Civil War
Anxiety, dissolution and post-traumatic stress are mental health issues caused by conflict
11 Sep 2001,·13 mins
Relativity
Theoretical physicist Jonathan Halliwell explains Einstein's theory of relativity
07 Feb 1996,·4 mins
Series 1
CRISPR
A story of the discovery of genetic scissors that accidentally enabled fast gene editing.
27 Jul 2018,·14 mins
The Tower of London
The greatest traitors were held and executed in The Tower of London
01 Jun 1998,·13 mins
The Tower of Babel
Aleks Krotoski explores how today's digital world is a reverse Tower of Babel.
10 Apr 2015,·15 mins
Series 9
Episode 6
Simon Cox with the latest news from the digital world.
14 Nov 2011,·30 mins
The Water Wars?
Last in the series; how a worldwide water shortage could bring about conflict
19 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Where Half The Population Has A Mobile Phone
First broadcast in 2006. In Botswana, every other person has a mobile phone
18 Oct 2006,·26 mins
Listeners' Questions
Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19.
05 Apr 2021,·28 mins
Economic Justification
Can we justify the huge amount of money spent on space exploration?
07 Jan 1999,·13 mins
Meditations on the Metaverse
Olga Koch and Hussein Kesvani get their heads around the future of the internet.
08 Dec 2021,·24 mins
Genetic Engineering
Adding enzymes to washing powder and using micro-organisms in pollution control
07 Feb 1996,·9 mins
Episode 2
Podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann trace the origins of on-demand radio.
11 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Omnibus 4
Ian Blatchford and Tilly Blyth on how art and science have inspired each other.
18 Oct 2019,·57 mins
Timing Systems in Sport
Sporting events are timed to hundredths of a second
11 Sep 2000,·13 mins
Ethiopia and Kenya
Villagers and herdsmen with different water problems highlight global concerns
12 May 2003,·22 mins
Vanishing Tunes
Why have World Service signature tunes disappeared?
17 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Hooke's Law
Explaining Hooke's Law, which was devised by Robert Hooke in 1660
20 Sep 1995,·8 mins
John Logie Baird
A wireless with pictures.
18 May 1995,·9 mins
Global Telecoms
What can we expect from the next generation of mobile phones?
23 Jan 2003,·27 mins
The Rich Multilingual World
How learning and speaking another language enriches our lives
25 Mar 1995,·28 mins
Power and Prejudice
From middle to old age - from power and prejudice to the age of reminiscence
21 May 1998,·26 mins
Omnibus
Geoff Watts and guests discuss the past week's Moments of Genius.
12 Dec 2010,·30 mins
HIV/AIDS The Facts
A series of programmes about the spread, symptoms and treatment of HIV/AIDS
31 Dec 2003,·50 mins
The World's Climate
Our planet is warming up, the ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising
05 Jul 1999,·13 mins
Discussion on the emergence of tetrapods, our early ancestors, and their move onto land
14 Dec 2000,·24 mins
Atmospheric Pressure
Using everyday household objects to show the effects of atmospheric pressure
14 Mar 2000,·13 mins
Art
Martha Lane Fox explores how artists collaborate creatively online.
20 Apr 2015,·28 mins
A look at the science of the dissection of human bodies
08 Feb 1995,·42 mins
Reverend Richard Coles explores the science of sacred sounds.
17 Jul 2011,·30 mins
