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Hugh Levinson asks what sort of research Africa's scientists should conduct.
07 Apr 2008,·30 mins
Can Technology Help the Environment?
First broadcast in 2001. Can technology and engineering clear up our environmental mess?
27 Mar 2001,·28 mins
Ricky Ross discovers how one Scottish company is giving back the freedom of speech.
09 Aug 2011,·28 mins
Soil
How can humans prevent the cycle of life from snapping?
14 Jul 1992,·27 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the technology of brain scanning.
17 Oct 2007,·30 mins
A year after the Copenhagen climate summit, Roger Harrabin explores what really happened.
28 Nov 2010,·30 mins
Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.
19 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Where and when will pollution hit the coast?
Marine experts and meteorologists assess the consequences of the collision.
12 Mar 2025,·4 mins
Towards Healthier Societies
How do we measure the health of a society? And how can we improve it?
06 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Morocco to Guinea
Emily Knight follows Scotland's ospreys on their epic Autumn flight to West Africa.
24 Feb 2023,·57 mins
How surfing is shaping Ireland's coastal communities, north and south of the border.
07 Jul 2014,·30 mins
Sarah Moore meets bird rescuer Jean Hains, who helps young Manx Shearwaters.
31 Jul 2007,·30 mins
During the 1970s, CERN overtook rival institutions in Russia and the US.
09 Sep 2008,·30 mins
The Australian government's deal with an indigenous community to take their nuclear waste.
31 Mar 2009,·30 mins
Can you identify the substance in question from a series of clues?
27 Jul 1999,·13 mins
Charlotte Smith asks, when do you choose to stop trying with IVF?
29 May 2015,·28 mins
BBC security correspondent Gordon Corera goes inside Britain's secret listening station.
30 Mar 2010,·40 mins
Co-operation or Competition?
The growth and interest in biotechnology in the US, China and India
03 Apr 2005,·22 mins
Don McCullin, photographer and 'sky stalker', on the landscape around his house.
05 Sep 2017,·28 mins
The Whale Hunt
Man's most controversial industry: whaling
10 Jul 1995,·43 mins
What are the hidden consequences of having so few women in the tech industry?
01 Apr 2019,·28 mins
Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct.
18 Dec 2007,·30 mins
Asian Tigers
An interview with economist Fu Wai Fong about Chinese and Asian growth
23 Mar 1998,·13 mins
Global Impact
What can we do about human impact on our planet?
21 Sep 2001,·13 mins
How the American record industry responded to the assassination of President Kennedy.
05 Dec 2015,·30 mins
Sue Broom explores new scientific research on female promiscuity across the animal kingdom
23 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Can the heroic age of Antarctic exploration show the way back to the Moon and onto Mars?
20 Mar 2012,·28 mins
What would a documentary made by ChatGPT sound like? Lara Lewington explores AI territory.
06 Mar 2023,·28 mins
What is going on inside Gerald Scarfe's brain?
03 Jul 2017,·30 mins
A guide to raising chickens for food
21 Feb 2001,·13 mins
