Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
An eclipse of the sun viewed from Aruba in the Caribbean
19 Mar 1998,·28 mins
Oceanographer Dr Tim Jickells on an Antarctic research expedition
12 Mar 1998,·28 mins
A journey to the centre of our galaxy using infrared light
05 Mar 1998,·28 mins
The discovery of a dwarf galaxy at the middle of our own Milky Way
02 Mar 1998,·28 mins
The 150th anniversary meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
16 Feb 1998,·28 mins
How some letters to home from Roman soldiers are finally being read
05 Feb 1998,·28 mins
A look at the study of the nerves of ancient mummies
29 Jan 1998,·28 mins
The discovery of 17 species of bush babies in Africa
28 Jan 1998,·29 mins
Why electronics may no-longer be just silicon based
22 Jan 1998,·28 mins
New evolutionary theories on finger and toe development
15 Jan 1998,·28 mins
The programme follows a biological survey of the Brazilian rainforest
11 Jan 1998,·23 mins
Report from Princeton University, New Jersey
08 Jan 1998,·28 mins
The shrinking of the transistor, or Moore's Law
22 Dec 1997,·28 mins
Droppings of fossilised faeces in Scotland point to the first signs of life on Earth
08 Dec 1997,·27 mins
A breakthrough in research on animal navigation
01 Dec 1997,·28 mins
Predicting the future using Copernicus theory
24 Nov 1997,·28 mins
How a Costa Rican family are helping scientists understand deafness
17 Nov 1997,·28 mins
After losing the signal of the rover on Mars NASA officially ends the Pathfinder mission
10 Nov 1997,·28 mins
British scientists have created a headless frog embryo, and what it means for genetics
03 Nov 1997,·28 mins
Situated between Asia and Europe, the Black Sea is dying
27 Oct 1997,·28 mins
A look at the parachute which will help the Cassini probe complete its mission to Saturn
20 Oct 1997,·28 mins
The healing powers of willow tree bark and the origins of asprin
13 Oct 1997,·28 mins
A look a the planet Saturn, the mysterious ringed world with 19 moons
06 Oct 1997,·28 mins
Whether science can eradicate the polio virus
22 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Reporting from the Science festival in Leeds
19 Sep 1997,·28 mins
The discovery of a new kind of sub-atomic particle
08 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Why waste could hold clues as to the day to day practice of a hospital 800 years ago
01 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Man against mosquito, who will win the fight against dengue fever?
21 Aug 1997,·28 mins
Why a conference will be discussing the ostracoda, a small crustacea with 70,000 species
18 Aug 1997,·28 mins
An asteroid called Matilda. which had a close encounter with the Mir spacecraft
11 Aug 1997,·28 mins
