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'Dinobirds'
Are birds close ancestors of the dinosaurs?
The lives of ants
Could army ants teach us how to run our congested roads and cities?
Solar activity and climate
How exactly does the sun affect our climate?
Malaria - the genetic solution
Using genetics to help analyse the parasite that causes malaria
Fire - making it
The nature of fire and how it has been prized and protected
Fire - forest fires
The role of fire in natural cycles
Fire - the firefighters
A report on the firefighters who battle blazes from within
Fire - fire in the cities
Exploring the devastation of fire in built-up areas
Forensic Entomology
The reality behind crime scene investigation
Forensic Botany
The science behind forensic botany
Forensic Geology
The transfer principle behind forensic geology and the secrets held in soil
Forensic Dentistry
The science and techniques behind forensic dentistry
Monstrous Science - monsters fact and fiction
Giants, fact and fiction-dinosaurs, giant squids, Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster
Monstrous Science - giant squid
Monsters, part two, a look at the giant squid
Monstrous Science - T-Rex
The most famous extinct monster, the giant meat-eating dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex
Monstrous Science - fact or fantasy?
From the Loch Ness creature to Big Foot, a look at present day monsters, fact or myth?
Sociable Robots
Report on robots and sociable robotic technology - robots that talk back
Nanotechnology - part one
Understanding the science behind molecular engineering and nanotechnology
Nanotechnology - part two
The science and truth behind molecular engineering
Nanotechnology - part three
Report on the advancements in nano technology
The Story of Aids - the discovery of HIV
A series of programmes on Aids, how a strange new disease emerged in the 1970s
Nanotechnology - part four
Report on nanoscience from the California Institute of Technology
The Story Of Aids - origins
Allan Little explores the origins of HIV and Aids
The Story of Aids - drugs
The development of drugs to combat HIV became one of the 1980s great medical causes
The Story of Aids - vaccine
A report on the search for an Aids vaccine
Super volcanoes
Is there a super volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park?
Beagle 2 - mission to Mars
A report on the Beale 2 Mars lander project
Galaxies
Change, drama, evolution and surprise in the galaxy-strewn cosmos
The Wright Brothers
The story of the Wright brothers' first flight in North Carolina
Evolutionary music
The history of human musical development, discovered through archaeology
Cancer - part one
Report on new treatments and drugs being developed in the fight against cancer