Wealth
Would you consider yourself to be wealthy?
18 Dec 1998,·13 mins
Aliens on Film: Part Two
Francine Stock and Adam Rutherford explore the potential for life across the universe.
12 Mar 2017,·28 mins
How could the latest science of placebo change the way we think about medicine?
18 Feb 2019,·28 mins
Fungi
Scientist are unable to classify fungi as either plant or animal
31 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Biological Weapons
New dangers that come with the development and use of biological weapons
01 May 2001,·28 mins
What should be in a Hippocratic Oath for scientists?
21 Dec 2011,·30 mins
A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.
02 Jan 2015,·30 mins
Malaria in Malawi
As existing malaria medicines lose efficacy, what - if anything - is in development?
26 Jan 2000,·28 mins
Vanishing Tunes
Why have World Service signature tunes disappeared?
17 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Tom Chivers asks what football's search for truth tells us about uncertainty in our lives.
12 Jun 2020,·28 mins
Ehsan Masood explores whether science is becoming politicised on controversial issues.
06 Aug 2013,·38 mins
Sex, Radio and the Truth
First broadcast in 2002. A Zambian radio show aims to get partners talking about sex
15 May 2002,·12 mins
Episode 2
The team launch the Herschel telescope, the biggest telescope ever sent to space.
25 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Ethiopia and Kenya
Villagers and herdsmen with different water problems highlight global concerns
12 May 2003,·22 mins
Howard Stableford investigates whether advances in 3D printing can benefit nature.
07 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
12 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Swing Bridge for Suez Canal
First broadcast in 1997. The world’s largest swing bridge
12 Mar 1997,·18 mins
Gordon Corera asks if the West is losing the technological race with China.
19 Jun 2020,·28 mins
You can now clone your pet in the UK, but should you?
21 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the Nobel-winning physicists William and Lawrence Bragg.
13 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Water in Space
First broadcast in 2003. A look at the search for liquid water on Mars
22 Apr 2003,·12 mins
It's the key metaphor of the internet, ethereal and fluffy - but what is the cloud hiding?
13 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Future
What can governments realistically do to provide decent health services?
19 Dec 2001,·13 mins
Timing Systems in Sport
Sporting events are timed to hundredths of a second
11 Sep 2000,·13 mins
Story of the inspirational leader behind the Beagle 2 mission to Mars - Colin Pillinger.
09 May 2018,·60 mins
Episode 3
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests.
03 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Deal With It
Prof Jonathan Ball concludes his survey of the new disruptive biotechnologies.
24 Aug 2018,·15 mins
Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer.
12 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury
An interview with the founder of a field hospital which became a healthcare system
26 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Beef
An examination of the worldwide beef industry
18 Dec 2003,·22 mins
