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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
Chris Toumazou
European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, on the science of invention
Painful Medicine
The hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers
Elspeth Garman
Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter
Vagus Nerve
Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?
New Space to Fly
The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes
Can Maths Combat Terrorism?
Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates
Animal Personality
From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?
Virtual Therapy
Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality
Hot Gossip - Part One
Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip
Hot Gossip - Part Two
Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip