Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
Sleep and the mysteries of the master switching centre of the brain
15 Jan 1996,·27 mins
Why a live virus is probably our best hope for a vaccine against Aids
13 Jan 1996,·27 mins
What the year ahead might bring in science
08 Jan 1996,·27 mins
Experts help compile a list of science reading from texts published throughout 1995
18 Dec 1995,·27 mins
A report on the influence of Sir John Maddox, editor of the scientific journal Nature
14 Dec 1995,·27 mins
A report on the electrical phenomena known as sprites that appear during thunderstorms
11 Dec 1995,·27 mins
Could meteorites explain the origin of life?
04 Dec 1995,·27 mins
The launch of a European rocket from French Guiana
27 Nov 1995,·27 mins
Reporting from Cambridge, Massachusetts and talking to scientists who work there
20 Nov 1995,·27 mins
Report on a promising new clue towards a vaccine and even a treatment for Aids
13 Nov 1995,·27 mins
Special edition commemorating 100 years of X-rays, discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen
03 Nov 1995,·27 mins
The reason why red-haired people are prone to skin cancer
27 Oct 1995,·27 mins
How the abalone's evolution might help with the development of contraception
23 Oct 1995,·28 mins
The discovery of a new black hole, a collapsed star which can swallow light
16 Oct 1995,·27 mins
How two geophysicists have recreated the Earth's core using a supercomputer
28 Sep 1995,·27 mins
Depression and attempts to identify the causes of it
25 Sep 1995,·27 mins
The wonder of extremophiles, micro organisms which live in extreme conditions
17 Sep 1995,·28 mins
The rules that run colonies of ants and what they can teach us about cities
11 Sep 1995,·28 mins
How medical researchers are aiming to create a brain cell bank
04 Sep 1995,·28 mins
Could bionic limbs emerge from science fiction to science fact?
26 Jun 1995,·28 mins
Report on a new centre for brain repair, which has just opened at Cambridge University
19 Jun 1995,·28 mins
Can human history be hidden in the genes?
12 Jun 1995,·28 mins
How nitric oxide, once considered poisonous, could be a future wonder drug
05 Jun 1995,·28 mins
A look at the causes of childhood leukaemia
24 May 1995,·28 mins
Research which suggests conodonts are the early meat-eating ancestors of vertebrate
22 May 1995,·28 mins
Scientists unveil a retina laser scanning opthalmoscope
15 May 1995,·28 mins
A new metal which could be cast itself into shape
03 May 1995,·28 mins
How a polio vaccine with an unlimited shelf life could help eradicate the disease for good
25 Apr 1995,·28 mins
How monkeys are helping us understand how humans evolved to talk
10 Apr 1995,·29 mins
How the melting ice sheets of Antartica may not be down to global warming
03 Apr 1995,·28 mins
