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Paper
An examination of the process of making paper
10 Jun 1999,·13 mins
Programme 4
Explaining proprioception, the Gaia hypothesis and mapping as a process
24 Mar 1999,·28 mins
The Rich Multilingual World
How learning and speaking another language enriches our lives
25 Mar 1995,·28 mins
Get Me Out of Here, Brazil
Once you're in a slum can you ever get out?
28 Jun 2006,·22 mins
Fixing the Future
Mark Miodownik looks at how repair and repair-ability fits into our sustainable future.
11 May 2021,·28 mins
Malawi and HIV
One in five people in Malawi had HIV, it had massive social repercussions
21 Nov 2005,·22 mins
Ep 6 | Rùm
Coinneach agus Hamish a’ cuimhneachadh le toileachas air turas a ghabh iad gu ruige Rùm.
28 Oct 2021,·21 mins
Douglas Alexander's essential guide to COP26 from his home city of Glasgow.
19 Oct 2021,·28 mins
Poet Paul Farley considers how we warn future generations about our buried nuclear waste.
07 Sep 2021,·28 mins
Bear Baiting
Asiatic black bears are involved in bear baiting in rural areas in Pakistan
27 Mar 1997,·13 mins
An intimate tale of bird-human interdependence.
08 Mar 2022,·28 mins
Arthur Stanley Eddington and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
The row that exploded between Eddington and Chandrasekhar over the death of stars.
29 Jul 2004,·15 mins
Nanotechnology
Professor Tony Ryan from Sheffield University talks to people about nanotechnology.
05 Dec 2008,·15 mins
Series 2
Artificial Intelligence
Jonathan visits Edinburgh University for a crash course in AI.
28 Mar 2007,·30 mins
Beef
An examination of the worldwide beef industry
18 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Deep Sea Mining
Is mining the deep ocean the solution to the world's growing demand for valuable metals?
23 Jul 2014,·28 mins
Mathematician and code-breaker Alan Turing, and his role in the invention of the computer.
12 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Episode 4
Richard Dawkins talks to Craig Venter about the creation of synthetic life.
14 Jul 2010,·30 mins
Dr Zafrullah Chowdhury
An interview with the founder of a field hospital which became a healthcare system
26 Jul 2000,·24 mins
Quirky sound composition inspired by the songs of crickets.
14 Jul 2012,·15 mins
Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.
16 Oct 2018,·28 mins
The River Runs Dry
In the US, the Colorado River dries up before it reaches the sea
14 Dec 1998,·27 mins
Sickle Cell Disease
When the red blood cells become disrupted the collective name used is Sickle Cell
02 May 2001,·24 mins
How can science can stop an upsurge in the slaughter of African elephants for their ivory?
05 Aug 2009,·30 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
26/12/2008
Adam Hart-Davis explores the history of the technology of Christmas.
26 Dec 2008,·30 mins
Naturalist Brett Westwood considers migration in differing forms from the DRC to the UK.
30 Jun 2020,·28 mins
Ehsan Masood examines how science could help prevent future banking crises.
17 Feb 2011,·30 mins
A spoken word concept album linking space and music.
01 Sep 2015,·30 mins
Episode 5
BBC Radio 4 pays tribute to Prof Stephen Hawking.
06 Jan 2012,·15 mins
