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Transit of Venus 2012

Marek Kukula explores the science behind the Transit of Venus 2012.

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Flu

Suppressed research into how bird flu could become more infectious has now been released.

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Legacy Of Alan Turing - Episode One

Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer

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Legacy Of Alan Turing - Episode Two

Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer.

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Gene Therapy

Geoff Watts explores new techniques in gene therapy for cystic fibrosis

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Artificial Blood

Vivienne Parry meets scientists hoping to create artificial blood.

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Artificial Photosynthesis

Prof Andrea Sella reports on the race to better nature at harnessing the sun's energy.

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Future Flight: Prog 1 of 2

Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who will transform the way we fly around the world.

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Future Flight: Prog 2 of 2

Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who are designing flying cars and green aircraft.

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Nasa's Curiosity robot lands on Mars

Nasa's Curiosity robot lands on Mars – the search for extraterrestrial life steps up.

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Saving the Ganges River Dolphin

On the Brahmaputra, counting and saving the Ganges River Dolphin.

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The Life Scientific : Barbara Sahakian - Neuroscientist

Jim Al-Khalili talks to neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian about her Life Scientific.

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The Life Scientific : Lloyd Peck - Antarctic Scientist

Jim Al-Khalili meets Antarctic scientist Lloyd Peck and discovers giant sea spiders.

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Frankenstein's Moon

Lunar and stellar insights on Hamlet and Frankenstein. Astronomy and literature collide.

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Darwin's Tunes

Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect tune?

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The sound of deafness

The science of hearing; cochlear implants; the sound of deafness

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The Life Scientific: Andrea Sella - Chemist

Jim Al-Khalili meets chemist and science showman Andrea Sella.

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End of Drug Discovery

The long and expensive struggle to get medicines to market

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End of Drug Discovery

Speeding up the drug development process to treat the major diseases facing us

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The Age We Made - Part 1

Is humanity launching a new geological age on the Earth?

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The Age We Made - Part 2

Are humans creating a new geological epoch through climate change and fossil fuels?

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The Age We Made - Part 3

Are humans launching a new geological epoch through species extinction and farming?

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The Age We Made

How might cities, mobile phones and humans become fossilised in years to come?

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Hallucination 1/2

Understanding hallucination may provide new treatments for psychosis and schizophrenia

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Hallucination 2/2

Geoff Watts explores the science of hallucination.

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Last Man, First Scientist on the Moon

An interview with the only geologist to explore the moon's surface, Harrison Schmitt

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Particle Physics

What are particle physicists doing after finding the Higgs boson?

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Piltdown Man

Piltdown Man – could such a shocking case of scientific fraud happen again?

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Why do women outlive men

Why do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing

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The Life Scientific: Andrea Sella - Chemist

Jim Al-Khalili meets chemist and science showman Andrea Sella.

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