Becky Ripley and Emily Knight examine the naked mole rat, an unusually resilient rodent, which seems to defy the mammalian laws of aging. Should we strive to defy those laws too? Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight tune in to the sounds that frighten us the most, and investigate their evolutionary origins. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight explore the sophisticated world of animal culture, via a forest full of great tits. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight look to the freeze-thaw abilities of the North American wood frog to ask whether we can freeze ourselves in order to return to a future world. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight celebrate the intelligence of slime mould. How can these brainless single-cell organisms help to solve our most complex problems? Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight explore the neural network of an octopus to question the divide that we feel between the mind and the body. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight find out who to trust, who not to trust, and how to make friends, with the help of a mob of mongooses. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight investigate what's going on in our brains - and the brains of some birds - that makes us want to groove. Show more

Does giving rights to rivers and forests change how we think about the world around us?

Should we be doing a whole lot more... nothing?

What can we learn about culture and creativity from a forest full of Great Tits?

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight examine individualism. Via a colonial jellyfish. Are we one or are we many? Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight delve into an anthill to see what ants can teach us about surviving a pandemic. From self-isolation to social distancing, the ants lead the way. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight watch the idea of the self dissolve before their eyes, thanks to the humble sea sponge. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight explore what the swirling patterns in a starling murmuration can tell us about our own social networks, and the way our ideas ripple through them. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight take lessons on love and how to be faithful from a rodent the size of a satsuma. Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight are lost in the woods without a compass. Can insights from the animal kingdom help them navigate? And can dog poo help them out? Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight traverse the sex and gender spectrum, making several stops along the way. With help from the birds and the bees, dragon lizards, and a tangle of DNA Show more

Becky Ripley and Emily Knight get lessons from a cuckoo chick, on why we want the things we want, and why our desires sometimes pull us in unexpected directions. Show more

A herd of elephants, a murder mystery, and a lesson on the importance of fatherhood. Becky Ripley and Emily Knight investigate. Show more