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Adventures in Time

Dara O Briain and his team go on a journey through time to discover what it is and how to get more of it. Alok Jha investigates the tiny margins of winning.

Dara O Briain and the team go on a journey through time to discover what it is and how to get more of it.

Dr Helen Czerski witnesses the most incredible recreation of a living, beating human heart that has been grown in a laboratory.

Alok Jha investigates the tiny margins of winning as he examines the multi-million pound technology behind the British bobsled team's push for Olympic glory.

In the studio Professor Mark Miodownik slows down time to reveal the mysteries of explosions, solves a centuries old puzzle and shows how to see light itself.

The team also have an encounter with some time-travelling rats, explore the missing piece in the history of the universe (the mysteriously named cosmic dark ages) and discover how bats might hold the secret to us all living longer.

1 hour

Last on

Wed 7 Aug 2013 23:50

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More about the stories featured in Dr Helen Czerski's latest science round-up.

Weird slime

Weird slime
Mark Miodownik reveals how you can perform simple science experiments at home. This weird slime is easy to make and acts like a liquid but behaves like a solid when you hit it.

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Guest experts

Guest experts

Joining the teamΒ in the studio for EpisodeΒ 2Β are Dr Emma Teeling, Lecturer in Evolution and Genetics, and Max Tegmark, Professor of Physics.

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Dara O Briain
Expert Mark Miodownik
Reporter Helen Czerski
Reporter Alok Jha
Executive Producer Helen Thomas
Series Producer Kaye Godleman
Series Editor Nigel Paterson

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