Discover interesting facts and remarkable discoveries in these gems from the past year.
A witty, irreverent and unashamedly rational look at the world of fossils and geology.
Journalists Paul Gambaccini and Laura Barton discuss the "llama recordings".
Lucy Kellaway reports on some early employee records held in the archives at Lloyds bank.
Sheila Dillon asks why the future of the UK's most popular fruit, the banana, is uncertain
Godzilla was a response to atomic war. Japanese artists now聽respond to the tsunami of 2011
Alice Roberts asks Robert Crompton whether some of us have more ape-like feet than others.
Kirsty Young interviews columnist and author Julie Burchill.
Pink Floyd's Nick Mason: "Young artists should be wary of signing away their rights"
Life-logging and other obsessions of the nascent 'quantified self' movement explored.
Wildlife sound recordist Chris Watson presents the bearded tit.
Listen to Tim Brooke-Taylor's rendition of Wrecking Ball on I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue.
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss water, one of the most remarkable of all molecules.
John Humphrys gives his views on the 12 albums nominated for the Mercury Music Prize.
