Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
Episodes to download
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Eating Well in Lyon: Healthy Diets to prevent Bowel Cancer
Mon 17 Jul 2017
Anu Anand is in Lyon, looking at what we eat and drink and the risk of bowel cancer
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Catching Prostate Cancer Early in Trinidad
Mon 10 Jul 2017
Anu Anand on detecting and treating prostate cancer in Trinidad and Tobago.
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The USA鈥檚 Deadly Racial Divide: Black Women & Breast Cancer
Mon 3 Jul 2017
Anu Anand explores why more black women are more likely to die of breast cancer in the US
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Screening and Treating Cervical Cancer in Tanzania
Mon 26 Jun 2017
Anu Anand on how vinegar and a head torch are used to tackle cervical cancer in Tanzania
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Taking On Tobacco - Lung Cancer in Uruguay
Wed 21 Jun 2017
Uruguay takes on Big Tobacco in crusade to save its citizens
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Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
Fri 16 Jun 2017
The Mongolian matriarch who is helping people with terminal liver cancer die in comfort
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Can Robots be Truly Intelligent?
Mon 5 Jun 2017
Adam Rutherford asks if we are ready for artificial intelligences making decisions for us
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Robots - More Human than Human?
Mon 29 May 2017
Adam Rutherford explores our relationship with contemporary humanoid robots
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History of the Rise of the Robots
Mon 22 May 2017
From the Ancient Greeks to Maria in Metropolis, Adam Rutherford explores robots in culture
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Quantum Supremacy
Mon 15 May 2017
With IBM, Google and Microsoft all making bold claims for quantum computing, what's up?
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Re-engineering Life
Mon 8 May 2017
Roland Pease meets the engineers and biologists hacking life's circuits
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Lifechangers: Neil deGrasse Tyson
Mon 17 Apr 2017
Kevin Fong talks to astrophysicist and populariser of science, Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Lifechangers: George Takei
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Kevin Fong talks to Star Trek actor and activist George Takei.
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The Bee All and End All
Mon 3 Apr 2017
Bees pollinate plants, can detect bombs and compose music. What would we do without them?
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The Split Second Decision
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Dr Kevin Fong asks how vulnerable is our high end decision making
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Human Hibernation
Mon 13 Mar 2017
Could humans pull off the trick of hibernation to conquer long term space travel?
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Delivering Clean Air
Mon 6 Mar 2017
More delivery vans means more air pollution in our cities. What are the alternatives?
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Make Me a Cyborg
Mon 27 Feb 2017
Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.
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Why am I left-handed?
Mon 13 Feb 2017
What determines left or right handedness and why are lefties in the minority?
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Why do we get middle-aged spread?
Mon 30 Jan 2017
Plus, what鈥檚 the strongest substance in the world?
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Sesame Open
Mon 16 Jan 2017
The new science facility, SESAME, that aims to promote peace in the middle east
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The Future of the Climate Deal
Mon 9 Jan 2017
What will President Trump mean for international deals to avert climate change?
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Science Stories: Series 3 - Mesmerism and Parapsychology
Mon 2 Jan 2017
The showmanship of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism
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Science Stories: Series 3 - The Woman Who Tamed Lightning
Boxing Day 2016
Hertha Ayrton was the first woman admitted to the Institution of Electrical Engineers
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!
