Deep Sea Mining
Is mining the deep ocean the solution to the world's growing demand for valuable metals?
23 Jul 2014,·28 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
Episode 4
Richard Dawkins talks to Craig Venter about the creation of synthetic life.
14 Jul 2010,·30 mins
Beef
An examination of the worldwide beef industry
18 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Reproductive Health in Mexico
First broadcast in 2001. Family planning in rural and urban areas of Mexico
29 Jan 2001,·13 mins
Quirky sound composition inspired by the songs of crickets.
14 Jul 2012,·15 mins
Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.
16 Oct 2018,·28 mins
World Wise Web: Part two
Teenagers meet pioneering inventors, including the creator of the first mobile phone
19 Sep 2020,·49 mins
How can science can stop an upsurge in the slaughter of African elephants for their ivory?
05 Aug 2009,·30 mins
26/12/2008
Adam Hart-Davis explores the history of the technology of Christmas.
26 Dec 2008,·30 mins
Naturalist Brett Westwood considers migration in differing forms from the DRC to the UK.
30 Jun 2020,·28 mins
Ehsan Masood examines how science could help prevent future banking crises.
17 Feb 2011,·30 mins
A spoken word concept album linking space and music.
01 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Episode 5
BBC Radio 4 pays tribute to Prof Stephen Hawking.
06 Jan 2012,·15 mins
Schizophrenia
The voices are loud and nasty, is how Janie describes having schizophrenia
26 Dec 2000,·13 mins
Conflict
Why do governments shut down the internet?
16 Mar 2022,·26 mins
Did Douglas Adams predict the future in the year 2000?
14 Mar 2015,·30 mins
Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto in 1930 sparked discussions that continue today
19 Feb 1996,·9 mins
Episode 3
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
22 Jul 2022,·28 mins
Trevor Cox finds out how recording and copying music compromises the original quality.
07 Jan 2016,·28 mins
Genetic Engineering
Adding enzymes to washing powder and using micro-organisms in pollution control
07 Feb 1996,·9 mins
10 - Making It Right
How cruel do you have to be - in order to be kind?
28 Jun 2019,·36 mins
Northern Right Whales
Northern Right Whales in danger of extinction
11 Jan 1999,·13 mins
Malawi and HIV
One in five people in Malawi had HIV, it had massive social repercussions
21 Nov 2005,·22 mins
Andrea Sella returns to the Italian landscape of his childhood to explore how it's changed
19 Sep 2014,·30 mins
The National Nuclear Laboratory
Professor Iain Stewart visits the UK's home of nuclear science in Cumbria.
04 Jun 2010,·15 mins
Beautiful bogs and precious peatlands
Pennie Latin explores the role of Scotland's bogs in the battle against climate change.
18 Mar 2020,·27 mins
Globalisation
What lies behind globalisation?
25 Sep 2000,·23 mins
11/09/2021
Elaine Mitchell takes a weekly look at farming, food and countryside issues.
11 Sep 2021,·15 mins
