Discovery

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The weirdness of water, Part 1 of 2
‘Please explain the weirdness of water?’ asks Neil Morton in Stirling in Scotland.
27 Dec 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: When will the pandemic end?
Lessons from Omicron to end the pandemic
25 Dec 2021,50 mins
The guiding hound
How do guide dogs know where they're going?
20 Dec 2021,27 mins
The James Webb Space Telescope
A new giant space telescope that will show us the first stars that shone in the universe
13 Dec 2021,33 mins
Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests
06 Dec 2021,27 mins
Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares
How genetic engineering became big business
29 Nov 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: Healthcare pushed out by the pandemic
The killer diseases ignored because of Covid-19
27 Nov 2021,50 mins
Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares
The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the 1970s.
22 Nov 2021,27 mins
Listening to coral reefs
Conservationist Rory Crawford meets the scientists surveying coral reefs using sound
15 Nov 2021,27 mins
Geoengineering The Planet
How we cool the planet with the latest geoengineering technologies.
08 Nov 2021,27 mins
Geoengineering The Planet
Geoengineering: can it work?
01 Nov 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: When misinformation kills
Tackling the “infodemic” – misinformation and Covid-19
30 Oct 2021,50 mins
Chilean mummies
Jane Chambers learns about the world's oldest examples of mummification
25 Oct 2021,26 mins
Earthshot 3 - The prize winners
Five categories, a million pounds in each. Who has won the Earthshot prize?
18 Oct 2021,27 mins
Earthshot 2 – Tackling our energy crisis
Balancing our growing need for electricity while addressing climate change
11 Oct 2021,27 mins
Earthshot 1
Winning ideas to improve the world around us.
04 Oct 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: To boost or not to boost?
The science and the ethics of vaccine booster shots
02 Oct 2021,50 mins
China's great science leap
Will China’s ambitions in space, quantum & biotech lead it to science super-power status?
27 Sep 2021,27 mins
China's great science leap
Is China set to become the next science superpower?
20 Sep 2021,27 mins
Covid origins: The science
What the science says about the start of the pandemic
13 Sep 2021,39 mins
Future vaccines
How the pandemic will change the vaccine landscape
06 Sep 2021,33 mins
Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why.
30 Aug 2021,27 mins
The Evidence: How will the pandemic end?
Keeping a lid on risks of new covid variants as vaccinated countries ease restrictions
29 Aug 2021,48 mins
The Life Scientific: Professor Martin Sweeting
How Martin Sweeting made a satellite on his kitchen table
23 Aug 2021,27 mins
The Life Scientific: Dr Nira Chamberlain
Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems.
16 Aug 2021,27 mins
Lost for words
David Shariatmadari explores the science of language, dementia and ageing
09 Aug 2021,27 mins
A sense of music
What happens when music meets the animal mind?
02 Aug 2021,27 mins
Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories
Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared
31 Jul 2021,53 mins
Dare to repair: Fixing the future
How does repair and repair-ability fit into our sustainable future?
26 Jul 2021,27 mins
Dare to repair: The fight for the right to repair
Exploring how citizens are fighting back for the right to repair their own stuff
19 Jul 2021,27 mins