蜜芽传媒 World Service - Discovery

Discovery Podcast

Explorations in the world of science.

Updated: weekly

Episodes available: indefinitely

Professor Sir Michael Rutter

Mon 28 Jul 2014

Child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter influenced understanding of autism and behaviour
What has Happened to El Nino?

Mon 21 Jul 2014

What is making this year鈥檚 predicted El Nino so hard to forecast?
Swarming Robots

Mon 14 Jul 2014

Adam Hart on how insect and cell structure research is helping develop swarming robots
Anaesthesia

Mon 7 Jul 2014

How do general anaesthetics work in the body?
Janet Hemingway

Mon 30 Jun 2014

Janet Hemingway on malaria and the coming of insecticide resistance with Jim al-Khalili
Ageing and the Brain

Mon 23 Jun 2014

Do our mental powers really decline in old age?
Driverless Cars

Mon 16 Jun 2014

The engineers inventing vehicles that drive themselves
Driverless Cars

Mon 9 Jun 2014

The future cars with sensors that can send messages to other cars, trucks and pedestrians
Taming the Sun

Mon 2 Jun 2014

ITER, the world's effort to harness nuclear fusion, and the most complex experiment ever
Beauty and the Brain

Mon 26 May 2014

Dr Tiffany Jenkins explores what neuroscience knows about art
Alf Adams

Mon 19 May 2014

Alf Adams remembers his small idea that changed the world, with Jim Al-Khalili.
Mark Miodownik

Mon 12 May 2014

Mark Miodownik talks nuclear weapons, 3D printers and smart materials with Jim Al-Khalili.
Sue Black

Mon 5 May 2014

Forensic scientist Sue Black on the clues she uses to identify human bodies
Whatever Happened to Biofuels - Part Two

Mon 28 Apr 2014

Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria.
Whatever Happened to Biofuels?

Mon 21 Apr 2014

Can we make biofuels from the sugars in the inedible parts of plants?
Peter Higgs

Mon 14 Apr 2014

Peter Higgs opens up to Jim Al-Khalili about the Higgs boson.
Vikram Patel

Mon 7 Apr 2014

Jim al-Khalili discusses global mental health with psychiatrist Professor Vikram Patel
Inside the Shark's Mind

Mon 31 Mar 2014

Can science stop sharks attacking humans?
The Biology of Freedom

Mon 24 Mar 2014

Is free will unique to humans or a biological trait that evolved over time?
Fructose: the Bittersweet Sugar

Mon 17 Mar 2014

Is fructose a 'toxic additive' or a healthy fruit sugar?
Hack my Hearing

Mon 10 Mar 2014

Can hacking hearing aids create a new super sense for people with hearing loss?
Show me the Way to Go 蜜芽传媒

Mon 3 Mar 2014

How animals navigate, from homing instincts to smell maps and astronomy
Saving the Oceans - Part Four

Mon 24 Feb 2014

Aboriginal knowledge and modern science helps to preserve Australia鈥檚 marine ecology
Saving the Oceans - Part Three

Mon 17 Feb 2014

Commercial fishing鈥檚 impact on bird evolution, and the threat of coral eating starfish
Saving the Oceans - Part Two

Mon 10 Feb 2014

Saving sharks and snails in the Pacific using modern technology and traditional practice
Saving the Oceans - Part One

Mon 3 Feb 2014

Tackling the problems of population and rising seas for the Pacific islands of Kirabati
Fixing Nitrogen

Mon 27 Jan 2014

What are alternatives to the process that takes nitrogen from the air to make fertilizer?
Chronotypes

Mon 20 Jan 2014

Why are some people 'early birds' while others are 'night owls'?
Geoengineering

Mon 13 Jan 2014

Can putting chemicals in the stratosphere to block the sun stop global warming?
The Return To Mawson's Antarctica - Part Four

Mon 6 Jan 2014

The mission to rescue the Australian Antarctic Expedition trapped in ice for 10 days