Join Mark Scott, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Sydney, and get ready to view the world from a different perspective.
From our own wellbeing to the preservation of the planet, The Solutionists dives into the most pressing issues of our time and introduces you to the people unearthing the seeds of remarkable solutions.
12 August 2026
Our population is growing, which means more people need to eat – but at the same time, climate change is making farmland increasingly scarce and volatile. That’s why scientists like Richard Trethowan are trying to create entirely new types of wheat. The crop makes up a fifth of daily calories consumed worldwide, but growth is plateauing, so Richard and his colleagues are engineering more robust plants for the future.
29 July 2026
A billion people suffer with chronic pain, and Professor Greg Neely wants to help them – so he’s studying venomous snakes. After studying infectious diseases and seeing that pain is the body’s first response to danger, Greg’s been looking at some of the venomous creatures on the planet, trying to understand how their attacks interact with our bodies.