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Discovery Episodes

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    The weird waves of wi-fi

    We use wi-fi every day, but do you know how it works?

  2. The Mystery of the Teenage Brain

    Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.

  3. Wild Inside: The Ocean Sunfish

    Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of Mola mola the world's largest bony fish

  4. Wild Inside: The Burmese Python

    Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the internal secrets to success of the Burmese Python

  5. Wild Inside: Jungle royalty - the Jaguar

    Ben Garrod and Jess French glimpse inside three animals from the big wild world.

  6. 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

  7. The Life Scientific: Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA

    The man who found a way to decode DNA at speed

  8. Tooth and Claw: Wolves

    Wolves play a dark role in our imaginations but how does the real animal compare?

  9. Tooth and Claw: Army ant

    Adam Hart explores the villain of many a jungle horror movie - the army ant.

  10. Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes

    Adam Hart discovers why rattlesnakes make good mothers and how deadly their venom is.

  11. Tooth and claw: Spotted hyena

    Professor Adam Hart resurrects the spotted hyena’s reputation, from scavenger to hunter

  12. Deep sea exploration

    The wonders and mysteries of the deep ocean, and the potential threats to it.

  13. A new space age?

    Could humans be on the Moon and Mars before this decade is out?

  14. African science, African future

    Professor Tom Kariuki examines the future of science in Africa

  15. The venomous vendetta

    Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam.

  16. The slippery situation

    'What is the most slippy thing in the world?' asks 8 year old Evelyn from London.

  17. The painless heart

    Why does my heart muscle not ache after exercise?

  18. The weirdness of water, Part 2 of 2

    Adam Rutherford and Hannah Fry attempt to answer more questions on why water is weird

  19. The weirdness of water, Part 1 of 2

    ‘Please explain the weirdness of water?’ asks Neil Morton in Stirling in Scotland.

  20. The guiding hound

    How do guide dogs know where they're going?

  21. The James Webb Space Telescope

    A new giant space telescope that will show us the first stars that shone in the universe

  22. Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares

    Gene edited babies and gene drives to eradicate pests

  23. Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares

    How genetic engineering became big business

  24. Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares

    The story of the controversial birth of genetic engineering in the 1970s.

  25. Listening to coral reefs

    Conservationist Rory Crawford meets the scientists surveying coral reefs using sound

  26. Geoengineering The Planet

    How we cool the planet with the latest geoengineering technologies.

  27. Geoengineering The Planet

    Geoengineering: can it work?

  28. Chilean mummies

    Jane Chambers learns about the world's oldest examples of mummification

  29. Earthshot 3 - The prize winners

    Five categories, a million pounds in each. Who has won the Earthshot prize?

  30. Earthshot 2 – Tackling our energy crisis

    Balancing our growing need for electricity while addressing climate change

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