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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
The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence
Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden
The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey
Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth
The Science of Smell
Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again
Throwaway Society
What is swelling the world’s mountain of electrical and electronic waste?
Throwaway Society 2/2
Can the world’s companies manufacture four times more stuff without gutting the planet?
Placebo Problem
The medical phenomenon of the nocebo effect, the fear that something is harmful
Finding Your Voice
The impact of selective mutism, a condition often described as a phobia of speaking