Discovery Episodes Available now
The Long Hot Summer - Part Two—Heatwave
2/2 How did mild temperatures in the Arctic affect 2018's extreme weather?
The Long Hot Summer—Heatwave
1/2 Roland Pease asks why the Northern Hemisphere had unusually high temperatures this year.
Sodium—In Their Element
3/3 Why sodium powers everything we do
Iron—In Their Element
2/3 How iron has shaped human biology and culture
Fluorine—In Their Element
1/3 How the feared element ended up giving us better teeth, mood and health
Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting—Science Stories: Series 6
5/5 How a poor woman became one of 19th-century Britain's most successful fossil finders
Hypatia: The Murdered Mathematician—Science Stories: Series 6
4/5 Naomi Alderman on the life and death of Hypatia, the ancient Greek mathematician
Descartes' "Daughter"—Science Stories: Series 6
3/5 Philip Ball goes back to the 17th Century to talk about Descartes and his "daughter"
Making Natural Products in the Lab—Science Stories: Series 6
2/5 How 19th century chemist Wohler made a natural product in the lab
The Real Cyrano de Bergerac—Science Stories: Series 6
1/5 Philip Ball on the real Cyrano de Bergerac and his 17th century space ship.
