成人快手

The Second Genome

Gateway to the Mind

Could our microbiome have an influence on our mood and behaviour?

• 26 mins

A Tale of Two Axolotls

The Aztec Salamander

Saving a cultural icon and biomedical marvel from extinction.

• 26 mins

A Tale of Two Axolotls

The Nun鈥檚 Salamander

Why are Mexican nuns breeding a rare salamander? Could they save this remarkable species?

• 26 mins

Science Stories: Series 6

The Real Cyrano de Bergerac

Philip Ball on the real Cyrano de Bergerac and his 17th century space ship.

• 26 mins

Science Stories: Series 6

Making Natural Products in the Lab

How 19th century chemist Wohler made a natural product in the lab

• 26 mins

Science Stories: Series 6

Descartes' "Daughter"

Philip Ball goes back to the 17th Century to talk about Descartes and his "daughter"

• 26 mins

Science Stories: Series 6

Hypatia: The Murdered Mathematician

Naomi Alderman on the life and death of Hypatia, the ancient Greek mathematician

• 26 mins

Science Stories: Series 6

Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting

How a poor woman became one of 19th-century Britain's most successful fossil finders

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Fluorine

How the feared element ended up giving us better teeth, mood and health

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Iron

How iron has shaped human biology and culture

• 26 mins

In Their Element

Sodium

Why sodium powers everything we do

• 26 mins

Heatwave

The Long Hot Summer

Roland Pease asks why the Northern Hemisphere had unusually high temperatures this year.

• 26 mins

Heatwave

The Long Hot Summer - Part Two

How did mild temperatures in the Arctic affect 2018's extreme weather?

• 26 mins

China's Organ Transplants

Who To Believe?

Matthew Hill explores the Chinese approach to organ transplantation.

• 26 mins

China's Organ Transplants

Tourism and Transparency

Matthew Hill explores the Chinese approach to organ transplantation.

• 26 mins

Cooling the City

How can we adapt and prepare our cities for extreme weather conditions?

• 26 mins

Tracking the First Animals on Earth

In search of the first animals on the Earth, more than half a billion years ago

• 26 mins

The Genius of Accidents

Viagra and CRISPR

Viagra was first developed to treat heart disease, but it had some surprising side-effects

• 26 mins

The Genius of Accidents

The Big Bang and Jet Streams

Evidence for the big bang was initially thought to be a mistake in the data

• 26 mins

The Genius of Accidents

Finding the Coelacanths

A huge, four-limbed fish, was discovered 65 million years after its supposed extinction

• 26 mins

Plastic Fantastic

Why We Fell In Love with Plastic

Professor Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic.

• 26 mins

Plastic Fantastic

How Much Plastic Can We Recycle?

Professor Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic.

• 26 mins

Plastic Fantastic

The China Syndrome

China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact

• 26 mins

The Supercalculators

Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.

• 26 mins

Earthrise

The story of one of the most iconic photos of the last 50 years

• 26 mins

Eddington's eclipse and Einstein's celebrity

Philip Ball tells the story of Arthur Eddington's confirmation of general relativity

• 26 mins

Science Stories: Series 7

Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms

Two thousand years ago Lucretius composed about atoms and the natural world

• 26 mins

Science Stories: Series 7

Kepler's Snowflake

Philip Ball tells the story of Johannes Kepler and the six cornered snowflake.

• 26 mins

Science Stories: Series 7

Ibn al-Haytham: The Father of Modern Optics

The Arabic scholar who showed how light and the human eye produce our sense of vision

• 26 mins

The Chase

Eye in the Sky

SOFIA is a flying observatory setting out to study Titan, Saturn鈥檚 biggest moon

• 26 mins