Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Why can’t we remember being a baby?
Plus, could a party balloon reach space?
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Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories
Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared
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Well Met In Antarctica
Following Swedish Antarctic explorer Otto Nordenskjöld's amazing journey
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Truth about Cancer: Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
Anu Anand travels the globe to investigate how different countries are tackling cancer.
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Tooth and claw: Spotted hyena
Adam Hart resurrects the spotted hyena - from cowardly scavenger to ferocious hunter
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The venomous vendetta
Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam
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The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black Women & Breast Cancer
Anu Anand explores why more black women are more likely to die of breast cancer in the US
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The Origins Of Childhood
Andrew Luck-Baker investigates when in evolution we slowed down our growth and development and why it happened.
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The new Architecture of Sound
How aural architecture is a fusion between acoustics, architecture and psychology
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The Need for Speed – Transport
Where did our love affair with speed come from?
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The Need for Speed – How fast can we go?
Running – do human's have a natural speed limit?
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 3
Explorations in the world of science.
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The Moral Code
Adam Rutherford investigates the science of morality, and talks to researchers tackling an age-old problem with new techniques.
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The Moon – Unanswered questions
What are the big questions that remain unanswered about the Moon?
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The Moon – Mysterious events
Are transient lunar phenomena signs of events below the surface or optical illusions?
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The Moon
Andrew Luck-Baker looks at the big questions that remain unanswered about the Moon four decades after man first walked on it.
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The Moon
'Discovery' investigates the controversy of transient lunar phenonema - the fleeting patches of light seen at lunar craters.
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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
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The Life Scientific - Rosalie David
Explorations in the world of science
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The Life Scientific - Peter Stott
Explorations in the world of science
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The Life Scientific - Ijeoma Uchegbu
Explorations in the world of science
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The Life Scientific - Darren Croft
Explorations in the world of science.
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The Life Scientific - Anna Korre
Explorations in the world of science
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The First Forests
Andrew Luck-Baker reports on the latest fossil discoveries including strange leafless trees and petrified, wooded landscapes.
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The First Forests
The oldest fossil forests and their profound effect on evolution
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The evolution of human Childhood
Why do human beings take so much longer to grow up than even our closest ape relatives?