Discovery Episodes Available now
Artificial body parts - the six million dollar human
Could bionic limbs emerge from science fiction to science fact?
Repairing the brain
Report on a new centre for brain repair, which has just opened at Cambridge University
Human history - it's all in the genes
Can human history be hidden in the genes?
Nitric oxide - the new wonder drug
How nitric oxide, once considered poisonous, could be a future wonder drug
Childhood leukemia and radiation
A look at the causes of childhood leukaemia
The ancestors of vertebrates
Research which suggests conodonts are the early meat-eating ancestors of vertebrate
The laser scanning opthalmoscope
Scientists unveil a retina laser scanning opthalmoscope
Complex molecular systems - and a new metal
A new metal which could be cast itself into shape
Polio vaccine
How a polio vaccine with an unlimited shelf life could help eradicate the disease for good
The origins of language
How monkeys are helping us understand how humans evolved to talk
