodes

1. Meet the computer scientist teaching an AI to play Dungeons and Dragons

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

   Published: 8/03/2021
3. How to maximise your motivation, according to a neuroscientist

   Published: 1/03/2021
4. Inside the February issue with the BBC Science Focus team

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

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

   Published: 8/02/2021
7. The psychology of the sea shanty: Why work songs are such earworms

   Published: 1/02/2021
8. Team talk: Beating pandemic burnout, the seasons of you and a daring giraffe rescue

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

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

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

    Published: 4/01/2021
12. Marcus Chown: Does the Big Bang really explain our Universe?

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

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

    Published: 21/12/2020
15. Dr Pete Etchells: Do video games encourage gambling behaviour?

    Published: 14/12/2020
16. Christmas Lectures 2020: How can we look after our planet?

    Published: 7/12/2020
17. Inside the December issue with the BBC Science Focus team

    Published: 30/11/2020
18. Genes and heredity - Everything you ever wanted to know about... the biology of life with Sir Paul Nurse

    Published: 25/11/2020
19. Cells - Everything you ever wanted to know about... the biology of life with Sir Paul Nurse

    Published: 23/11/2020
20. Dr Douglas Vakoch: Should we try to contact aliens?

    Published: 16/11/2020