大象传媒

Chi Onwurah

Why politics needs more scientists and engineers.

• 27 mins

The Case of The Missing Gorilla

鈥淗ow can I be immersed in a book, and still notice my name?鈥� asks Charlotte.

• 27 mins

The Wild and Windy Tale

鈥淗ow do winds start and why do they stop?鈥� asks Georgina from the Isle of Wight.

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The suspicious smell

Why do our bodies smell? And does our smell influence how much we like each other?

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The problem of infinite Pi(e)

How did we discover Pi? How do we know that it鈥檚 infinite and never repeats? asks Alex

• 26 mins

The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses

Why do things like pet hair, peanuts and pollen can get our immune systems so riled up?

• 28 mins

The puzzle of the plasma doughnut

鈥淗ow does fusion work, and how can we do it safely on earth?鈥� asks Les Walker

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Wild inside: The Cheetah

The amazing internal anatomy of the cheetah and the secrets to survival

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Wild inside: Great Grey Owl

Explorations in the world of science.

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Wild inside: The Harbour Porpoise

Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of the enigmatic harbour porpoise

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Wild Inside: The Alpaca

Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to success of the alpaca.

• 28 mins

Tooth and Claw: Komodo dragon

Explorations in the world of science.

• 27 mins

Preparing for the next pandemic

Scientists warn it鈥檚 not if, but when, another pandemic will hit us

• 50 mins

Tooth and Claw: African Wild Dog

Explorations in the world of science.

• 28 mins

Tooth and Claw: Wasps

Explorations in the world of science.

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Tooth and Claw: Cougar

Explorations in the world of science.

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Bad Blood: You've got good genes

The origins of Eugenics and the idea that we could breed ourselves to a brighter future

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Bad Blood: You will not replace us

The rise of the idea that immigrants will out-breed and replace the dominant white 'race'

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Bad Blood: Birth controlled

The women forcibly sterilised against their will and the campaign for birth control

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Bad Blood: Rassenhygiene

The mass sterilisation of those deemed 鈥榰nfit鈥� by the Nazis in the name of eugenics

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Bad Blood: The curse of Mendel

How Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, an insight which inspired eugenics from the 1900s

• 28 mins

Bad Blood: Newgenics

Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?

• 28 mins

The Life Scientific: Tim Lamont

Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs.

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The Life Scientific: Rebecca Kilner

Jim al-Khalili hears how insects helped Rebecca Kilner solve evolutionary mysteries

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The Life Scientific: Clifford Johnson

New approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.

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Judith Bunbury: Unearthing the secrets of Ancient Egypt

Dr Judith Bunbury on enriching our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond

• 27 mins

Our Microbes and Our Health

The astonishing and mysterious world of the human microbiome.

• 49 mins

The Case of The Blind Man's Eye

Why can't I see images in my mind?

• 27 mins

The magnetic mystery

The Curious Cases team explore the strange world of magnetism

• 27 mins

The puzzle of the pyramids

The Curious Cases team discovers how Egypt's pyramids were really built.

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