Ranked #1
Level Up Human S2E9 - Snake skin
Level Up Human S2E9 - Snake skin
In the last of our Barbican centre recordings from November 2019, Simon and Rachel are souping up the homo sapien once a... Read more
25 Mar 2020
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41mins
Ranked #2
Level Up Human S2E8 - Uber Ovaries
Level Up Human S2E8 - Uber Ovaries
Simon and Rachel are souping up Homo sapiens once again, live at the Barbican Centre with guest experts: reproductive ph... Read more
11 Mar 2020
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48mins
Ranked #3
Level Up Human S2E5 - Poo-mail
Level Up Human S2E5 - Poo-mail
Simon and Rachel are live at the Bluedot festival. They are joined by geomicrobiologist, Sarah Jones, and Holly Shiels, ... Read more
29 Jan 2020
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53mins
Ranked #4
Level Up Human S2E4 - Human homing pigeon
Level Up Human S2E4 - Human homing pigeon
Simon and Rachel are joined by writer and computer scientist Dr. Kate Devlin and digital artist Eric Drass.Episode summa... Read more
4 Dec 2019
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40mins
Ranked #5
Level Up Human S2E3 - 14 senses
Level Up Human S2E3 - 14 senses
Simon and Rachel are joined at the Barbican centre by renal-cardiovascular physiologist Keith Siew and evolutionary psyc... Read more
20 Nov 2019
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43mins
Ranked #6
LUH Extra 13 - Lab Grown Meat
LUH Extra 13 - Lab Grown Meat
Rach and Simon dive into lab grown meat. Would you eat it, what are the pros and cons and as always, is this the beginni... Read more
22 Mar 2018
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21mins
Ranked #7
LUH Extra 12 - Gene Drives
LUH Extra 12 - Gene Drives
Simon and Rach take a deep dive into gene drives this week, examining the work being done to make island conservation le... Read more
8 Mar 2018
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22mins
Ranked #8
LUH Extra 11 - 3D Printing and Generative Design
LUH Extra 11 - 3D Printing and Generative Design
Simon and Rachel are bickering again, this time about 3D printing. Is it old news, or are recent developments in generat... Read more
22 Feb 2018
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27mins
Ranked #9
LUH Extra 5 - Co-evolving with Robots
LUH Extra 5 - Co-evolving with Robots
Simon and Rachel consider co-evolving with AI. Plus! Space salad, seaweed glitter, how spinach is a fraud and why you sh... Read more
6 Dec 2017
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30mins
Ranked #10
LUH Extra 3 - Robobees
LUH Extra 3 - Robobees
Simon and Rachel rifle through the week's science news in search for human upgrades. This week, reproductive isolation, ... Read more
8 Nov 2017
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25mins
Ranked #11
Episode 39 - Unihemispheric Sleep
Episode 39 - Unihemispheric Sleep
Ben van der Velde joins Simon to judge suggestions by sleep expert Russell Foster and researcher Catherine Green.The pan... Read more
18 Oct 2017
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1hr
Ranked #12
LUH Extra 1 - Designer Babies
LUH Extra 1 - Designer Babies
LUH producer, Rachel Wheeley, joins Simon for a brand new 'extra' show to sort through some topical science news. On the... Read more
11 Oct 2017
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34mins
Ranked #13
Episode 28 - Chromatophores
Episode 28 - Chromatophores
Amy Howerska judges suggestions for human improvement from writer and broadcaster Timandra Harkness and then Dr. James L... Read more
17 May 2017
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47mins
Ranked #14
Episode 26 - Nano Robots
Episode 26 - Nano Robots
Gemma Flynn just wants an easy life. Vying for her attention are philosopher Michael Wheeler and roboticist Eli Sheppard... Read more
19 Apr 2017
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28mins
Ranked #15
Episode 23 - Giraffe Legs
Episode 23 - Giraffe Legs
Jay Lafferty settles in to judge suggestions for human enhancement from psychologist Dr. Kate Cross and researcher, lect... Read more
8 Mar 2017
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30mins
Ranked #16
Episode 19 - Shark Skin
Episode 19 - Shark Skin
Neil Delamere sifts through evolutionary upgrades suggested by rocket scientist David McKeown and soon to be double doct... Read more
11 Jan 2017
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47mins
Ranked #17
Episode 7 - Polydactyl Cats
Episode 7 - Polydactyl Cats
Helen Arney joins Simon Watt to judge pitches for the next stage of humanity from Emma Robinson and Andrew Steele live a... Read more
27 Jul 2016
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36mins
Ranked #18
Episode 3 - Frozen Brains
Episode 3 - Frozen Brains
Dan Schreiber joins Simon Watt and a panel of scientists to work out how to improve humans with the help of a live studi... Read more
10 Jun 2016
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46mins
Ranked #19
Episode 2 - Face Shazam
Episode 2 - Face Shazam
Holly Walsh joins Simon to Level Up humans with camo-tattoos, face shazam and vampire champagne parties. Neuroscience re... Read more
9 Jun 2016
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40mins
Ranked #20
Episode 1 - Rainbow Hair
Episode 1 - Rainbow Hair
Robin Ince joins Simon Watt to decide what humans should evolve next. Expert pitches from science writer and broadcaster... Read more
8 Jun 2016
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31mins