Discovery

Explorations in the world of science.

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Human Hibernation
Could humans pull off the trick of hibernation to conquer long term space travel?
13 Mar 2017,26 mins
Delivering Clean Air
More delivery vans means more air pollution in our cities. What are the alternatives?
06 Mar 2017,26 mins
Make Me a Cyborg
Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.
27 Feb 2017,26 mins
Why do some people have no sense of direction?
Plus, why is my mum tone deaf?
20 Feb 2017,26 mins
Why am I left-handed?
What determines left or right handedness and why are lefties in the minority?
13 Feb 2017,26 mins
Does the full Moon make us act oddly?
And could we live on another planet?
06 Feb 2017,26 mins
Why do we get middle-aged spread?
Plus, what’s the strongest substance in the world?
30 Jan 2017,26 mins
Does nothing exist?
Does nothing really exist, and where can we find it?
23 Jan 2017,26 mins
Sesame Open
The new science facility, SESAME, that aims to promote peace in the middle east
16 Jan 2017,26 mins
The Future of the Climate Deal
What will President Trump mean for international deals to avert climate change?
09 Jan 2017,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 3 - Mesmerism and Parapsychology
The showmanship of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism
02 Jan 2017,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 3 - The Woman Who Tamed Lightning
Hertha Ayrton was the first woman admitted to the Institution of Electrical Engineers
26 Dec 2016,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 3 - Testosterone: Elixir of Masculinity
How testosterone has been used and abused in history
19 Dec 2016,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 3 - Making the Earth Move
How a dying man's book demoted the earth and reconstructed the universe.
12 Dec 2016,26 mins
Origins of Human Culture
What’s special about human culture
05 Dec 2016,26 mins
Mind Reading
Gaia Vince explores how scientists are trying to read others' minds.
28 Nov 2016,26 mins
Custom of Cutting
An investigation into female genital mutilation in East and West Africa
21 Nov 2016,26 mins
The Inflamed Mind
Can your immune system make you psychotic or depressed?
14 Nov 2016,26 mins
The City that Fell into the Earth
How do you move a city? Lesley Riddoch travels to Arctic Sweden to find out
07 Nov 2016,26 mins
The Sun King of China
Meet the undisputed leader of China's booming solar industry
31 Oct 2016,26 mins
The Mars of the Mid-Atlantic
Peter Gibbs explores Ascension Island, a barren Atlantic rock made fertile by man
24 Oct 2016,26 mins
Creating the Crick
Creating the Francis Crick Institute
17 Oct 2016,26 mins
Black Holes: A Tale of Cosmic Death and Rebirth
LIGO, Gravitational Waves, and the new astronomy of nature’s ultimate state of matter
10 Oct 2016,26 mins
The Whale Menopause
What do killer whales tell us about the human menopause?
03 Oct 2016,26 mins
Reversing Parkinson's
Cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease
26 Sep 2016,26 mins
Could we send our litter into space?
Plus, why is everything in space round?
19 Sep 2016,26 mins
Why do we faint?
And can animals count?
12 Sep 2016,26 mins
Why do people shout on their cellphones?
And what causes traffic jams?
05 Sep 2016,26 mins
How do you make the perfect cup of tea?
Plus, why do we cry? Is there any useful purpose?
29 Aug 2016,26 mins
What makes gingers ginger?
Plus, what is the point of body hair?
22 Aug 2016,26 mins