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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.
Geo-engineering
Gaia Vince asks if geoengineering by blocking the sun could stop the earth warming up.
Chronotypes
Linda Geddes explores research into the differences between morning and evening people.
Driverless cars
Jack Stewart meets the engineers inventing vehicles that drive themselves.
Ageing and the brain
Do our mental powers really decline in old age?
Power Transmission
Gaia Vince looks at the future of power transmission.
Anaesthesia
Linda Geddes explores the latest research into how general anaesthetics work in the body.
Swarming robots
Adam Hart on how insect and cell structure research is helping develop swarming robots.
Cosmology
Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang as announced in March?