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Embryogenesis

Embryogenesis is the process by which the embryo is formed

• 23 mins

The science of the Sun

An examination of sun science, and various total solar eclipses

• 24 mins

The origins of agriculture

A report on how agriculture came about

• 23 mins

Maths and the small world syndrome

The maths behind how people are linked to one another.

• 24 mins

Biomimicry

Biomimicry, the science of using nature to create more efficient man-made objects

• 23 mins

Samuel Ting of CERN

An interview with Nobel Prize winning physicist Samuel Ting of CERN

• 23 mins

The animals of Belize

A report on how scientists are monitoring animals in Belize

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Nobel causes

Various speakers discuss receiving Nobel awards and the ceremony in Stockholm

• 23 mins

Lake Vostok

A report on Lake Vostok, Antarctica, the world's most remote area of fresh water

• 23 mins

Malaria - the disease that refuses to die out

Is the eradication of malaria possible?

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Global population

The increasing problem of global population rise

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Parkinson's Disease

The experience of suffering from Parkinson's Disease.

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The gender bending chemicals

How industrial chemicals are finding their way into our food, drink and bodies

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Jordan's copper legacy

Exploring the industrial past and hillocks of black slag left by copper-smelting in Jordan

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The rise of autoimmune diseases

The human immune system, and how through inflammation it can itself cause disease

• 23 mins

Life on the ocean floor

An examination of the exotic life which exists at surprising depths in the world's oceans

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The errors of metabolism

A report on the heartbreak of metabolic degenerative diseases

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Seeing in colour

How humans are able to see in colour, how much is biology and how much is cultural?

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Measuring time

A look at time; how we measure minutes, weeks, months and years

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Islamic science

What were the sources of strength in Islamic Science?

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Genes - the shape of things to come

A look at the pattern of gene formation in humans

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Theory of evolution

A report on the debate of Darwin's Theory Of Evolution

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Synthetic Chemical Compounds

The development of synthetic chemical compounds

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The inventor of the pill

The inventor of the contraceptive pill, the novelist and playwright Carl Djerassi

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LIGO - going where no observatory has gone before

Report on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO)

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Savant Syndrome

Report on Savant Syndrome and the extraordinary mental abilities savants tend to have

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Origins part one - Africa

Report on the beginnings of human evolution in Africa

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Origins part two - the first humans

Part two of a series examining human evolution

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Origins part three - cave paintings

Third programme in a series about human evolution

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Gene therapy

Disappointments following the promising development of gene therapy

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