Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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Gut Microbiota
Mon 25 Nov 2013
The important relationship between microbes that live in our gut and our health
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Nirvana by Numbers
Mon 18 Nov 2013
Did the number zero come out of religious culture in ancient India?
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Jenny Graves
Mon 11 Nov 2013
Prof Jenny Graves on the evolution of sex genes from fauna to the male Y chromosome
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Mike Benton
Mon 4 Nov 2013
Jim al-Khalili discusses digging up dinosaurs in remote places with Professor Mike Benton
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Joanna Haigh
Mon 28 Oct 2013
The professor who studies the sun and the impact of its radiation on the Earth's climate
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Russell Foster
Mon 21 Oct 2013
Professor of circadian neuroscience Russell Foster on how light controls our wellbeing
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Fracking for Shale Gas
Mon 30 Sep 2013
What does fracking involve and what impact does it have on the environment?
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The Future of Navigation
Mon 23 Sep 2013
How robust is GPS and what are the consequences of the system's weaknesses?
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CERN and Science in Africa
Mon 26 Aug 2013
The impact of the search for the Higgs boson on science teaching in Africa
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The Story of SARS, Part Two
Mon 19 Aug 2013
Kevin Fong explores the personal and medical impact of SARS ten years on
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The Story of SARS, Part One
Mon 12 Aug 2013
Meet the medical staff who fought to contain the spread of this pandemic
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Crossrail: Tunnelling under London
Mon 5 Aug 2013
How 26 miles of precision engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology
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Oxytocin
Mon 29 Jul 2013
Can taking the hormone oxytocin make people more sociable, trusting and loving?
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Forecasting Earthquakes
Mon 22 Jul 2013
Can we ever reliably predict earthquakes to justify the cost of forecasting them?
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Plate Tectonics and Life
Mon 15 Jul 2013
Plate tectonics: the force that shaped the Earth - and shaped the life on it
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Build Me a Brain
Mon 1 Jul 2013
Scientists connect cultures of living human neurons to robots to see how the brain works
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Solar Max
Mon 24 Jun 2013
Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth
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Amoret Whitaker
Mon 17 Jun 2013
Forensic entomologist Amoret Whitaker on insects and their role in solving crimes
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Alan Watson
Mon 10 Jun 2013
Around a million cosmic rays pass through us every night but where do they come from?
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On The Trail of the American Honeybee
Mon 3 Jun 2013
Dr Adam Hart explores the impact of migratory bee-keeping in the United States
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On the Trail of the American Honeybee 1/2
Mon 27 May 2013
How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops
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Deep Sea Vents
Mon 20 May 2013
Are newly discovered deep ocean ecosystems threatened by deep sea mining?
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Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
