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  1. Placebo

    Ben Goldacre investigates the latest research on the placebo effect

    BBC Radio 4

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  2. Peer Review in the Dock

    Mark Whitaker investigates the tarnished image of a flawed scientific process.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Life's Soundtrack

    Trevor Cox explores how our voice and our hearing develop and change through our lives.

    BBC Radio 4

  4. Science in the Making

    Stephen Webster examines the way scientists work and asks why we should believe them

    BBC Radio 4

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  5. Hitting the Buffers

    Gareth Mitchell looks at our need for speed in different areas of modern life

    BBC Radio 4

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  6. Discovery

    Explorations in the world of science.

    BBC World Service

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  7. Digital Planet

    Technological and digital news from around the world.

    BBC World Service

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  8. Health Check

    Health issues and medical breakthroughs from around the world.

    BBC World Service

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  9. Science In Action

    The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

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  10. The Rook and Me

    Mark Cocker indulges his obsession as he follows a colony of rooks over a year

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  11. Africalab

    Hugh Levinson asks whether science and technology can end under-development in Africa

    BBC Radio 4

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  12. Who Needs Scientists?

    Mark Miodownik challenges the conventional wisdom that more scientists are essential.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Bridging the Morphine Gap

    Mukti Jain Campion asks why India's people have virtually no access to medical morphine.

    BBC Radio 4

  14. Secret Science

    Vivienne Parry meets the scientists whose work remains unknown to the general public

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  15. World On The Move: Great Animal Migrations

    Series following the movement and migration of animals across the planet

    BBC Radio 4

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  16. Britain's Sputnik

    Roland Pease recalls ZETA, a nuclear energy project unveiled in 1958 by British scientists

    BBC Radio 4

  17. A Life With ...

    Series about scientific specialists

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  18. The New Guinea Singing Dog

    Could a strange dog from remote New Guinea have been man's first best friend?

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Computer with a Poker Face

    Simon Singh witnesses the first man versus machine poker championship in Vancouver.

    BBC Radio 4

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    The Great Game in a Cold Climate: A Tale of Two Cities

    Adam Fowler visits Northern Canada to discover some potential benefits of global warming.

    BBC Radio 4

  21. The Switching Point

    Edi Stark looks at the burgeoning field of epigenetics

    BBC Radio 4

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  22. Andy Cave's Expedition Underground

    Mountaineer Andy Cave joins the team working on the Thirlmere Aqueduct.

    BBC Radio 4

  23. Natural Despots

    Michael Portillo investigates nature's tyrants

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  24. The Jawbone

    Scientists analyse a small jawbone found in Kent's Cavern in Torquay over 80 years ago.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Between the Tides

    An exciting and revelatory soundscape following life between the tides on a sandy coast.

    BBC Radio 4

  26. Autumnwatch

    Live, breathtaking animal life right on your doorstep - and all across the UK.

    BBC Two

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  27. The Sounds of Science

    Trevor Cox investigates the science of sound research

    BBC Radio 4

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  28. Science Café

    Exploring science and technology stories and the latest in Welsh scientific research

    BBC Radio Wales

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  29. Image of a Troubled Mind

    Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the technology of brain scanning.

    BBC Radio 4

  30. Galwad Cynnar

    Trafodaeth wythnosol Radio Cymru ar natur a bywyd gwyllt.

    BBC Radio Cymru

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  31. Country Focus

    Programme serving everyone living in the countryside, and tackling issues affecting them.

    BBC Radio Wales

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  32. Farm Gate

    A weekly look at farming, food and countryside issues.

    BBC Radio Ulster

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  33. Tulips on the Moon

    Documentary looking at the concept of growing plants in space and even on spacecraft.

    BBC Radio 4

  34. The Eureka Years

    Series exploring spectacular years in the history of science

    BBC Radio 4

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  35. City Limits

    Two-part series looking at the fringes where suburbia meets the countryside

    BBC Radio 4

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  36. Night Rescue: Saving the Manx Shearwater

    Sarah Moore meets bird rescuer Jean Hains, who helps young Manx Shearwaters.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Jatropha: The Wonder Plant

    Chandy Nath visits India to explore the extraordinary Jatropha plant.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Pleistocene Park

    Adam Fowler investigates an extraordinary scientific experiment in Siberia.

    BBC Radio 4

  39. Costing the Earth

    Fresh ideas from the sharpest minds working toward a cleaner, greener planet

    BBC Radio 4

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  40. Swinging for Survival

    Sue Broom explores new scientific research on female promiscuity across the animal kingdom

    BBC Radio 4

  41. The New Two Cultures

    Scientist and arts lover Dr Mark Lythgoe looks at the divide between the disciplines

    BBC Radio 4

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  42. The Defeat of Sleep

    Pallab Ghosh investigates the potential effects of anti-sleep drugs on society.

    BBC Radio 4

  43. Genius

    Comedy series which chews over billiant but unworkable ideas

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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  44. Open Source

    Paul Bennun finds out how Free and Open Source software is making its impact felt.

    BBC Radio 4

  45.

    Linnaeus and the Immorality of Bluebells

    Anna Pavord explores the life and legacy of the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus.

    BBC Radio 4

  46.

    Squeezing Victoria's Curves

    Ayisha Yahya investigates the cause of the falling water levels in Lake Victoria.

    BBC Radio 4

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    Sun, Spoor and Spots: Counting Namibia's Cheetahs

    Frauke Jensen reports on a research project set up to count Namibia's cheetah population.

    BBC Radio 4

  48. Jonathan Edwards Looks Into...

    Jonathan Edwards presents a series exploring how science shapes and explains our world

    BBC Radio 4

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  49. Living World

    Getting up close and personal with wild nature in Britain and beyond.

    BBC Radio 4

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  50. Wainwright: The Man Who Loved the Lakes

    Documentary recalling the life of eccentric Lancastrian Alfred Wainwright.

    BBC Four

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