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Meet the Cyborgs
Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.
The Misinformation Virus
Why fake science spreads faster online than the truth.
Every Step You Take
Armed with her step-counting app, Claudia Hammond asks how wearable tech affect behaviour.
The Science of Addiction
Sally Marlow turns to science to find out why so many people in Britain are addicted.
First Flush of Love: Plastic Fantastic - Episode 1
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik explores our love-hate relationship with plastic.
Things Start to Go Stale: Plastic Fantastic - Episode 2
What's the Solution?: Plastic Fantastic - Episode 3
How do we address our over-reliance and misuse of plastic? Should we give it up?
Climate Change and Me: Callum Roberts - Episode 1
Marine biologist Callum Roberts on how corals showed him the impact of climate change.
Climate Change and Me: Sir John Lawton - Episode 2
Environmental scientist John Lawton describes the impact of global climate change on birds
Climate Change and Me: Professor Mary Edwards - Episode 3
Geographer Mary Edwards on the melting of ice in the Arctic and climate change.
Climate Change and Me: Professor Jennifer Leaning - Episode 4
Jennifer Leaning on human migration, the environment and climate change.
Climate Change and Me: Richard Dawson - Episode 5
Richard Dawson on the UK's engineering infrastructure, flooding and climate change.
Aleks in Wonderland: The International League of Geeky Gentlemen - Episode 1
The origins of the internet, and why nobody thought of making it secure.
Aleks in Wonderland: The World Wide Villain - Episode 2
Did the World Wide Web's Utopian ideals spread crime and obscenity?
Aleks in Wonderland: Attack of the Zombie Baby Monitors - Episode 3
Can we control the dark side of the internet?
The Genius of Accidents: Viagra - Episode 1
Adam Hart investigates the accidental discovery of a little blue pill that changed sex.
The Genius of Accidents: The Big Bang - Episode 2
Adam Hart investigates the accidental discovery of the evidence for the Big Bang.
The Genius of Accidents: The Coelacanth - Episode 3
The story of a fish that was discovered 66 million years after its 'extinction'.
The Genius of Accidents: Jet Streams - Episode 4
The story of a volcanic eruption that accidentally revealed the jet streams.
The Genius of Accidents: CRISPR - Episode 5
A story of the discovery of genetic scissors that accidentally enabled fast gene editing.
Long Covid
Adam Rutherford explores the science behind why recovery from covid can be so protracted.
Laws That Aren't Laws: Murphy's Law - Episode 1
Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren鈥檛, but should be.
Laws That Aren't Laws: Parkinson's Law - Episode 2
Comedian Robin Ince explores laws that govern our lives that really aren't, but should be.
Laws That Aren't Laws: Betteridge's Law of Headlines - Episode 3
Laws That Aren't Laws: The Peter Principle - Episode 4
Robin Ince investigates Lawrence J Peter's analysis of hierarchical structures.
Laws That Aren't Laws: Stigler's Law - Episode 5
Stigler's Law was first hypothesised by his friend, Robert K. Merton.
Hardware, Software, Anywhere: Software - Episode 1
Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world
Hardware, Software, Anywhere: Hardware - Episode 2
Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.
Hardware, Software, Anywhere: Anywhere - Episode 3
Gagarin and the lost Moon
The story of Yuri Gagarin, the first human to fly into space
Dare To Repair: How We Broke the Future - Episode 1
Why electronic gadgets don鈥檛 last as long as they used to and why repairing them is hard.