Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
Could IT be the catalyst that helps propel developing economies and societies
12 Feb 2001,·23 mins
The patent system is supposed to protect inventors and encourage innovation
08 Feb 2001,·24 mins
The importance of the human genome project in modern genetics
26 Jan 2001,·24 mins
Explosive progress of molecular genetics and the human genome project
19 Jan 2001,·24 mins
Discussion on gene therapy with guest Dr Inda Vermer
18 Jan 2001,·24 mins
Living computers - a combination of technology and living organic tissue
03 Jan 2001,·24 mins
How dinosaurs learned to fly
21 Dec 2000,·24 mins
A look at life in the pre-Cambrian era, more than half a billion years ago
11 Dec 2000,·24 mins
A look at life in the Cambrian period, 500 million years ago
07 Dec 2000,·24 mins
A report on conflicting priorities in conservation
08 Nov 2000,·24 mins
A look at what has happened since the Kyoto agreement on climate change 3 years ago
17 Oct 2000,·24 mins
The science of cosmology, which involves measuring the unmeasurable
15 Oct 2000,·23 mins
The importance of the human body's natural clock or circadian rhythms
03 Oct 2000,·24 mins
Can sports clothing and equipment make a difference to an athlete's performance?
27 Sep 2000,·23 mins
Paul Arnold continues his series about expeditions with probably the biggest one of all
06 Sep 2000,·24 mins
The most serious flooding ever to hit Britain happened in East Anglia in 1953
16 Aug 2000,·24 mins
Report from an archaeological dig at the Picos de Europa National Park in Spain
The Vajont Dam Disaster in Italy 1963 remains the worst dam disaster of all time
09 Aug 2000,·23 mins
British geologist and hazard expert Bill McGuire explores three natural disasters
08 Aug 2000,·24 mins
The Codex Alimentarius Commission, or food safety scheme
27 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Report on the deforestation occurring in developing nations of the tropical world
24 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Examination of what climate change will mean for the world's forests
13 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Report on how deforestation depletes, degrades and destroys the planet's ecosystems
12 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Documentary which explores the theory of a hypothetical universe
14 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Exploration into the work of organic chemists
06 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Report on the development of gene-altered rice
06 Jun 2000,·23 mins
Comparing the amount we know of the surface of the moon to the surface of our own planet
01 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Disappointments following the promising development of gene therapy
27 Mar 2000,·23 mins
Third programme in a series about human evolution
20 Mar 2000,·23 mins
Part two of a series examining human evolution
15 Mar 2000,·23 mins
