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Discovery Episodes

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    Make Me a Cyborg

    Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.

  2. Why do some people have no sense of direction?

    Plus, why is my mum tone deaf?

  3. Why am I left-handed?

    What determines left or right handedness and why are lefties in the minority?

  4. Does the full Moon make us act oddly?

    And could we live on another planet?

  5. Why do we get middle-aged spread?

    Plus, what鈥檚 the strongest substance in the world?

  6. Does nothing exist?

    Does nothing really exist, and where can we find it?

  7. Sesame Open

    The new science facility, SESAME, that aims to promote peace in the middle east

  8. The Future of the Climate Deal

    What will President Trump mean for international deals to avert climate change?

  9. Science Stories: Series 3 - Mesmerism and Parapsychology

    The showmanship of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism

  10. Science Stories: Series 3 - The Woman Who Tamed Lightning

    Hertha Ayrton was the first woman admitted to the Institution of Electrical Engineers

  11. Science Stories: Series 3 - Testosterone: Elixir of Masculinity

    How testosterone has been used and abused in history

  12. Science Stories: Series 3 - Making the Earth Move

    How a dying man's book demoted the earth and reconstructed the universe.

  13. Origins of Human Culture

    What鈥檚 special about human culture

  14. Mind Reading

    Gaia Vince explores how scientists are trying to read others' minds.

  15. Custom of Cutting

    An investigation into female genital mutilation in East and West Africa

  16. The Inflamed Mind

    Can your immune system make you psychotic or depressed?

  17. The City that Fell into the Earth

    How do you move a city? Lesley Riddoch travels to Arctic Sweden to find out

  18. The Sun King of China

    Meet the undisputed leader of China's booming solar industry

  19. The Mars of the Mid-Atlantic

    Peter Gibbs explores Ascension Island, a barren Atlantic rock made fertile by man

  20. Creating the Crick

    Creating the Francis Crick Institute

  21. Black Holes: A Tale of Cosmic Death and Rebirth

    LIGO, Gravitational Waves, and the new astronomy of nature鈥檚 ultimate state of matter

  22. The Whale Menopause

    What do killer whales tell us about the human menopause?

  23. Reversing Parkinson's

    Cell therapies for Parkinson鈥檚 disease

  24. Could we send our litter into space?

    Plus, why is everything in space round?

  25. Why do we faint?

    And can animals count?

  26. Why do people shout on their cellphones?

    And what causes traffic jams?

  27. How do you make the perfect cup of tea?

    Plus, why do we cry? Is there any useful purpose?

  28. What makes gingers ginger?

    Plus, what is the point of body hair?

  29. China Science Rising

    Rebecca Morelle reports on China's science ambitions.

  30. The Power of Cute

    Lucy Cooke explores our seeming obsession with all things cute.

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