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Hallucination 2/2
Geoff Watts explores the science of hallucination.
Last Man, First Scientist on the Moon
An interview with the only geologist to explore the moon's surface, Harrison Schmitt
Particle Physics
What are particle physicists doing after finding the Higgs boson?
Piltdown Man
Piltdown Man – could such a shocking case of scientific fraud happen again?
Why do women outlive men
Why do women live longer than men? Dr Yan Wong explores new theories on gender and ageing
The Life Scientific: Andrea Sella - Chemist
Jim Al-Khalili meets chemist and science showman Andrea Sella.
Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond on gall bladders, global history and the birds of Papua New Guinea
John Gurdon
2012 Nobel Prize winner, John Gurdon, on cloning a frog decades before Dolly the Sheep
The ENCODE Project
Adam Rutherford reports on the recent discovery that much of our DNA is not useless junk.
Quantum Biology
What is quantum biology and why is it important?
Sexual Nature 1/3
Frolicking fossils and suggestive theories - the evolutionary history of sex
Sexual Nature 2/3
How did sex begin and why do some many species keep doing it?
Sexual Nature 3/3
Life’s many paths to being female or male: in humans, komodo dragons and transexual fish
What If... We could all become cyborgs?
Dr Andrew Holding meets some of the people straddling the line between man and machine.
What If... We could stay young forever? 1/3
Peter Bowes explores how science and lifestyle could hold the promise to staying young.
What If... We could stay young forever? 2/3
Peter Bowes asks if exercise and lifestyle changes hold the key to staying young.
What If... We could stay young forever? 3/3
Peter Bowes concludes his exploration of the drive to live longer by looking at diet.
Premiership Science
Like football, science is an international endeavour complete with its own stars.
Obituary: Margaret Thatcher
An obituary of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
Annette Karmiloff-Smith on toddlers and TV
Should babies under two watch TV? Jim talks to psychologist Annette Karmiloff-Smith.
Noel Sharkey
Jim Al-Khalili talks to roboticist and psychologist, Noel Sharkey.
A Trip Around Mars with Kevin Fong - Part One
The alien mountains, canyons and craters that inspire scientists and writers
A Trip Around Mars - Part Two
Canyons, craters and mountains: The spectacular Martian terrain carved by swathes of water
The Crying Game
Why do we cry and why are emotional tears a uniquely human trait?
After Sandy
How can science protect New York from future super storms?
Deep Sea Vents
Are newly discovered deep ocean ecosystems threatened by deep sea mining?
On the Trail of the American Honeybee 1/2
How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops
On The Trail of the American Honeybee
Dr Adam Hart explores the impact of migratory bee-keeping in the United States
Alan Watson
Around a million cosmic rays pass through us every night but where do they come from?
Amoret Whitaker
Forensic entomologist Amoret Whitaker on insects and their role in solving crimes
Solar Max
Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth