The Tower of Babel
Aleks Krotoski explores how today's digital world is a reverse Tower of Babel.
10 Apr 2015,·15 mins
Series 3
Rarities and Recordings
Brett Westwood looks at a bird on the edge of extinction - the slender-billed curlew.
12 Feb 2013,·28 mins
Ep 6: The Future - What’s There To Sing About?
What is the common ground that can save the North Atlantic Right Whale?
28 Sep 2022,·58 mins
Information technology is Not a Luxury
Information technology is an essential tool for the developing world
23 Dec 2002,·27 mins
Mastering The Servant
First broadcast in 1989. Can we control the development and use of technology?
10 Aug 1989,·27 mins
Harvest
The trials and triumphs of young farmers.
22 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Adam Hart-Davis follows the construction of the Large Hadron Collider atom smasher at CERN
10 Sep 2008,·45 mins
Adam Fowler visits Northern Canada to discover some potential benefits of global warming.
01 Jan 2008,·30 mins
Kat Arney investigates why little girls are addicted to the colour pink, and if it matters
09 May 2011,·30 mins
Speak for Yourself
3/4. Carmen Pryce investigates the inner world of the young child.
20 Sep 1995,·30 mins
Ian Peacock discovers why certain smells can transport us back to our childhood.
16 Apr 2009,·30 mins
Listeners' Questions
Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19.
05 Apr 2021,·28 mins
Episode 2
Mark Stephen charts a unique swap involving two gamekeepers.
08 Oct 2010,·28 mins
Can Machines Think?
First broadcast in 1994. A look at artificial intelligence and 'thinking machines'
31 Aug 1994,·28 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.
20 Jul 2011,·30 mins
Jolyon Jenkins explores how work and life are increasingly being turned into games.
11 Apr 2023,·28 mins
The Water Wars?
Last in the series; how a worldwide water shortage could bring about conflict
19 Jun 2001,·13 mins
An Education Revolution?
Sarah Montague and guests debate whether the UK should follow America's lead.
10 Mar 2014,·58 mins
How extreme weather affects people in marginal areas
20 Jan 2000,·28 mins
Super-sensing Ben
Prof Ben Garrod explores whether through technology he can become a super-sensing human.
16 May 2023,·28 mins
Soil
How can humans prevent the cycle of life from snapping?
14 Jul 1992,·27 mins
Midge Ure explains how technical innovation has always stimulated musical creativity.
15 Feb 2014,·30 mins
Ricky Ross discovers how one Scottish company is giving back the freedom of speech.
09 Aug 2011,·28 mins
The rate at which scientists and inventors discover new things is slowing. How to fix it?
28 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Towards Healthier Societies
How do we measure the health of a society? And how can we improve it?
06 Jul 2000,·24 mins
How a natural disaster helped shape the modern world
11 May 2000,·24 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the technology of brain scanning.
17 Oct 2007,·30 mins
Richard Coles on the inspiration to artists of darkness and the Northern lights in Norway.
19 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Hugh Levinson asks what sort of research Africa's scientists should conduct.
07 Apr 2008,·30 mins
How surfing is shaping Ireland's coastal communities, north and south of the border.
07 Jul 2014,·30 mins
