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Human Hibernation

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

• 26 mins

The Split Second Decision

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

• 26 mins

Extending Embryo Research

Explorations in the world of science.

• 26 mins

The Bee All and End All

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

• 26 mins

Lifechangers: George Takei

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

• 26 mins

Lifechangers: Neil deGrasse Tyson

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

• 26 mins

Lifechangers: Charles Bolden

Explorations in the world of science.

• 26 mins

Hunting for Life on Mars

Professor Monica Grady searches for signs of life on Mars

• 26 mins

Re-engineering Life

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

• 26 mins

Quantum Supremacy

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

• 26 mins

History of the Rise of the Robots

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

• 26 mins

Robots - More Human than Human?

Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with contemporary humanoid robots

• 26 mins

Can Robots be Truly Intelligent?

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

• 26 mins

Dying in Comfort in Mongolia

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

• 26 mins

Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay

Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens

• 26 mins

Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania

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

• 26 mins

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

• 26 mins

Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad

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

• 26 mins

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

• 26 mins

The Day the Sun Went Dark

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

• 26 mins

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?

• 26 mins

Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet

Internet of Things

Can we Control the Dark Side of the Internet?

• 26 mins

Africa’s Great Green Wall

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

• 26 mins

India's Ancient Science

Rediscovering influential Indian ideas on mathematics, metallurgy and engineering

• 26 mins

Indian Science – The Colonial Legacy

How did British imperialism affect India’s scientific development?

• 26 mins

SOS Snail

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

• 26 mins

Sydney Brenner: A Revolutionary Biologist

Sydney Brenner talks about his part in the DNA revolution between the 1950s and 1980s

• 26 mins

How much of my body is bacteria?

Plus, why do we have different blood types?

• 26 mins

How do cats find their way home?

Plus, why do we itch and should we scratch?

• 26 mins