Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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Animal Personality
Mon 29 Dec 2014
From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?
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Can Maths Combat Terrorism?
Mon 22 Dec 2014
Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates
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New Space to Fly
Mon 15 Dec 2014
The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes
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Vagus Nerve
Mon 8 Dec 2014
Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?
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Elspeth Garman
Mon 1 Dec 2014
Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter
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Chris Toumazou
Mon 17 Nov 2014
European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, on the science of invention
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Trauma: The Fight for Life
Mon 27 Oct 2014
How modern trauma medicine evolved from conflict and catastrophe to help save lives
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Urine Trouble: What’s in our Water
Mon 13 Oct 2014
What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body?
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Patients Doing It for Themselves
Mon 6 Oct 2014
How patients are taking control of their own treatment and their own clinical trials
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Preventing Disease in Animals
Mon 29 Sep 2014
The pioneering genetic techniques to combat disease in our livestock
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Beyond the Abyss
Mon 22 Sep 2014
Exploring the ocean's deepest realm - the Hadal zone, 6,000 to 11,000 metres down
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Power Transmission
Mon 15 Sep 2014
Could super grids supplying DC electricity be the solution to rising demand for energy?
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Biosafety
Mon 8 Sep 2014
As mistakes involving deadly pathogens come to light, what lessons will be learnt?
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Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part Two
Mon 25 Aug 2014
The world needs new antibiotics: drug companies don’t want to make them. What next?
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Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part One
Mon 18 Aug 2014
Why our antibiotics are failing. Is this the end of modern medicine?
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Rosetta Mission Arriving At Comet
Mon 4 Aug 2014
Orbiting and landing on a comet. The most daring science space mission ever?
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Professor Sir Michael Rutter
Mon 28 Jul 2014
Child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter influenced understanding of autism and behaviour
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What has Happened to El Nino?
Mon 21 Jul 2014
What is making this year’s predicted El Nino so hard to forecast?
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Swarming Robots
Mon 14 Jul 2014
Adam Hart on how insect and cell structure research is helping develop swarming robots
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Janet Hemingway
Mon 30 Jun 2014
Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance with Jim al-Khalili
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Driverless Cars
Mon 9 Jun 2014
The future cars with sensors that can send messages to other cars, trucks and pedestrians
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
