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The Anatomy of Pain
Knowing Pain
Phantom limb pain, babies’ pain, people without pain, help understand the nature of pain.
29 Jan 2018,26 mins
The Anatomy of Pain
Controlling Pain
How do brains control pain? Irene Tracey asks can we distance ourselves from agony
05 Feb 2018,26 mins
The Anatomy of Pain
Pain of Torture
Does knowing that someone is inflicting pain on you deliberately make the pain worse?
12 Feb 2018,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 4
Alcuin of York
Philip Ball dives into the Dark Ages to reveal the author of the river crossing riddle
18 Dec 2017,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 4
Maria Merian
How a 13-year old girl mapped metamorphosis in the 1600s. Naomi Alderman presents
25 Dec 2017,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 4
Lise Meitner
How physicist Lise Meitner unlocked the science of the atom bomb that cost Hitler dearly
08 Jan 2018,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 4
Humphry Davy
The story of how Humphry Davy discovered laughing gas in 1799.
15 Jan 2018,26 mins
The Day the Earth Moved
How scientists learned the earth’s crust is made up of shifting plates.
01 Jan 2018,26 mins
Cheating the Atmosphere
Dodgy emissions data could fatally undermine the Paris Climate Agreement
11 Dec 2017,26 mins
Better Brains
New hope for incurable neurodegenerative conditions such as dementia
04 Dec 2017,26 mins
What would happen if you fell into a black hole?
Plus, could we make a sonic weapon?
27 Nov 2017,26 mins
What will happen when the Earth’s poles swap?
And why do planets spin?
20 Nov 2017,26 mins
Why can’t we remember being a baby?
Plus, could a party balloon reach space?
13 Nov 2017,26 mins
Why can’t we remember being a baby?
Plus, could a party balloon reach space?
23 Oct 2017,26 mins
How do cats find their way home?
Plus, why do we itch and should we scratch?
23 Oct 2017,26 mins
How much of my body is bacteria?
Plus, why do we have different blood types?
23 Oct 2017,26 mins
Sydney Brenner: A Revolutionary Biologist
Sydney Brenner talks about his part in the DNA revolution between the 1950s and 1980s
23 Oct 2017,26 mins
SOS Snail
Helen Scales reports on the international rescue mission to save the Partula snail
16 Oct 2017,26 mins
Indian Science – The Colonial Legacy
How did British imperialism affect India’s scientific development?
09 Oct 2017,26 mins
India's Ancient Science
Rediscovering influential Indian ideas on mathematics, metallurgy and engineering
02 Oct 2017,26 mins
Africa’s Great Green Wall
Transforming the Sahal into the next wonder of the world through Africa’s Great Green Wall
25 Sep 2017,26 mins
Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
The Origin of the Internet
The origins of the internet, and why nobody thought of making it secure
04 Sep 2017,26 mins
Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
Dark Side of the World Wide Web
Did the World Wide Web's Utopian ideals spread crime and obscenity?
11 Sep 2017,26 mins
Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
Internet of Things
Can we Control the Dark Side of the Internet?
18 Sep 2017,26 mins
The Day the Sun Went Dark
For the first time in almost 100 years the USA is experiencing a full solar eclipse
21 Aug 2017,26 mins
Eating Well in Lyon: Healthy Diets to prevent Bowel Cancer
Anu Anand is in Lyon, looking at what we eat and drink and the risk of bowel cancer
17 Jul 2017,26 mins
Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad
Anu Anand on detecting and treating prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.
10 Jul 2017,26 mins
The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black Women & Breast Cancer
Anu Anand explores why more black women are more likely to die of breast cancer in the US
03 Jul 2017,26 mins
Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania
Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania
26 Jun 2017,26 mins
Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay
Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens
21 Jun 2017,26 mins