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Meet the engineers and scientists at MIT who are shaping our future
10 Sep 2005,·22 mins
Zimbabwe
The effects of climate change and the increase of malaria parasite in Zimbabwe
25 Mar 1999,·28 mins
Martin Wainwright looks at our national night time obsession - with the beauty of moths.
06 May 2011,·28 mins
What would a documentary made by ChatGPT sound like? Lara Lewington explores AI territory.
06 Mar 2023,·28 mins
How a natural disaster helped shape the modern world
11 May 2000,·24 mins
Autumn - Roosting Again
The summer's scattering of rooks is over and their communal urges bring them together.
24 May 2008,·15 mins
Global Telecoms
What can we expect from the next generation of mobile phones?
23 Jan 2003,·27 mins
Series 1
Attack of the Zombie Baby Monitors
Can we control the dark side of the internet?
30 Aug 2017,·28 mins
Marc Riley, Damon Albarn and Ceri Levy travel to Mull to swim with seals and sharks.
25 Oct 2014,·30 mins
Eddie Nestor looks at the health crises caused by air pollution.
09 Aug 2022,·28 mins
Episode 2
Podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann trace the origins of on-demand radio.
11 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Why are scientists and designers are deliberately planning for failure?
14 May 2009,·30 mins
Poet Dr Sam Illingworth looks at our shifting relationship with scientific language.
29 Nov 2022,·28 mins
Can the heroic age of Antarctic exploration show the way back to the Moon and onto Mars?
20 Mar 2012,·28 mins
Don McCullin, photographer and 'sky stalker', on the landscape around his house.
05 Sep 2017,·28 mins
Jolyon Jenkins explores how work and life are increasingly being turned into games.
11 Apr 2023,·28 mins
What does it take to make something which has never existed on Earth before?
10 Sep 2025,·28 mins
2021 Reith lecturer Stuart Russell on recent developments in artificial intelligence.
23 May 2023,·28 mins
Explore, wonder and celebrate Wales's wildlife with Lizzie Daly.
10 Sep 2024,·30 mins
An elephant destined for fame, and a legacy that will echo in time.
29 Dec 2024,·28 mins
Shopping online
Online shopping trends and real-life experiences
24 Jan 2004,·12 mins
Jonathan Glancey on the future of aviation with top architect of airports, Lord Foster.
29 May 2023,·28 mins
The story of Wally, the physicist that prevented nuclear disaster during the Vietnam war.
04 Sep 2023,·28 mins
Author Nick Laird investigates the environmental crisis at Northern Ireland's Lough Neagh.
23 Oct 2023,·28 mins
The White-Tailed Eagle
Rob Newman's tale of a bird of prey's triumphant come back.
08 Nov 2019,·14 mins
Highlights
The dawn chorus from across the globe distilled into half an hour of listening pleasure.
07 May 2017,·30 mins
Could a strange dog from remote New Guinea have been man's first best friend?
07 Jan 2008,·30 mins
Matthew Hill asks if the 14-day limit on research on human embryos should be extended.
24 Jan 2017,·28 mins
Dr Lucie Green takes a sonic tour of the Universe, revealing the hidden sounds of space.
30 Jan 2015,·30 mins
Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.
04 Apr 2011,·30 mins
