BBC World Service - Discovery

1000 Days: A Legacy of Life

Could health depend on what happens in the womb? Mark Porter reports on this new idea.

Why do we need to send people to explore Mars – and who is likely to take them there?

Can the heroic age of Antarctic exploration show the way back to the Moon?

Amundsen may have beaten Scott to the South Pole but science was the real winner.

Extended Special re-creating the Titanic Morse code conversation 100 years later.

Lynne Malcolm discusses what the future holds for the health of the human body.

Lynne Malcolm discovers if the Hollywood dream is true for the million of LA immigrants.

2/4 In Global Body, Lynne Malcolm explores moving to the big city.

1/4 Lynne Malcolm looks into how the modern world is affecting our biology in Sri Lanka.

The scientific legacy of the Fukushima nuclear accident.