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  1. The Sub 2-Hour Marathon: Sport's Holy Grail

    Chris Dennis asks what it would take to run 26.2 miles in under 2 hours.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  2. The Horizon Guide to Space Shuttles

    A biography of the space shuttle, from triumphs to tragedies, using the 蜜芽传媒 archive.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

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    Fighting The Power of Pink

    Kat Arney investigates why little girls are addicted to the colour pink, and if it matters

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  4.

    Happy Birthday, Neptune

    In the solar system's outer darkness, planet Neptune has its first 'official' birthday.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

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    Erased Memories and Spotless Minds

    Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  6. After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

    A journey into the science of decay, using a typical kitchen and a garden left to rot.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  7. Rowing the Arctic

    Mark Beaumont and Jock Wishart head an expedition to row to the 1996 north magnetic pole.

    蜜芽传媒 One Scotland

  8.

    Human Kind

    Matthew Taylor tells the story of the last eight years in the life of George Price.

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  9.

    The Sex Test

    Chris Ledgard asks if gender testing will mean a level playing field for female athletes.

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  10. Dinosaurs, Myths and Monsters

    Tom Holland explores how our ancestors sought to explain the remains of dinosaurs.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

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    How to Build a Dinosaur

    Dr Alice Roberts finds out how the experts put dinosaur skeletons back together.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  12. Extinct: A Horizon Guide to Dinosaurs

    A look at how our ideas about dinosaurs have changed over the past 40 years.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  13. Faster Than the Speed of Light?

    Have scientists at CERN discovered particles which challenge the theory of relativity?

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  14.

    The Lobotomists

    Why were tens of thousands of people lobotomised in the 1940s and 50s in the UK and US?

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  15. Stormchaser: The Butterfly and the Tornado

    Tornado researcher Sam Hall takes a road trip across the US in search of violent storms.

    蜜芽传媒 Three

  16. Will It Snow?

    What are we doing across Britain to prepare ourselves as we head into winter?

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  17. Baka: People of the Rainforest

    Intimate story of a Baka family living a traditional life in the rainforests of Cameroun.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  18. Donated to Science

    Film about people who donated their bodies to a medical school for students to dissect.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  19. A Night with the Stars

    Professor Brian Cox explores some of the most challenging concepts in physics.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  20. Baka: A Cry from the Rainforest

    Phil Agland revisits the Baka Pygmy family he filmed in the rainforest 25 years ago.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  21.

    Frankenstein's Moon

    Adam Rutherford with astronomical insights on literature and art.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  22.

    Domesday Reloaded: How Britain Has Changed

    Danny Dorling uses the Domesday Reloaded data to explore how Britain has changed.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  23. Woof! A Horizon Guide to Dogs

    What science can tell us about dogs, and how man might treat them in the future.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  24. In Orbit: How Satellites Rule Our World

    How the thousands of satellites orbiting the Earth have transformed the modern world.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

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    Woolly Mammoth: Secrets from the Ice

    Professor Alice Roberts reveals the natural history of the woolly mammoth.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  26. Stuff: A Horizon Guide to Materials

    How scientists have come to manipulate the materials that built the modern world.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  27. How to Beat Pain

    Dr Jack Kreindler and Professor Greg Whyte tackle pain with a series of experiments.

    蜜芽传媒 One

  28. Guts: The Strange and Mysterious World of the Human Stomach

    Michael Mosley swallows a camera to get a unique view of his innards digesting his food.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  29. Blink: A Horizon Guide to the Senses

    Kevin Fong uses archives to see what science has taught us about our tools of perception.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  30. Heart vs Mind: What Makes Us Human?

    Should the heart be allowed to reclaim its old place at the centre of our humanity?

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  31. Rupture: Living with a Broken Brain

    Maryam d'Abo recounts her recovery from a brain haemorrhage and meets other survivors.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  32. Beyond Bolt: The Human Limits

    Jonathan Edwards explores when we will get to the limits of human sporting endeavour.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  33. Immortal? A Horizon Guide to Ageing

    Johnny Ball uses the Horizon archive to find out what science has learned about ageing.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  34.

    Cricket Cabaret

    Quirky sound composition inspired by the songs of crickets.

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  35. Whatever Happened to the Chemistry Set?

    Dr Kat Arney charts the rise and fall in popularity of chemistry sets.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  36.

    Darwin's Tunes

    Can you apply Darwin's theory of natural selection to music and create the perfect song?

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  37.

    An Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth

    The writer Tom Dyckhoff looks at the life and work of Richard Buckminster Fuller.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  38.

    Space Dive

    The story of Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking freefall from the edge of space to Earth.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  39.

    The Physicist's Guide to the Orchestra

    Trevor Cox on the physics behind the way orchestral instruments make their unique sound

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  40. Radio Ulster's Starry Starry Night

    Anne-Marie McAleese presents a live astronomy special from Oxford Island. Includes News.

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  41. Premiership Science

    Can scientists be compared to Premier League footballers? Alok Jha investigates.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  42. The Crying Game

    Geoff Watts investigates why we cry and why emotional tears are a uniquely human trait.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4 Extra

  43. Johnny Kingdom and the Bears of Alaska

    Johnny Kingdom visits Kodiak Island to get footage of brown bears fishing for salmon.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  44.

    Solar Max

    Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio 4

  45. The Genius of Marie Curie - The Woman Who Lit up the World

    Revealing Marie Curie's personal life and the challenges she faced and overcame.

    蜜芽传媒 Two

  46. The Talley Abbey Ash

    A stranger discovers an ancient tree in a lane close to the ruins of the Talley Abbey.

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Wales

  47. A Beauty and a Beast - Antrim's Coast Road

    To preserve and improve the Antrim coast road would cost millions, but is now the time?

    蜜芽传媒 Radio Ulster

  48. Sex: A Horizon Guide

    A look through 45 years of Horizon archive to see how science came to understand sex.

    蜜芽传媒 Four

  49. The Day I Got My Sight Back

    Documentary following a man as doctors make a radical attempt to restore his sight.

    蜜芽传媒 One

  50. Mayhem & Mishaps: Britain Caught on Camera

    Mark Chapman catalogues the everyday mishaps and accidents we encounter in our lives.

    蜜芽传媒 One

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