Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
Episodes to download
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Episode 3—Thin Air
Wed 2 Feb 2011
3/3 We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison.
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Episode 2—Thin Air
Wed 26 Jan 2011
2/3 We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison.
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Episode 1—Thin Air
Wed 19 Jan 2011
1/3 We not only live in the atmosphere, we live because of it. It is a transformer and a protector, though ultimately also a poison.
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Episode 3—The Acoustics Of World Instruments
Wed 12 Jan 2011
3/3 Professor of Acoustic Engineering Trevor Cox talks to musicians and scientists to look at the acoustics of musical instruments.
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Episode 2—The Acoustics Of World Instruments
Wed 5 Jan 2011
2/3 Professor of Acoustic Engineering Trevor Cox talks to musicians and scientists to look at the acoustics of musical instruments.
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Episode 1—The Acoustics Of World Instruments
Wed 29 Dec 2010
1/3 Professor of Acoustic Engineering Trevor Cox talks to musicians and scientists to look at the acoustics of musical instruments.
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21/12/2010 GMT—Nanoparticles
Tue 21 Dec 2010
Nanoparticles are all around us. What effect could they be having on our environment?
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14/12/2010 GMT—Nanoparticles
Tue 14 Dec 2010
Nanoparticles are all around us. What effect could they be having on our environment?
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Science And Libel
Tue 7 Dec 2010
Ben Goldacre explores the battle to protect science writers from the threat of libel action.
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Episode 5 - Morten Kringelbach—Exchanges At The Frontier
Wed 24 Nov 2010
A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the 大象传媒 World Service with the Wellcome Collection.
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Episode 4 - Gwen Adshead—Exchanges At The Frontier
Wed 17 Nov 2010
A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the 大象传媒 World Service with the Wellcome Collection.
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Episode 3 - Brian Greene—Exchanges At The Frontier
Wed 10 Nov 2010
A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the 大象传媒 World Service with the Wellcome Collection.
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Episode 2 - Kevin Marsh—Exchanges At The Frontier
Wed 3 Nov 2010
A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the 大象传媒 World Service with the Wellcome Collection.
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Episode 1 - Cynthia Kenyon—Exchanges At The Frontier
Wed 27 Oct 2010
A second series of public events on the role of science in society, from the 大象传媒 World Service with the Wellcome Collection.
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The Heart Has Its Reasons
Tue 19 Oct 2010
Does the head really rule the heart as modern science would tell us? Tim Healey asks if the heart plays a role in our emotions.
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12/10/2010 GMT—The Vaccine Detectives
Tue 12 Oct 2010
2/2 Medical sleuths in West Africa make startling discoveries that could change child health care worldwide.
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05/10/2010 GMT—The Vaccine Detectives
Tue 5 Oct 2010
1/2 Medical sleuths in West Africa make startling discoveries that could change child health care worldwide.
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Richard Feynman, Physicist
Tue 28 Sep 2010
Brian Cox presents a tribute to Richard Feynman, widely regarded as the most influential physicist since Einstein.
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The Alien Equation
Tue 21 Sep 2010
Kevin Fong examines the equation that seeks to answer one of the most profound questions in science: Are we alone in the cosmos?
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Graphene
Tue 14 Sep 2010
Roland Pease reports on graphene, an atomically thin form of carbon that looks set to transform technology.
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Muscles
Tue 7 Sep 2010
Vivienne Parry hears how new research into muscle wastage is turning the accepted view of "use it or lose it" on its head.
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Failing Gracefully
Mon 1 Aug 2016
Dr Kevin Fong explores the role technology plays in high-risk systems
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Going Lean: Health and the Toyota Way
Mon 25 Jul 2016
Kevin Fong discovers how a car maker is helping to improve healthcare
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鈥淔aster, Better, Cheaper鈥�
Mon 18 Jul 2016
Kevin Fong explores the success and failure of NASA鈥檚 missions to Mars
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The Business of Failure
Tue 12 Jul 2016
Dr Kevin Fong explores the problems with the US air ambulance industry.
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
