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Deal With It
Prof Jonathan Ball concludes his survey of the new disruptive biotechnologies.
24 Aug 2018,·15 mins
On the Origin of the Species
Geoff Watts looks back on the 150 years since Darwin's Origin of Species was published.
26 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Programme 4
Explaining proprioception, the Gaia hypothesis and mapping as a process
24 Mar 1999,·28 mins
Wealth
Would you consider yourself to be wealthy?
18 Dec 1998,·13 mins
Training to become a Psychotherapist
First broadcast in 2002. What it takes to become a trained professional psychotherapist
24 May 2002,·27 mins
Beautiful bogs and precious peatlands
Pennie Latin explores the role of Scotland's bogs in the battle against climate change.
18 Mar 2020,·27 mins
Soil
How can humans prevent the cycle of life from snapping?
14 Jul 1992,·27 mins
Economic Justification
Can we justify the huge amount of money spent on space exploration?
07 Jan 1999,·13 mins
Sickle Cell Disease
When the red blood cells become disrupted the collective name used is Sickle Cell
02 May 2001,·24 mins
Series 1
Where is my mind?
Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us.
21 Feb 2017,·28 mins
Game On - Back to The Borderlands
Randy Pitchford from Gearbox Studios joins Game On to talk about Borderlands 4
10 Oct 2025,·32 mins
Military Eyes in the Sky
How satellites are being used in warfare for target recognition
07 Oct 2002,·13 mins
Leaving Africa
How we overcame oceans and icy landscapes as we migrated
28 Oct 1999,·14 mins
28ish Days Later - Day One: Power
India Rakusen and guests introduce you to anatomy of the womb.
01 Apr 2022,·15 mins
The Business of Being Seen
Emily, Alun and Danyah conclude the experiment — did they succeed in making a mark online?
22 Sep 2025,·42 mins
Taming The Wild
The history of animal domestication, starting with the wild bull
22 Mar 1994,·13 mins
Conflict
Why do governments shut down the internet?
16 Mar 2022,·26 mins
Listeners' Questions
Tim Harford reports on the global race to vaccinate the world against Covid-19.
05 Apr 2021,·28 mins
Plants of the Future
First broadcast in 2001. A look at the possibilities for plants of the future
18 Sep 2001,·13 mins
Episode 2
The team launch the Herschel telescope, the biggest telescope ever sent to space.
25 Nov 2009,·30 mins
Liver Cancer
Looking at liver cancer and the causes such as Hepatitis C
24 Apr 2000,·24 mins
Wheat
How has wheat farming and production changed since ancient times?
30 Jul 2003,·12 mins
Bird Song
A look at bird song, 'the most complicated sound in the animal world'.
19 Nov 1998,·13 mins
Timing Systems in Sport
Sporting events are timed to hundredths of a second
11 Sep 2000,·13 mins
The World's Climate
Our planet is warming up, the ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising
05 Jul 1999,·13 mins
Where Half The Population Has A Mobile Phone
First broadcast in 2006. In Botswana, every other person has a mobile phone
18 Oct 2006,·26 mins
Tech Life
How is technology changing our lives? Find out in Tech Life
05 May 2023,·1 min
CRISPR
A story of the discovery of genetic scissors that accidentally enabled fast gene editing.
27 Jul 2018,·14 mins
The Tower of London
The greatest traitors were held and executed in The Tower of London
01 Jun 1998,·13 mins
Depression in Later Life
Exploring the grey area between dementia and depression
26 Apr 2002,·27 mins
