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Earthshot 1
Winning ideas to improve the world around us.
Earthshot 2 – Tackling our energy crisis
Balancing our growing need for electricity while addressing climate change
Earthshot 3 - The prize winners
Five categories, a million pounds in each. Who has won the Earthshot prize?
Chilean mummies
Jane Chambers learns about the world's oldest examples of mummification
The Evidence: When misinformation kills
Tackling the “infodemic†– misinformation and Covid-19
Geoengineering The Planet
Geoengineering: can it work?
How we cool the planet with the latest geoengineering technologies.
Listening to coral reefs
Conservationist Rory Crawford meets the scientists surveying coral reefs using sound
Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares
The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the 1970s.
The Evidence: Healthcare pushed out by the pandemic
The killer diseases ignored because of Covid-19
How genetic engineering became big business
Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares
Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests
The James Webb Space Telescope
A new giant space telescope that will show us the first stars that shone in the universe
The guiding hound
How do guide dogs know where they're going?
The Evidence: When will the pandemic end?
Lessons from Omicron to end the pandemic
The weirdness of water, Part 1 of 2
‘Please explain the weirdness of water?’ asks Neil Morton in Stirling in Scotland.
The weirdness of water, Part 2 of 2
Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry attempt to answer more questions on why water is weird
The painless heart
Why does my heart muscle not ache after exercise?
The slippery situation
'What is the most slippy thing in the world?' asks 8 year old Evelyn from London.
The venomous vendetta
Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam.
The Evidence: Africa, the pandemic and healthcare independence
The new momentum for vaccines, medicines and tests to be made for Africa in Africa
African science, African future
Professor Tom Kariuki examines the future of science in Africa
A new space age?
Could humans be on the Moon and Mars before this decade is out?
Deep sea exploration
The wonders and mysteries of the deep ocean, and the potential threats to it.
Tooth and claw: Spotted hyena
Professor Adam Hart resurrects the spotted hyena’s reputation, from scavenger to hunter
The Evidence: Drug-resistant superbugs
The silent pandemic - drug resistant infections threaten the future of modern medicine
Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes
Adam Hart discovers why rattlesnakes make good mothers and how deadly their venom is.
Tooth and Claw: Army ant
Adam Hart explores the villain of many a jungle horror movie - the army ant.
Tooth and Claw: Wolves
Wolves play a dark role in our imaginations but how does the real animal compare?
The Life Scientific: Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA
The man who found a way to decode DNA at speed
The Life Scientific: Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals
How did mammals come to dominate our planet? Prof Steve Brusatte talks to Jim Al-Khalili