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Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1470 episodes
The discovery and recreation of an iconic perfume formula for Soir de Paris
25 Mar 2019,·26 mins
Roland Pease investigates the growing fire hazard in California
18 Mar 2019,·26 mins
The mobile app that will warn southern Californians if an earthquake is heading their way
11 Mar 2019,·26 mins
From the Crimean War to the end of World War Two
Andrea Sella looks at the role chemists have played in the development of weapons
25 Feb 2019,·26 mins
From the Cold War to the present day
The role chemists have played in the development of chemical weapons
04 Mar 2019,·26 mins
Eye in the Sky
SOFIA is a flying observatory setting out to study Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon
28 Jan 2019,·26 mins
Back from the Dead
The hunt for the Night Parrot: a fat, dumpy, green parrot that lives in the desert
04 Feb 2019,·26 mins
Trouble in paradise
How scientists are trying to eradicate rats and mosquitoes threatening French Polynesia
11 Feb 2019,·26 mins
Tracks across time
Scientists race to save a set of 95-million-year-old footprints
18 Feb 2019,·26 mins
Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms
Two thousand years ago Lucretius composed about atoms and the natural world
07 Jan 2019,·26 mins
Kepler's Snowflake
Philip Ball tells the story of Johannes Kepler and the six cornered snowflake.
14 Jan 2019,·26 mins
Ibn al-Haytham: The Father of Modern Optics
The Arabic scholar who showed how light and the human eye produce our sense of vision
21 Jan 2019,·26 mins
Philip Ball tells the story of Arthur Eddington's confirmation of general relativity
31 Dec 2018,·26 mins
The story of one of the most iconic photos of the last 50 years
24 Dec 2018,·26 mins
Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.
17 Dec 2018,·26 mins
Why We Fell In Love with Plastic
Professor Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic.
26 Nov 2018,·26 mins
How Much Plastic Can We Recycle?
03 Dec 2018,·26 mins
The China Syndrome
China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact
10 Dec 2018,·26 mins
Viagra and CRISPR
Viagra was first developed to treat heart disease, but it had some surprising side-effects
05 Nov 2018,·26 mins
The Big Bang and Jet Streams
Evidence for the big bang was initially thought to be a mistake in the data
12 Nov 2018,·26 mins
Finding the Coelacanths
A huge, four-limbed fish, was discovered 65 million years after its supposed extinction
19 Nov 2018,·26 mins
In search of the first animals on the Earth, more than half a billion years ago
29 Oct 2018,·26 mins
How can we adapt and prepare our cities for extreme weather conditions?
22 Oct 2018,·26 mins
Who To Believe?
Matthew Hill explores the Chinese approach to organ transplantation.
08 Oct 2018,·26 mins
Tourism and Transparency
15 Oct 2018,·26 mins
The Long Hot Summer
Roland Pease asks why the Northern Hemisphere had unusually high temperatures this year.
24 Sep 2018,·26 mins
The Long Hot Summer - Part Two
How did mild temperatures in the Arctic affect 2018's extreme weather?
01 Oct 2018,·26 mins
Fluorine
How the feared element ended up giving us better teeth, mood and health
03 Sep 2018,·26 mins
Iron
How iron has shaped human biology and culture
10 Sep 2018,·26 mins
Sodium
Why sodium powers everything we do
17 Sep 2018,·26 mins
