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Why do some people have no sense of direction?

Plus, why is my mum tone deaf?

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Make Me a Cyborg

Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.

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Delivering Clean Air

More delivery vans means more air pollution in our cities. What are the alternatives?

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Human Hibernation

Could humans pull off the trick of hibernation to conquer long term space travel?

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The Split Second Decision

Dr Kevin Fong asks how vulnerable is our high end decision making

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Extending Embryo Research

Explorations in the world of science.

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The Bee All and End All

Bees pollinate plants, can detect bombs and compose music. What would we do without them?

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Lifechangers: George Takei

Kevin Fong talks to Star Trek actor and activist George Takei.

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Lifechangers: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Kevin Fong talks to astrophysicist and populariser of science, Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Lifechangers: Charles Bolden

Explorations in the world of science.

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Hunting for Life on Mars

Professor Monica Grady searches for signs of life on Mars

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Re-engineering Life

Roland Pease meets the engineers and biologists hacking life's circuits

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Quantum Supremacy

With IBM, Google and Microsoft all making bold claims for quantum computing, what's up?

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History of the Rise of the Robots

From the Ancient Greeks to Maria in Metropolis, Adam Rutherford explores robots in culture

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Robots - More Human than Human?

Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with contemporary humanoid robots

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Can Robots be Truly Intelligent?

Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us

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Dying in Comfort in Mongolia

The Mongolian matriarch who is helping people with terminal liver cancer die in comfort

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Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay

Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens

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Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania

Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania

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The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black Women & Breast Cancer

Anu Anand explores why more black women are more likely to die of breast cancer in the US

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Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad

Anu Anand on detecting and treating prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Eating Well in Lyon: Healthy Diets to prevent Bowel Cancer

Anu Anand is in Lyon, looking at what we eat and drink and the risk of bowel cancer

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The Day the Sun Went Dark

For the first time in almost 100 years the USA is experiencing a full solar eclipse

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Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet

The Origin of the Internet

The origins of the internet, and why nobody thought of making it secure

• 26 mins

Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet

Dark Side of the World Wide Web

Did the World Wide Web's Utopian ideals spread crime and obscenity?

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Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet

Internet of Things

Can we Control the Dark Side of the Internet?

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Africa’s Great Green Wall

Transforming the Sahal into the next wonder of the world through Africa’s Great Green Wall

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India's Ancient Science

Rediscovering influential Indian ideas on mathematics, metallurgy and engineering

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Indian Science – The Colonial Legacy

How did British imperialism affect India’s scientific development?

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SOS Snail

Helen Scales reports on the international rescue mission to save the Partula snail

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