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Peter Higgs
Peter Higgs opens up to Jim Al-Khalili about the Higgs boson.
Whatever Happened to Biofuels?
Can we make biofuels from the sugars in the inedible parts of plants?
Whatever Happened to Biofuels - Part Two
Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria.
Sue Black
Forensic scientist Sue Black on the clues she uses to identify human bodies
Mark Miodownik
Mark Miodownik talks nuclear weapons, 3D printers and smart materials with Jim Al-Khalili.
Alf Adams
Alf Adams remembers his small idea that changed the world, with Jim Al-Khalili.
Beauty and the Brain
Dr Tiffany Jenkins explores what neuroscience knows about art
Taming the Sun
ITER, the world's effort to harness nuclear fusion, and the most complex experiment ever
Driverless Cars
The future cars with sensors that can send messages to other cars, trucks and pedestrians
The engineers inventing vehicles that drive themselves
Ageing and the Brain
Do our mental powers really decline in old age?
Janet Hemingway
Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance with Jim al-Khalili
Anaesthesia
How do general anaesthetics work in the body?
Swarming Robots
Adam Hart on how insect and cell structure research is helping develop swarming robots
What has Happened to El Nino?
What is making this year’s predicted El Nino so hard to forecast?
Professor Sir Michael Rutter
Child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter influenced understanding of autism and behaviour
Rosetta Mission Arriving At Comet
Orbiting and landing on a comet. The most daring science space mission ever?
Cosmology
Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang?
Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part One
Why our antibiotics are failing. Is this the end of modern medicine?
Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part Two
The world needs new antibiotics: drug companies don’t want to make them. What next?
Mum and Dad and Mum
Meet the girl with DNA from three people
Biosafety
As mistakes involving deadly pathogens come to light, what lessons will be learnt?
Power Transmission
Could super grids supplying DC electricity be the solution to rising demand for energy?
Beyond the Abyss
Exploring the ocean's deepest realm - the Hadal zone, 6,000 to 11,000 metres down
Preventing Disease in Animals
The pioneering genetic techniques to combat disease in our livestock
Patients Doing It for Themselves
How patients are taking control of their own treatment and their own clinical trials
Urine Trouble: What’s in our Water
What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body?
Brian Cox
Physicist and media star Brian Cox on fame and quantum mechanics
Trauma: The Fight for Life
How modern trauma medicine evolved from conflict and catastrophe to help save lives
Trauma at War
Exploring trauma medicine on the frontline in Afghanistan
The Making of the Moon
The past, the present and the future of the Moon