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Series 4

The Selfie

Pennie Latin explores whether there is more to a selfie than mere self-obsession.

• 28 mins

Series 4

The Anatomy of a Stroke

Pennie Latin explores what happens inside the brain during a stroke.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Professor Iain Stewart

Pennie Latin meets Iain Stewart, professor of geoscience communication.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Urban Mining

Pennie Latin explores how gold is being recovered from unused smartphones.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Antimicrobial Resistance

Pennie Latin looks at how Scotland is trying to fight antimicrobial resistance.

• 28 mins

Series 4

The Northern Lights

Pennie Latin meets Dr Melanie Windridge to hear about the science of the Northern Lights.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Soundscape Ecology

Pennie Latin explores how sound reflects the evolving world we live in.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Professor Richard Morris

Pennie Latin talks to Prof Richard Morris about how the brain and memory create identity.

• 28 mins

Series 4

The Moon

Pennie Latin looks at the race to return to the moon.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Fracking

Pennie Latin explores the science of fracking.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Professor Vincent Janik

Pennie Latin explores dolphin communication with Professor Vincent Janik.

• 28 mins

Series 4

Professor Lorna Dawson

Pennie Latin meets forensic soil scientist Professor Lorna Dawson.

• 28 mins

Series 5

The Adolescent Brain

Pennie Latin examines how our brains evolve and develop as we go through adolescence.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Snow and Ice

Pennie Latin explores the science of snow and ice.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Child Tissue Donation

Pennie Latin talks to Sarah Gray about donating her child's tissue to scientific research.

• 28 mins

Series 5

The Scottish Wildcat

Pennie Latin explores efforts to save the endangered Scottish Wildcat.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Prof Sethu Vijayakumar

Pennie Latin meets Sethu Vijayakumar, Professor of Robotics at the University of Edinburgh

• 28 mins

Series 5

ME - The Invisible Disease

Brainwaves on ME - confusion, misunderstanding, misdirection, misdiagnosis and misery.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Dr Thomas Bak

Should we offer language classes on the NHS? Pennie Latin meets Dr Thomas Bak.

• 28 mins

Series 5

How to Stay Sharp

Pennie Latin meets Dr Alan Gow to find out how we can stay sharper for longer into life.

• 28 mins

Series 5

An Adventure in Skin

Pennie Latin delves through the layers the largest organ of the body, our skin.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Professor Tracey Wilkinson

Pennie Latin meets anatomist Professor Tracey Wilkinson.

• 28 mins

Series 5

Nuclear waste and the F word with Professor Polly Arnold

Pennie Latin meets Professor Polly Arnold, from the University of Edinburgh.

• 28 mins

Series 5

The Problem with Plastic

Pennie Latin explores what is the big problem with plastic.

• 28 mins

Series 6

Silence

Shhh...Pennie Latin goes in search of a silent antidote to the frenzy of festive noise!

• 30 mins

Series 6

Beyond the Bomb

Eighty years on, Brainwaves considers the scientific fallout of nuclear weapons.

• 27 mins

Series 6

Tales from the dark side with Professor Catherine Heymans

Professor Catherine Heymans on life exploring the dark side of the Universe

• 28 mins

Series 6

A Monster of a Loch

Pennie Latin discovers why Scotland's monster loch is rich for scientific exploration.

• 28 mins

Series 6

Professor James Boardman

Professor James Boardman discusses his work into understanding premature births.

• 28 mins

Series 6

Love, Life and Algorithms

Pennie Latin decodes the latest weapon of mathematical domination. The algorithm.

• 28 mins