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Discovery Episodes

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    American Association for Advancement of Science

    Special report from annual meeting of American Association for Advancement of Science

  2. Gene Therapy

    The latest research in gene therapy for heart disease and cystic fibrosis

  3. Preventing Brain Damage

    Preventing brain damage in newborn babies. Also, how Aids is changing in Africa

  4. Sex

    Why, in evolutionary terms, does sex cost so much?

  5. Neural tube defects

    Breakthroughs in detection and treatment of neural tube defects such as in spina bifida

  6. The power of aspirin

    Can the wonder-drug aspirin be made more precise?

  7. 09/11/2026 GMT

    Explorations in the world of science.

  8. 02/11/2026 GMT

    Explorations in the world of science.

  9. Discovery

    Explorations in the world of science.

  10. The Life Scientific: David Canter

    Explorations in the world of science.

  11. The Life Scientific: Edith Heard

    Epigeneticist Edith Heard on decoding the details of how X chromosomes are expressed

  12. The Life Scientific: Ginger Kerrick

    Ginger Kerrick on training the first ISS crew and becoming the voice of Mission Control (R)

  13. The ocean within us

    Humans are around 70% water. But where is it all? And what's it doing inside us?

  14. The art of being a Zombie Ant Fungus

    Cultural entomologist Bridget Nicholls investigates a bizarre natural phenomenon

  15. Women Not Included: Consumer Products

    In a world not designed for women, everyday products ignore women’s real needs.

  16. Women not included: Medical devices

    In a world not designed for women, devices put inside of female bodies pose hidden risks

  17. Women not included: Artificial Intelligence

    In a world not designed for women, AI reveals its hidden gender biases.

  18. Women Not Included: Urban Planning

    In a world not designed for women, the urban landscape reveals who it was really built for

  19. Women Not Included: Safety Equipment

    In a world not designed for women, tools meant to protect can leave many exposed.

  20. Women Not Included: Drugs and clinical trials

    In a world not designed for women, medicine built for male bodies puts people at risk

  21. The friendly virus

    As antibiotics start to fail, are we ready to enter the age of phage?

  22. The Life Scientific: Dean Lomax

    Dean Lomax on his unconventional route into palaeontology and making BIG discoveries.

  23. The Life Scientific: Helen Hastie

    Professor Helen Hastie on the positive future role for robots in our world.

  24. The Life Scientific: Seth Berkley

    Epidemiologist Seth Berkley on a career trying to get vaccines to those in need.

  25. The Life Scientific: Hiranya Peiris

    Hiranya Peiris on discovering the origin and evolution of the universe.

  26. The Life Scientific: Washington Yotto Ochieng

    Washington Yotto Ochieng reveals just how dependent we are on navigation systems like GPS

  27. The Life Scientific: Lucy Carpenter

    Atmospheric chemist Lucy Carpenter explains how natural marine processes impact ozone.

  28. The Life Scientific: Jens Juul Holst

    Physiologist Jens Juul Holst on how gut hormone GLP-1 paved the way for weight loss drugs

  29. The Life Scientific: Jim Ashworth-Beaumont

    Orthotist Jim Ashworth-Beaumont on how the body can adapt to life-changing injuries.

  30. Inside Universe 25

    What we can learn about the psychology of crowding from one man, and two thousand mice?

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