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Islamic science

What were the sources of strength in Islamic Science?

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Genes - the shape of things to come

A look at the pattern of gene formation in humans

• 24 mins

Theory of evolution

A report on the debate of Darwin's Theory Of Evolution

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Synthetic Chemical Compounds

The development of synthetic chemical compounds

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The inventor of the pill

The inventor of the contraceptive pill, the novelist and playwright Carl Djerassi

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LIGO - going where no observatory has gone before

Report on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)

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Savant Syndrome

Report on Savant Syndrome and the extraordinary mental abilities savants tend to have

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Origins part one - Africa

Report on the beginnings of human evolution in Africa

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Origins part two - the first humans

Part two of a series examining human evolution

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Origins part three - cave paintings

Third programme in a series about human evolution

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Gene therapy

Disappointments following the promising development of gene therapy

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Spectrum - the moon versus the oceans

Comparing the amount we know of the surface of the moon to the surface of our own planet

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Spectrum - golden rice

Report on the development of gene-altered rice

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Organic Chemistry

Exploration into the work of organic chemists

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The fourth dimension - more than meets the eye

Documentary which explores the theory of a hypothetical universe

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The Future of the Forests

Report on how deforestation depletes, degrades and destroys the planet's ecosystems

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The Future of the Forests - Climate Change

Examination of what climate change will mean for the world's forests

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The Future of the Forests

Report on the deforestation occurring in developing nations of the tropical world

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Codex Alimentarius Commission

The Codex Alimentarius Commission, or food safety scheme

• 23 mins

Disaster in Waiting? Mount Pelee eruption

British geologist and hazard expert Bill McGuire explores three natural disasters

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Disaster in Waiting? The Vajont Dam

The Vajont Dam Disaster in Italy 1963 remains the worst dam disaster of all time

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Megalithic expedition in Spain

Report from an archaeological dig at the Picos de Europa National Park in Spain

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Disaster in Waiting? Coastal flooding in England

The most serious flooding ever to hit Britain happened in East Anglia in 1953

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Mission to Mars

Paul Arnold continues his series about expeditions with probably the biggest one of all

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Performance clothing

Can sports clothing and equipment make a difference to an athlete's performance?

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Circadian rhythms

The importance of the human body's natural clock or circadian rhythms

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The shape of the universe

The science of cosmology, which involves measuring the unmeasurable

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Three years after Kyoto

A look at what has happened since the Kyoto agreement on climate change 3 years ago

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Conservation and consumerism

A report on conflicting priorities in conservation

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Life story - the Cambrian period

A look at life in the Cambrian period, 500 million years ago

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