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Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1473 episodes
18 Apr 2011,·17 mins
In a special edition, the BBC's Discovery programme marks the 50th anniversary of the world's first manned space flight
11 Apr 2011,·17 mins
04 Apr 2011,·17 mins
28 Mar 2011,·17 mins
Vera Frankl investigates 'Internet Addiction', talking to web users and experts from the UK, USA and China.
23 Mar 2011,·26 mins
Memristors - the next stage in computer technology, offering faster computing and vastly increased memory.
15 Mar 2011,·26 mins
Would you eat artificial meat, grown in a lab? Geoff Watts investigates.
08 Mar 2011,·26 mins
As NASA prepares for the final flight of the Space Shuttle program, astronaut Jeff Hoffman looks back on its 30 year history.
15 Feb 2011,·26 mins
Dr Adam Hart explores the remarkable properties of honey, from its basic chemistry to the biological processes that create it.
08 Feb 2011,·26 mins
Episode 1
We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison.
26 mins
Episode 2
Episode 3
Professor of Acoustic Engineering Trevor Cox talks to musicians and scientists to look at the acoustics of musical instruments.
21/12/2010 GMT
Nanoparticles are all around us. What effect could they be having on our environment?
21 Dec 2010,·26 mins
14/12/2010 GMT
14 Dec 2010,·26 mins
Ben Goldacre explores the battle to protect science writers from the threat of libel action.
07 Dec 2010,·26 mins
05/10/2010 GMT
Medical sleuths in West Africa make startling discoveries that could change child health care worldwide.
05 Oct 2010,·26 mins
12/10/2010 GMT
12 Oct 2010,·26 mins
Does the head really rule the heart as modern science would tell us? Tim Healey asks if the heart plays a role in our emotions.
19 Oct 2010,·26 mins
Brian Cox presents a tribute to Richard Feynman, widely regarded as the most influential physicist since Einstein.
28 Sep 2010,·26 mins
Kevin Fong examines the equation that seeks to answer one of the most profound questions in science: Are we alone in the cosmos?
21 Sep 2010,·26 mins
Roland Pease reports on graphene, an atomically thin form of carbon that looks set to transform technology.
14 Sep 2010,·26 mins
Vivienne Parry hears how new research into muscle wastage is turning the accepted view of "use it or lose it" on its head.
07 Sep 2010,·26 mins
31 Aug 2010,·26 mins
Ten years after mapping the human genome, Richard Dawkins asks if we're closer to understanding the origin of disease & variety.
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