Scientists and thinkers talk about the impact of science on society
World Service,·154 episodes
Cancer Research Campaign's decision to reject funding from the tobacco industry
17 Oct 1997,·4 mins
The ethics of growing healthy human tissue, human embryo research and organ transplant
24 Oct 1997,·4 mins
Cataloguing and studying previously unknown species in rainforests in remote regions
06 Nov 1997,·4 mins
How a foetus could experience pain and what the implications are if it was a possibility
07 Nov 1997,·4 mins
Adrian Thompson's silicone chips use the principles of evolution
20 Nov 1997,·4 mins
Targeting corporations and government to control the emissions that lead to global warming
27 Nov 1997,·4 mins
Profile of Nobel prize winner Stanley Prusiner and his work on prions
05 Dec 1997,·4 mins
Discussion on the value of alternative medicine such as reflexology and acupuncture
12 Dec 1997,·4 mins
Assisting Indonesia to develop its technology and science industries
17 Dec 1997,·3 mins
Discussion on the interaction between science and politics
17 Dec 1997,·4 mins
How time affects culture - followed by a recommendation to slow down and think more
19 Dec 1997,·3 mins
Would you take part in medical testing for a vaccine for HIV?
08 Jan 1998,·4 mins
Would cloning a human - or human tissue - ever be possible?
23 Jan 1998,·4 mins
Bias in experimentation and the advantage of controlled experiments using blind conditions
Incompatibility and continuous software updates, generate a supply of unwanted computers
30 Jan 1998,·4 mins
The limitations of immunisation against viruses
13 Feb 1998,·4 mins
Western-style industrialism and its threat to the environment
Ninety-five per cent of scientific articles are published in English - why?
27 Feb 1998,·3 mins
What is needed to establish a colony on the Moon?
06 Mar 1998,·4 mins
'Breakthroughs' in cancer are often not breakthroughs at all
13 Mar 1998,·4 mins
Weighing up the benefits of living on the moon versus the money it would take to do it
20 Mar 1998,·4 mins
Carl Djerassi on the prospect of a male birth control pill
27 Mar 1998,·4 mins
How can scientists in developing countries make advances in science?
03 Apr 1998,·4 mins
Can electricity cars deliver efficiency and performance - and can they reduce pollution?
09 Apr 1998,·4 mins
How can we get past the jargon of marketing to find out what gadgets can actually do?
11 Apr 1998,·3 mins
Over two thousand diseases are caused by faulty genes - can we fix them?
24 Apr 1998,·4 mins
GM plants, patents on seeds and the terminator gene that makes seeds sterile
01 May 1998,·3 mins
The adaptability of bacteria, antibiotic resistance and the radiation of food to kill gems
08 May 1998,·4 mins
The benefits of involving breast cancer patients in the design of clinical trials
22 May 1998,·3 mins
The project that aims to get girls into science in Ghana
