Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1460 episodes
Why symmetry in art and science is so appealing to us
22 Mar 1995,·28 mins
Are we overthinking the extinction of the dinosaurs?
20 Mar 1995,·27 mins
Understanding the 54 top quarks, the fundamental building blocks of life
13 Mar 1995,·27 mins
A proposal to build a laboratory on the seamounts of the Azores
The salvage of King Henry VIII's ship, the Mary Rose, which sank in 1545
06 Mar 1995,·27 mins
A radical new Aids treatment: Natural gas hydrates reserves
27 Feb 1995,·27 mins
New treatments for Aids, and Russian chemist Dr Vil Mirzayanov
20 Feb 1995,·29 mins
The continuing search for life in space
15 Feb 1995,·28 mins
Problems with Intel's new Pentium computer chip
06 Feb 1995,·27 mins
Evolution's long route out of the primordial swamp
30 Jan 1995,·27 mins
The growing trend for companies to invest in pure research
16 Jan 1995,·27 mins
How the genetic revolution is changing the plant world
09 Jan 1995,·27 mins
Why do some people enjoy parties more than others?
16 Dec 1994,·27 mins
Scientific headlines of the year including: Is the Universe Younger than its Stars?
08 Dec 1994,·26 mins
A special report on keyhole surgery
06 Dec 1994,·27 mins
Unravelling the workings of the human brain
05 Dec 1994,·27 mins
The world fight against Aids. Also, a new test for memory
28 Nov 1994,·27 mins
A special edition looking at the geology and astrology of Turkey
21 Nov 1994,·27 mins
How realistic is virtual reality? And when will the technology be publicly available?
10 Nov 1994,·27 mins
From the discovery of the electron in 1897 to Watson and Crick's structure of DNA in 1953
07 Nov 1994,·27 mins
A special report from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts
31 Oct 1994,·28 mins
How naturally produced endothelin-1 effects blood pressure
17 Oct 1994,·27 mins
How does auditory discrimination work?
10 Oct 1994,·27 mins
How do children learn to speak, and why do some learn more slowly that others?
03 Oct 1994,·27 mins
Featuring transgenic sheep: particle physics: and Nobel laureate Professor George Porter
25 Sep 1994,·27 mins
Reducing the greenhouse effect, and computers that can learn to solve problems
19 Sep 1994,·27 mins
The scientific principles of stringed instruments
15 Sep 1994,·27 mins
How studying animal behaviour could improve animal welfare
12 Sep 1994,·27 mins
How gene therapy could be used to fight deadly forms of cancer
01 Sep 1994,·27 mins
Why do we have to die, what can kill us and what happens to the body after death?
27 Jun 1994,·27 mins
