Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
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Introducing The Bomb
Emily’s grandad worked on the bomb that fell on Hiroshima. Could it have been stopped?
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In Darwin's Shadow – Taking his great work forward
How biology is still driven by Charles Darwin's 150-year-old book, The Origin of Species
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In Darwin's Shadow – Natural Selection today
How Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection can be seen to work in the modern world
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In Darwin's Shadow – Evolution and Geology
How does our knowledge of evolution fit in with discoveries of modern geology?
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In Darwin's Shadow – Disease and Natural Selection
Why HIV is an example of how Darwin's theory of natural selection works
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In Darwin's Shadow
Professor Steve Jones, talks to scientists and historians about how Darwins ideas have influenced research in crop development.
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In Darwin's Shadow
Steve Jones talks to evolutionary biologists working in the field of HIV to explain Darwins theory of natural selection.
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In Darwin's Shadow
Professor Steve Jones looks at how Darwin can help us unpick the great geological questions of today.
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In Darwin's Shadow
Explorations in the world of science.
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How much of my body is bacteria?
Plus, why do we have different blood types?
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How do we make Vaccines?
How do vaccines work and why do they need to be updated?
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How do cats find their way home?
Plus, why do we itch and should we scratch?
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Hopes and fears for Covid-19 vaccines
Vaccines and virus mutations
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Going Lean: Health and the Toyota Way
Kevin Fong discovers how a car maker is helping to improve healthcare
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Giles Yeo
Giles Yeo reveals the role our genes play in the obesity epidemic.
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Geoengineering
Explorations in the world of science.
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Failing Gracefully
Dr Kevin Fong explores the role technology plays in high-risk systems
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Evolutionary biologist Alice Roberts
Explorations in the world of science.
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Evolution and the age of human Death
When did humans start living into old age and what were the benefits for us as a species?
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Energy Harvesting
Converting ambient energy in our environment to power devices instead of batteries
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Eating Well in Lyon: Healthy Diets to prevent Bowel Cancer
Anu Anand is in Lyon, looking at what we eat and drink and the risk of bowel cancer
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Earworms and Static
Explorations in the world of science.
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Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
The Mongolian matriarch who is helping people with terminal liver cancer die in comfort
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Drawing on history – Gray's Anatomy
Why is Gray's Anatomy still so valuable 150 years after its first publication?
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Desalination – Fresh water for everyone?
Is reverse osmosis desalination the answer to shortages of drinking water?
