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Tooth and Claw: Wasps
Explorations in the world of science.
Tooth and Claw: Cougar
Bad Blood: You've got good genes
The origins of Eugenics and the idea that we could breed ourselves to a brighter future
Bad Blood: You will not replace us
The rise of the idea that immigrants will out-breed and replace the dominant white 'race'
Bad Blood: Birth controlled
The women forcibly sterilised against their will and the campaign for birth control
Bad Blood: Rassenhygiene
The mass sterilisation of those deemed 鈥榰nfit鈥 by the Nazis in the name of eugenics
Bad Blood: The curse of Mendel
How Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, an insight which inspired eugenics from the 1900s
Bad Blood: Newgenics
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
The Life Scientific: Tim Lamont
Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs.
The Life Scientific: Rebecca Kilner
Jim al-Khalili hears how insects helped Rebecca Kilner solve evolutionary mysteries
The Life Scientific: Clifford Johnson
New approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.
Judith Bunbury: Unearthing the secrets of Ancient Egypt
Dr Judith Bunbury on enriching our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond
Our Microbes and Our Health
The astonishing and mysterious world of the human microbiome.
The Case of The Blind Man's Eye
Why can't I see images in my mind?
The magnetic mystery
The Curious Cases team explore the strange world of magnetism
The puzzle of the pyramids
The Curious Cases team discovers how Egypt's pyramids were really built.
The resurrection quest
The Curious Cases team ask if it's possible - or desirable - to bring back extinct species
The mind-numbing medicine
The Curious Cases team investigate the magical properties of anaesthetics.
The impossible number
The Curious Cases team get to grips with the very real uses of imaginary numbers
Lazy guide to exercise
What is the least amount of exercise you can do to still stay healthy?
Maggots in medicine
The healthcare professionals who are turning to maggot therapy to help clean up wounds
Food Insecurity
Fungal pandemic threat
Why invasive fungal infections are on the rise and a potential pandemic could be a threat
Psychedelics
How psychedelics are shaking up psychiatry
Sperm counts
Are sperm counts falling?
Seeing more
The new technologies pushing the boundaries of what we can see, hear, smell, and feel
Sound solutions
Prof Ben Garrod meets conservationists with sound solutions to protect animal habitats
Smelly people
Prof Ben Garrod uses new tech to sniff things out, and explores extending our senses
The Evidence: Exploring the concept of solastalgia
The feeling of pain or distress associated with environmental change close to your home
Remote touch
Prof Ben Garrod investigates the technology trying to replicate human touch
Bodies, brains and computers
How technology is blurring the line between our bodies, our brains, and computers