Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Beaked Whales
Richard Black joins researchers investigating the world of the beaked whale.
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The First Forests
Andrew Luck-Baker finds fossils the first forests on earth.
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SESAME
Can SESAME, a science project in Jordan, help to promote peace in the Middle East?
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Tar Sands
The latest technologies and the environmental drawbacks of extracting oil from sand.
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DNA Lineage
Sue Nelson talks to three scientists with an interest in using DNA to trace family history
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Cloud Seeding
Sue Broom investigates cloud seeding, a technique which can cause, or prevent, rain.
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Biofuels
Sue Nelson chairs a discussion about biofuels.
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Wine Glass
.Katy Brand toasts the wine glass, learning why it became the gargantuan glass it is today
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Why develop 'nano' foods?
Multi-flavoured drinks and diet foods – what nanotechnology might bring to the table
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Why can’t we remember being a baby?
Plus, could a party balloon reach space?
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Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories
Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared
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Well Met In Antarctica
Following Swedish Antarctic explorer Otto Nordenskjöld's amazing journey
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Unstoppable: Tu Youyou
Explorations in the world of science.
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Unstoppable: Tebello Nyokong
Tebello Nyokong is deploying cutting-edge chemistry to revolutionise cancer treatment
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Unstoppable: Purnima Devi Barman
Discover how Purnima Devi Barman recruited an army of women to save the storks of India.
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Unstoppable: Kura Paul-Burke
Kura Paul-Burke is combining Māori knowledge with marine science to save our ocean
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Unstoppable: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Explorations in the world of science.
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Unstoppable: Hedy Lamarr
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Truth about Cancer: Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
Anu Anand travels the globe to investigate how different countries are tackling cancer.
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Tooth and claw: Spotted hyena
Adam Hart resurrects the spotted hyena - from cowardly scavenger to ferocious hunter
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The venomous vendetta
Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam
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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
