Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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The Evidence: Africa, the pandemic and healthcare independence
The new momentum for vaccines, medicines and tests to be made for Africa in Africa
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The elusive Beaked Whale
Looking for beaked whales, the most secretive and least studied of whales
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The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
Dr Adam Rutherford and Dr Hannah Fry investigate everyday mysteries sent by listeners.
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The Business of Failure
Dr Kevin Fong explores the problems with the US air ambulance industry.
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Test-tube Tigers? Conservation in India
Test-tube tigers and cloned Asiatic cheetahs – the way forward for Indian conservation?
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Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay
Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens
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Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay
Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens
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Stem Cells – Turning skin cells into stem cells
Turning mouse skin cells into stem cells was a major breakthrough by Dr Yamanaka
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Stem Cells – The Start of a New Medical Era?
Is creation of human trachea from a patient's stem cells the start of a new medical era?
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Sound Architecture
Trevor Cox explores the idea of aural architecture architecture for your ears, hearing how some spaces 'speak'.
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Sniffing Out Crime
How sniffer dogs are trained to fight crime by tracking and searching out chemicals
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Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania
Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania
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Science Stories - Sophia Jex-Blake
Naomi Alderman tells the story of Sophia Jex-Blake, first woman doctor in Scotland
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Science Stories - Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing
Naomi Alderman tells the story of Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing
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Science Stories - Isaac Newton and the story of the apple
Did Newton's theory of gravity really come to him after seeing an apple fall?
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Saving The Tiger
As the number of Tigers in India continues to dwindle, Mark Tully challenges those who should be doing more.
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Saving Coral Reefs – How to survey your fish
What can the fish living on the coral reefs of Palau tell us about their environment?
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Saving Coral Reefs – Growing new corals
Can embryonic corals from Palau be cultivated and used to seed degraded reefs?
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Return to Mars
How will NASA’s latest robot rover search for life on Mars?
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Remembrance Of Smells Past
How do smells impact on our memories and emotions? This programme examines new insights into why this link is so powerful.
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Remembrance of Smells Past
Why do smells trigger such powerful memories?
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Putting the Mouth Back into the Body
A look at the evidence that links the health of our mouths with the rest of our bodies.
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Putting Maths into Biology - D’Arcy Thompson
The Man who put maths into biology and saw physics in shells, seeds and bees 100 years ago
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Professor Anne Magurran
Professor Anne Magurran on how nature is going the same way as our high streets.