Leading Edge

Geoff Watts explores the world of science and the people, passions and policies behind it

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Lord May and Insect Art
Geoff Watts meets Lord May, President of the British Science Association.
03 Sep 2009,30 mins
The British Science Association's Festival
Geoff Watts reports from the British Science Association's Festival in Guildford.
10 Sep 2009,30 mins
Anthropology and Environment
Geoff Watts reveals how anthropology can change the relationship with our environment.
17 Sep 2009,30 mins
Music and the Mind
Geoff Watts traces a musical map of the mind.
24 Sep 2009,30 mins
Funding Research
Geoff Watts investigates the methods and motivations behind basic medical research.
01 Oct 2009,30 mins
Extreme Polar Environments
Geoff Watts meets the scientists who study polar life in freezing conditions.
08 Oct 2009,30 mins
The 2009 Science Book Prize Winner and The Evolution of Technology
Geoff Watts discusses science books, biography, brains and the evolution of technology.
15 Oct 2009,30 mins
Humans and Robots
Geoff Watts explores the relationship between humans and robots.
22 Oct 2009,30 mins
Nuclear Weapons Testing
Geoff Watts finds out how scientists investigate nuclear test ban treaty violations.
29 Oct 2009,30 mins
Meteorite Hunters and the Comedy of Change
Geoff Watts meets meteorite hunters tracking down the birth of planets.
05 Nov 2009,30 mins
Cooking and Human Evolution
Geoff Watts dives into underwater archaeology and how cooking transformed human evolution.
12 Nov 2009,30 mins
Astronomical Discoveries and Future Space Exploration
Geoff Watts looks back on great astronomical discoveries and future space exploration.
19 Nov 2009,30 mins
On the Origin of the Species
Geoff Watts looks back on the 150 years since Darwin's Origin of Species was published.
26 Nov 2009,30 mins
Climate Change and Our Cities, NASA row and Tracking the Walrus
Geoff Watts visits Greenland to investigate the migratory habits of the walrus.
30 mins
New Insights into DNA and The Big Bang Recreated
Jonathan Stewart looks at the Great Barrier Reef's role in the climate change debate.
30 mins
Birth Order IQ and Human Susceptibility to HIV
Scientists have worked out why elder children have a higher IQ than younger siblings.
30 mins
Artificial Bacteria and Endangered Parrots
What might Gordon Brown's leadership might mean for science and research?
30 mins
Royal Society Summer Exhibition
Geoff Watts visits the Royal Society to see some of the science on display.
30 mins
Giant Watery Planet and Robot Physiotherapists
Geoff Watts reports on the discovery of a distant giant planet.
30 mins
Fossil Findings in China and Corn as a Biofuel
Geoff Watts reports on new fossil findings in China.
30 mins
Flood Split Europe and Arctic Aquatics
How did Britain become separated from mainland Europe?
30 mins
The UK's Wet Weather and Leonardo's Great Lady
Geoff Watts reports on a new study linking increased global rainfall to human activity.
30 mins