Discovery Episodes Available now
Cosmology
Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang?
Rosetta Mission Arriving At Comet
Orbiting and landing on a comet. The most daring science space mission ever?
Professor Sir Michael Rutter
Child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter influenced understanding of autism and behaviour
What has Happened to El Nino?
What is making this year’s predicted El Nino so hard to forecast?
Swarming Robots
Adam Hart on how insect and cell structure research is helping develop swarming robots
Anaesthesia
How do general anaesthetics work in the body?
Janet Hemingway
Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance with Jim al-Khalili
Ageing and the Brain
Do our mental powers really decline in old age?
Driverless Cars
The engineers inventing vehicles that drive themselves
Driverless Cars
The future cars with sensors that can send messages to other cars, trucks and pedestrians
