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Vanishing Tunes
Why have World Service signature tunes disappeared?
17 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Ehsan Masood explores whether science is becoming politicised on controversial issues.
06 Aug 2013,·38 mins
The Dome
'The focal point of so many great buildings around the world'
25 Aug 1999,·28 mins
Ethiopia and Kenya
Villagers and herdsmen with different water problems highlight global concerns
12 May 2003,·22 mins
Howard Stableford investigates whether advances in 3D printing can benefit nature.
07 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
12 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Change Must Come
You want to hear a few seconds after the Big Bang? You have to make some sacrifices.
22 May 2015,·12 mins
Water in Space
First broadcast in 2003. A look at the search for liquid water on Mars
22 Apr 2003,·12 mins
Tails
What are the functions of tails?
12 Jul 1998,·13 mins
Gordon Corera asks if the West is losing the technological race with China.
19 Jun 2020,·28 mins
You can now clone your pet in the UK, but should you?
21 Jan 2026,·29 mins
Hosting your Website
How to actually put your site on the World Wide Web
10 Feb 2004,·24 mins
Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the Nobel-winning physicists William and Lawrence Bragg.
13 Aug 2013,·28 mins
Medicines For Older People
A discussion of the medical problems older people face around the world
19 Jul 2000,·13 mins
It's the key metaphor of the internet, ethereal and fluffy - but what is the cloud hiding?
13 Oct 2020,·28 mins
Future
What can governments realistically do to provide decent health services?
19 Dec 2001,·13 mins
The Leatherback Sea Turtle
They are not domesticated, kept or farmed
23 Mar 2001,·13 mins
Story of the inspirational leader behind the Beagle 2 mission to Mars - Colin Pillinger.
09 May 2018,·60 mins
Episode 3
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests.
03 Aug 2021,·28 mins
Malawi and HIV
One in five people in Malawi had HIV, it had massive social repercussions
21 Nov 2005,·22 mins
Bear Baiting
Asiatic black bears are involved in bear baiting in rural areas in Pakistan
27 Mar 1997,·13 mins
Beef
An examination of the worldwide beef industry
18 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer.
12 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Reproductive Health in Mexico
First broadcast in 2001. Family planning in rural and urban areas of Mexico
29 Jan 2001,·13 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
Detroit, The Resuscitated City, Part Four
First broadcast in 2006. How the city of automobiles turned into a dangerous wasteland
22 Jun 2006,·22 mins
The Spreading Use of Drugs
First broadcast in 1997. Examination into the social consequences of the misuse of drugs
08 May 1997,·27 mins
Schizophrenia
The voices are loud and nasty, is how Janie describes having schizophrenia
26 Dec 2000,·13 mins
Did Douglas Adams predict the future in the year 2000?
14 Mar 2015,·30 mins
Clyde Tombaugh's discovery of Pluto in 1930 sparked discussions that continue today
19 Feb 1996,·9 mins
