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22/06/2011
What's wrong with earthquake science? Roland Pease investigates.
29/06/2011
How a meteorite that landed on Earth 100 years ago is helping astronomers explore Mars.
Ageing and Telomeres
Is there a test for how long you will live? Controversies in cutting edge ageing research.
02/11/2011
Did CERN scientists really break the universal speed limit? Roland Pease investigates.
09/11/2011
Exploring Antarctica's subglacial lakes for new lifeforms and future sea level rise clues.
16/11/2011
Vivienne Parry explores the crucial role the hormone leptin plays in the body.
23/11/2011
Antivirals. Kevin Fong looks at new techniques to cure all viral infections.
30/11/2011
Geoff Watts explores the origins of depression and efforts to find new treatments.
07/12/2011
Gareth Mitchell ask how near we are to achieving hypersonic flight.
Transit of Venus
Marek Kukula explores the forthcoming transit of Venus across the face of the Sun.
Engineering Flu
Genetically engineered bird flu - lessons for pandemic preparations. Kevin Fong reports.
Artificial Photosynthesis
Andrea Sella on the race to find a cheap inorganic way to mimic nature's green stuff.
20/06/2012
Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis.
27/06/2012
Creating Blood: Vivienne Parry meets scientists hoping to create artificial blood.
04/07/2012
Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who will transform the way we fly around the world.
Future of Particle Physics
Tracey Logan asks what particle physicists are doing after finding the Higgs boson.
Why do women live longer than men?
Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing.
Anthropocene
Has humanity launched a new geological time period? Gaia Vince on the Anthropocene Epoch.
Brain Machine Interfaces
Geoff Watts looks into how scientists can use the mind to control artificial limbs.
05/12/2012
Adam Rutherford reports on the recent discovery that much of our DNA is not useless junk.
Forensic Phonetics
Rebecca Morelle explores how the forensic science of speech is helping to solve crime.
Build Me a Brain
Roland Pease reports on scientists building brains from scratch in the lab.
19/06/2013
Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other?
Whatever happened to biofuels?
Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria.
Plate Tectonics and Life
Roland Pease on the idea that life on early Earth led to the evolution of plate tectonics.
Crossrail - Tunnelling under London
How 26 miles of precision-engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology.
Oxytocin
Linda Geddes asks if taking the hormone oxytocin can make people more sociable.
Gut Microbiota
New insights into the important relationship we have with microbes that live in our gut.
The Power of the Unconscious
The crucial role of our unconscious, and how scientists are now harnessing its powers.
Self-Healing Materials
Quentin Cooper takes a look at the new materials that can mend themselves.
Nitrogen Fixing
Prof Andrea Sella looks at efforts to reduce our dependence on the Haber-Bosch process.