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Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1470 episodes
Report on the deforestation occurring in developing nations of the tropical world
24 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Examination of what climate change will mean for the world's forests
13 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Report on how deforestation depletes, degrades and destroys the planet's ecosystems
12 Jul 2000,·23 mins
Documentary which explores the theory of a hypothetical universe
14 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Exploration into the work of organic chemists
06 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Report on the development of gene-altered rice
06 Jun 2000,·23 mins
Comparing the amount we know of the surface of the moon to the surface of our own planet
01 Jun 2000,·24 mins
Disappointments following the promising development of gene therapy
27 Mar 2000,·23 mins
Third programme in a series about human evolution
20 Mar 2000,·23 mins
Part two of a series examining human evolution
15 Mar 2000,·23 mins
Report on the beginnings of human evolution in Africa
29 Feb 2000,·23 mins
Report on Savant Syndrome and the extraordinary mental abilities savants tend to have
23 Feb 2000,·23 mins
Report on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
02 Feb 2000,·23 mins
The inventor of the contraceptive pill, the novelist and playwright Carl Djerassi
29 Jan 2000,·23 mins
The development of synthetic chemical compounds
24 Jan 2000,·23 mins
A report on the debate of Darwin's Theory Of Evolution
12 Jan 2000,·23 mins
A look at the pattern of gene formation in humans
09 Jan 2000,·24 mins
What were the sources of strength in Islamic Science?
01 Jan 2000,·23 mins
A look at time; how we measure minutes, weeks, months and years
21 Dec 1999,·23 mins
How humans are able to see in colour, how much is biology and how much is cultural?
19 Dec 1999,·23 mins
A report on the heartbreak of metabolic degenerative diseases
03 Dec 1999,·23 mins
An examination of the exotic life which exists at surprising depths in the world's oceans
22 Nov 1999,·23 mins
The human immune system, and how through inflammation it can itself cause disease
19 Nov 1999,·23 mins
Exploring the industrial past and hillocks of black slag left by copper-smelting in Jordan
12 Nov 1999,·23 mins
How industrial chemicals are finding their way into our food, drink and bodies
08 Nov 1999,·23 mins
The experience of suffering from Parkinson's Disease.
27 Oct 1999,·23 mins
The increasing problem of global population rise
22 Oct 1999,·23 mins
Is the eradication of malaria possible?
15 Oct 1999,·23 mins
A report on Lake Vostok, Antarctica, the world's most remote area of fresh water
08 Oct 1999,·23 mins
Various speakers discuss receiving Nobel awards and the ceremony in Stockholm
04 Oct 1999,·23 mins
