Geoff Watts explores the world of science and the people, passions and policies behind it
Radio 4,·82 episodes
Reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
22 Feb 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts visits the UK's first low temperature experimental facility in Bristol.
01 Mar 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts discusses the Japanese space agency, plus the week's top science stories.
08 Mar 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts investigates a new microscopic imaging technique.
15 Mar 2007,·30 mins
Do we make moral judgements based on societal rules or based on our emotions?
22 Mar 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports on new research on climate change.
29 Mar 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports on the sequencing of the genome of the rhesus macaque monkey.
12 Apr 2007,·30 mins
A 385 million year old complete fossil tree sheds light on the world’s earliest forests.
19 Apr 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts asks whether space-faring nations could mine the Moon for precious resources.
25 Oct 2007,·30 mins
The findings of the largest-ever study of diet and cancer.
01 Nov 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports on new understandings of the gene which can trigger weight gain.
08 Nov 2007,·30 mins
Are we a step closer to human cloning?
15 Nov 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports on new stem cell research.
22 Nov 2007,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports on studying the brains of paedophiles.
29 Nov 2007,·30 mins
Will bio-fuels will save us from global warming?
06 Dec 2007,·30 mins
A report on the discovery of a polar bear jaw bone, older than any previously discovered.
13 Dec 2007,·30 mins
Did bats learn to fly before they learned to listen for echoes?
14 Feb 2008,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports from the American Association of the Advancement of Science.
21 Feb 2008,·30 mins
Could analysing the particles inside raindrops allow us to alter the weather?
28 Feb 2008,·30 mins
A machine that can read your mind has just moved one step closer.
06 Mar 2008,·30 mins
What degree of flooding can we expect in future summers and winters?
13 Mar 2008,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports on an important new effect that insulin has on the body.
20 Mar 2008,·30 mins
Geoff Watts examines new research into a so-called 'calorie counting' area of the brain.
27 Mar 2008,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports on the discovery of human fossil faeces from a cave in Oregon.
03 Apr 2008,·30 mins
Geoff Watts examines a revolutionary process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen.
10 Apr 2008,·30 mins
Including a report on how the wine industry is coping with climate change.
12 Jun 2008,·30 mins
Does life on Earth have an extraterrestrial origin?
19 Jun 2008,·30 mins
Euro 2008 may have been affected by the new football designed for the tournament.
26 Jun 2008,·30 mins
Geoff Watts gets an insight into phantom limb syndrome at the Royal Society Exhibition.
03 Jul 2008,·30 mins
Geoff Watts reports on the state of the world's corals, now sadly under serious threat.
10 Jul 2008,·30 mins
