BBC World Service - Discovery

Crossrail: Tunnelling under London

How 26 miles of precision engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology

Can taking the hormone oxytocin make people more sociable, trusting and loving?

Can we ever reliably predict earthquakes to justify the cost of forecasting them?

Plate tectonics: the force that shaped the Earth - and shaped the life on it

Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other?

Scientists connect cultures of living human neurons to robots to see how the brain works

Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth

Forensic entomologist Amoret Whitaker on insects and their role in solving crimes

Around a million cosmic rays pass through us every night but where do they come from?

Dr Adam Hart explores the impact of migratory bee-keeping in the United States