Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who will transform the way we fly around the world.
23 Jul 2012,·17 mins
Prof Andrea Sella reports on the race to better nature at harnessing the sun's energy.
16 Jul 2012,·17 mins
Vivienne Parry meets scientists hoping to create artificial blood.
09 Jul 2012,·17 mins
Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis
02 Jul 2012,·17 mins
Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer.
25 Jun 2012,·17 mins
Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer
18 Jun 2012,·17 mins
Suppressed research into how bird flu could become more infectious has now been released.
11 Jun 2012,·17 mins
Marek Kukula explores the science behind the Transit of Venus 2012.
04 Jun 2012,·17 mins
Physicist Tejinder Virdee on the search for the elusive Higgs boson at Cern.
28 May 2012,·17 mins
Kevin Fong looks at the birth of plastic surgery and its links to the air battles of WWII.
21 May 2012,·17 mins
Carinne Piekema explores the science of moral behaviour and the ethical issues this raises
14 May 2012,·17 mins
Could health depend on what happens in the womb? Mark Porter reports on this new idea.
07 May 2012,·17 mins
Why do we need to send people to explore Mars – and who is likely to take them there?
30 Apr 2012,·17 mins
Can the heroic age of Antarctic exploration show the way back to the Moon?
23 Apr 2012,·17 mins
Amundsen may have beaten Scott to the South Pole but science was the real winner.
16 Apr 2012,·17 mins
Extended Special re-creating the Titanic Morse code conversation 100 years later.
09 Apr 2012,·17 mins
Lynne Malcolm discusses what the future holds for the health of the human body.
02 Apr 2012,·26 mins
India's e-governance project
Angela Saini reports from India on the country’s vast e-governance project
31 Oct 2011,·17 mins
Robots that Care
In the first of two programmes, Jon Stewart investigates the rise of social robots.
07 Nov 2011,·17 mins
14/11/2011 GMT
Jon Stewart examines how scientists are trying to bridge the gap between robots and humans
14 Nov 2011,·17 mins
Neutrinos
Roland Pease investigates if neutrinos travel faster than the speed of light.
21 Nov 2011,·17 mins
Antarctic subglacial lake exploration
Exploring Antarctica's subglacial lakes for lifeforms new to science.
28 Nov 2011,·17 mins
05/12/2011 GMT
Vivienne Parry explores the crucial role the hormone leptin plays in the body.
05 Dec 2011,·17 mins
Antivirals
Kevin Fong looks at new techniques aiming to cure all viral infections.
12 Dec 2011,·17 mins
19/12/2011 GMT
Higgs particles at CERN. Roland Pease visits the world’s biggest atom smasher.
19 Dec 2011,·17 mins
Spooklights
Chemist Andrea Sella investigates things that go flash in the dark.
26 Dec 2011,·17 mins
Hypersonic Flight
Gareth Mitchell asks how near we are to achieving hypersonic flight.
02 Jan 2012,·17 mins
Seti, the past, present and future
Documentary series exploring the past, present and future of Seti
09 Jan 2012,·17 mins
Documentary series exploring the past, present and future of Seti.
16 Jan 2012,·17 mins
Depression
Geoff Watts meets researchers asking the question: why do we get depressed?
23 Jan 2012,·17 mins
