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Failing Gracefully
Dr Kevin Fong explores the role technology plays in high-risk systems
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How do you make the perfect cup of tea?
Plus, why do we cry? Is there any useful purpose?
Why do people shout on their cellphones?
And what causes traffic jams?
Why do we faint?
And can animals count?
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Creating the Francis Crick Institute
The Mars of the Mid-Atlantic
Peter Gibbs explores Ascension Island, a barren Atlantic rock made fertile by man
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The City that Fell into the Earth
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Custom of Cutting
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Mind Reading
Gaia Vince explores how scientists are trying to read others' minds.
Origins of Human Culture
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Science Stories: Series 3 - Making the Earth Move
How a dying man's book demoted the earth and reconstructed the universe.
Science Stories: Series 3 - Testosterone: Elixir of Masculinity
How testosterone has been used and abused in history
Science Stories: Series 3 - The Woman Who Tamed Lightning
Hertha Ayrton was the first woman admitted to the Institution of Electrical Engineers
Science Stories: Series 3 - Mesmerism and Parapsychology
The showmanship of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism
The Future of the Climate Deal
What will President Trump mean for international deals to avert climate change?
Sesame Open
The new science facility, SESAME, that aims to promote peace in the middle east
Does nothing exist?
Does nothing really exist, and where can we find it?
Why do we get middle-aged spread?
Plus, what’s the strongest substance in the world?
Does the full Moon make us act oddly?
And could we live on another planet?
Why am I left-handed?
What determines left or right handedness and why are lefties in the minority?
Why do some people have no sense of direction?
Plus, why is my mum tone deaf?
Make Me a Cyborg
Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.