Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Stem Cells 鈥� The Start of a New Medical Era?
Is creation of human trachea from a patient's stem cells the start of a new medical era?
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Sound Architecture
Trevor Cox explores the idea of aural architecture architecture for your ears, hearing how some spaces 'speak'.
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Sniffing Out Crime
How sniffer dogs are trained to fight crime by tracking and searching out chemicals
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Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania
Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania
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Science Stories - Sophia Jex-Blake
Naomi Alderman tells the story of Sophia Jex-Blake, first woman doctor in Scotland
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Science Stories - Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing
Naomi Alderman tells the story of Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing
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Science Stories - Isaac Newton and the story of the apple
Did Newton's theory of gravity really come to him after seeing an apple fall?
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Saving The Tiger
As the number of Tigers in India continues to dwindle, Mark Tully challenges those who should be doing more.
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Saving Coral Reefs 鈥� How to survey your fish
What can the fish living on the coral reefs of Palau tell us about their environment?
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Saving Coral Reefs 鈥� Growing new corals
Can embryonic corals from Palau be cultivated and used to seed degraded reefs?
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Return to Mars
How will NASA鈥檚 latest robot rover search for life on Mars?
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Remembrance Of Smells Past
How do smells impact on our memories and emotions? This programme examines new insights into why this link is so powerful.
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Remembrance of Smells Past
Why do smells trigger such powerful memories?
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Putting the Mouth Back into the Body
A look at the evidence that links the health of our mouths with the rest of our bodies.
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Putting Maths into Biology - D鈥橝rcy Thompson
The Man who put maths into biology and saw physics in shells, seeds and bees 100 years ago
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Professor Anne Magurran
Professor Anne Magurran on how nature is going the same way as our high streets.
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Preparing for the next pandemic
Scientists warn it鈥檚 not if, but when, another pandemic will hit us
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Particles 鈥� Where did they come from?
What are the particles making up the stuff we see around us and where did they come from?
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Particles 鈥� What is anti-matter?
Particles, the basic building blocks of matter 鈥� and anti-matter
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Our Microbes and Our Health
The astonishing and mysterious world of the human microbiome.
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Our Caffeine Habit
What does caffeine do to us? Its chemistry and the techology of preparing caffeine drinks
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Oceans: What Lies Beneath 鈥� Unlocking biotech gold
Why scientists are trawling the oceans for new compounds, chemicals and gene sequences
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Oceans: What Lies Beneath 鈥� Travels with Alvin
Scientists aboard Alvin have found breathtaking and varied life in the oceans' depths
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Oceans: What Lies Beneath 鈥� Climate change
How climate change could have the most devastating effects on our planet's deep oceans
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Oceans: What Lies Beneath 鈥� A new age of Discovery
Why do oceanographers believe we are in a new golden age of oceanographic discovery?
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Oceans - What Lies Beneath
Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we understand the oceans, and talks to scientists making extraordinary discoveries.
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Oceans - What Lies Beneath
Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we understand the oceans, and talks to scientists making extraordinary discoveries.
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Oceans - What Lies Beneath
Gabrielle Walker looks at how little we understand the oceans, and talks to scientists making extraordinary discoveries.
