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China Science Rising
Rebecca Morelle reports on China's science ambitions.
15 Aug 2016,26 mins
The Power of Cute
Lucy Cooke explores our seeming obsession with all things cute.
08 Aug 2016,26 mins
Cleaning Up the Oceans
Roland Pease asks what damage plastic waste is doing in the oceans
04 Jul 2016,26 mins
Life on the East Asian Flyway - Part 4: The Arctic
New life, new dangers and new hopes for the endangered shorebirds on the tundra
27 Jun 2016,26 mins
Life on the East Asian Flyway - Part Three: Yellow Sea North
Can China’s birdwatchers and North Korea’s economy save migratory birds from extinction?
20 Jun 2016,26 mins
Life on the East Asian Flyway – Part Two: Yellow Sea South
Hear the calls of the Chinese bird hunter turned conservationist
13 Jun 2016,26 mins
Life on the East Asian Flyway
The world’s greatest migration - countless birds fly north from Australia to the Arctic
06 Jun 2016,26 mins
The Neglected Sense
Kathy Clugston is anosmic - she has no sense of smell and sets out to discover why
30 May 2016,26 mins
After Ebola
Rebuilding Sierra Leone’s healthcare system
23 May 2016,26 mins
Benefits of Bilingualism - Part Two
The benefits of bilingualism: keeping our minds healthy
16 May 2016,26 mins
Benefits of Bilingualism - Part One
Gaia Vince explores the benefits of bilingualism for children
09 May 2016,26 mins
Our Unnatural Selection
How humans are inadvertently driving the evolution of other species
02 May 2016,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 2 - Margaret Cavendish
Aristocrat writer and thinker Margaret Cavendish and the birth of the scientific method
25 Apr 2016,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 2 - Orgueil Meteorite
The riddle of the 19th century French meteorite that carried a secret for 100 years.
18 Apr 2016,26 mins
The Horn Dilemma
Will the sale of harvested rhino horn help to stop poaching?
11 Apr 2016,26 mins
African Einsteins
Will Einstein’s successors be African? It’s very likely - and some of them will be women
04 Apr 2016,26 mins
Feeding the World - Part Two
How to future proof our crops above and below ground, to endure climate change
28 Mar 2016,26 mins
Feeding the World - Part One
Kathy Willis meets scientists seeking the genetic diversity to future-proof our crops
21 Mar 2016,26 mins
Editing the Genome - Part Two
Should we try to wipe out mosquitoes? With CRISPR, it may now be possible.
14 Mar 2016,26 mins
Editing the Genome
We have a powerful new tool to alter DNA. What medical uses should be off limits?
07 Mar 2016,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 1 - Einstein’s Ice Box
What happened when Einstein decided to fix the fridge?
29 Feb 2016,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 1 - Eels and Human Electricity
How an eel sparked our interest in electricity
22 Feb 2016,26 mins
Science Stories: Series 1 - Cornelis Drebbel
The magical world of Cornelis Drebbel, inventor of the first submarine in 1621
15 Feb 2016,26 mins
El Nino
El Nino in the Pacific is in full swing, threatening with flood, fire and famine
08 Feb 2016,26 mins
An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity
Brian Cox and Robin Ince explore the legacy of Einstein's great theory.
01 Feb 2016,26 mins
An Infinite Monkey's Guide to General Relativity
Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the 100th anniversary of Einstein's great theory
25 Jan 2016,26 mins
Scotland’s Dolphins
How photo-ID techniques are tracking protected bottlenose dolphins
18 Jan 2016,26 mins
Nature's Numbers
What can babies and an Amazonian tribe tell us about the origins of mathematics?
11 Jan 2016,26 mins
Nature's Numbers
What can animals tell us about the origins of our numerical abilities?
04 Jan 2016,26 mins
Future of Energy
Jack Stewart looks at the future of the supply, demand, and viability of energy sources
28 Dec 2015,26 mins