Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.
Find out how to listen to other BBC stations
Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1470 episodes
A look at the parachute which will help the Cassini probe complete its mission to Saturn
20 Oct 1997,·28 mins
The healing powers of willow tree bark and the origins of asprin
13 Oct 1997,·28 mins
A look a the planet Saturn, the mysterious ringed world with 19 moons
06 Oct 1997,·28 mins
Whether science can eradicate the polio virus
22 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Reporting from the Science festival in Leeds
19 Sep 1997,·28 mins
The discovery of a new kind of sub-atomic particle
08 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Why waste could hold clues as to the day to day practice of a hospital 800 years ago
01 Sep 1997,·28 mins
Man against mosquito, who will win the fight against dengue fever?
21 Aug 1997,·28 mins
Why a conference will be discussing the ostracoda, a small crustacea with 70,000 species
18 Aug 1997,·28 mins
An asteroid called Matilda. which had a close encounter with the Mir spacecraft
11 Aug 1997,·28 mins
A new lead in the hunt for a malaria vaccine
04 Aug 1997,·28 mins
The use of artificial antibodies or mini antibodies to combat disease
28 Jul 1997,·28 mins
Helping brain damaged children to remember
21 Jul 1997,·28 mins
Scientists predict a quarter of all plants will be extinct by the year 2050
14 Jul 1997,·28 mins
The Japanese astronomer who saw a dwarf sun turn into a giant, the first person to do so
16 Jun 1997,·28 mins
A report on the sea to mark World Ocean's day
09 Jun 1997,·28 mins
How mitochondria have developed over millions of years with the help of bacteria
02 Jun 1997,·28 mins
Gamma ray bursts, what they are and what they can tell us
19 May 1997,·28 mins
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Joseph Thompson's announcement
12 May 1997,·28 mins
New theories on the direction of the Universe
21 Apr 1997,·28 mins
Why malaria continues to be a disaster, a century after it was discovered
14 Apr 1997,·28 mins
How DNA analysis is showing just how closely related we are to apes
07 Apr 1997,·28 mins
Was there ever life on Mars?
27 Mar 1997,·28 mins
A special report on rats
18 Mar 1997,·27 mins
The ancient landscape of Australia
17 Mar 1997,·27 mins
A consideration of memory
10 Mar 1997,·27 mins
The genetic manipulation of plants and how viruses with 'overcoats' can produce proteins
03 Mar 1997,·27 mins
Scientists have cloned a lamb using a single cell from a sheep udder
24 Feb 1997,·27 mins
Report on coffee, its trade, health implications and history
17 Feb 1997,·27 mins
Why the drugs used to treat parasites may not be so effective in the future
10 Feb 1997,·26 mins
