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Why can’t we remember being a baby?
Plus, could a party balloon reach space?
23 Oct 2017,26 mins
How do cats find their way home?
Plus, why do we itch and should we scratch?
23 Oct 2017,26 mins
How much of my body is bacteria?
Plus, why do we have different blood types?
23 Oct 2017,26 mins
Sydney Brenner: A Revolutionary Biologist
Sydney Brenner talks about his part in the DNA revolution between the 1950s and 1980s
23 Oct 2017,26 mins
SOS Snail
Helen Scales reports on the international rescue mission to save the Partula snail
16 Oct 2017,26 mins
Indian Science – The Colonial Legacy
How did British imperialism affect India’s scientific development?
09 Oct 2017,26 mins
India's Ancient Science
Rediscovering influential Indian ideas on mathematics, metallurgy and engineering
02 Oct 2017,26 mins
Africa’s Great Green Wall
Transforming the Sahal into the next wonder of the world through Africa’s Great Green Wall
25 Sep 2017,26 mins
Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
The Origin of the Internet
The origins of the internet, and why nobody thought of making it secure
04 Sep 2017,26 mins
Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
Dark Side of the World Wide Web
Did the World Wide Web's Utopian ideals spread crime and obscenity?
11 Sep 2017,26 mins
Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
Internet of Things
Can we Control the Dark Side of the Internet?
18 Sep 2017,26 mins
The Day the Sun Went Dark
For the first time in almost 100 years the USA is experiencing a full solar eclipse
21 Aug 2017,26 mins
Eating Well in Lyon: Healthy Diets to prevent Bowel Cancer
Anu Anand is in Lyon, looking at what we eat and drink and the risk of bowel cancer
17 Jul 2017,26 mins
Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad
Anu Anand on detecting and treating prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.
10 Jul 2017,26 mins
The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black Women & Breast Cancer
Anu Anand explores why more black women are more likely to die of breast cancer in the US
03 Jul 2017,26 mins
Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania
Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania
26 Jun 2017,26 mins
Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay
Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens
21 Jun 2017,26 mins
Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
The Mongolian matriarch who is helping people with terminal liver cancer die in comfort
16 Jun 2017,26 mins
Can Robots be Truly Intelligent?
Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us
05 Jun 2017,26 mins
Robots - More Human than Human?
Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with contemporary humanoid robots
29 May 2017,26 mins
History of the Rise of the Robots
From the Ancient Greeks to Maria in Metropolis, Adam Rutherford explores robots in culture
22 May 2017,26 mins
Quantum Supremacy
With IBM, Google and Microsoft all making bold claims for quantum computing, what's up?
15 May 2017,26 mins
Re-engineering Life
Roland Pease meets the engineers and biologists hacking life's circuits
08 May 2017,26 mins
Hunting for Life on Mars
Professor Monica Grady searches for signs of life on Mars
01 May 2017,26 mins
Lifechangers: Charles Bolden
Explorations in the world of science.
24 Apr 2017,26 mins
Lifechangers: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Kevin Fong talks to astrophysicist and populariser of science, Neil deGrasse Tyson
17 Apr 2017,26 mins
Lifechangers: George Takei
Kevin Fong talks to Star Trek actor and activist George Takei.
10 Apr 2017,26 mins
The Bee All and End All
Bees pollinate plants, can detect bombs and compose music. What would we do without them?
03 Apr 2017,26 mins
Extending Embryo Research
Explorations in the world of science.
27 Mar 2017,26 mins
The Split Second Decision
Dr Kevin Fong asks how vulnerable is our high end decision making
20 Mar 2017,26 mins