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Deep Impact
How might the Earth protect itself against an asteroid strike?
Keeping Los Angeles hydrated
How Los Angeles gets its water supply, despite being in a near-desert region
Water pollution in Lagos
How Nigeria's growing population is placing a strain on its clean water supply
Lost Continents - India
How the subcontinent was formed - the story of the Indian land mass
Lost Continents - Ocean
How an entire ocean vanished, when the European continent was formed
Lost Continents - First Continent
The search for the first continent
Lost Continents - Africa
How the continent of Africa split apart to form a new ocean
Sacred Showdown - the science of belief
For centuries science and religion have not been on speaking terms
Sacred Showdown - near-death experiences
A look at how scientists have attempted to explain near-death experiences and spirituality
Sacred Showdown - human reproduction
What have been the advances made in engineering human reproduction by scientists?
Anthropology - the angry anthropologist
First in a series examining the discipline of social anthropology
Anthropology - the early anthropologist
Second in a series examining the discipline of social anthropology
Anthropology - the modern world
Social anthropology - how human beings behave in social groups
Robots - part one
An investigation into the robots of tomorrow
Robots - part two
Second in a series on the robots of tomorrow, robots designed to work with people
Robots - part three
An investigation into robots of tomorrow, designed to work with people
Robots - part four
An investigation into the robots of the future
The Hubble Telescope and the first stars
Tracking down the first stars using Hubble space telescope
Solar Neutrinos
The problematic elementary particles which have to investigated deep underground
First Technology - crops
How the Neolithic revolution changed the course of mankind's future
The demise of the big animals
What caused the extinction of some of the world's largest mammals, some 15,000 years ago?
First Technology - man's best friend
The domestication of animals and how the partnership helped man evolve
First Technology - pottery
Humans are the only creatures to have mastered the use of fire
First Technology - metals
How the manipulation of metals 10,000 years ago helped our ancestors
Living beyond our means
Are we asking more of nature than it can provide?
Why elephants never forget
A report on how elephants use their sixth 'seismic' sense
How much can we trust scientists?
Controversy over research on genetically modified maize in Mexico
Strange Senses
A report on the theory that animals can sense the Earth's magnetic field
Saving the brain
How advances in surgery are helping those with brain injuries or tumours
Disaster Reconstruction - Turkey
A look at the reconstruction after the aftermath of the Izmit earthquake in 1999
Disaster Reconstruction - London
The programme looks at how a gas explosion killed five people in Newham, east London