Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Light Fantastic 鈥� Galileo's telescopes
Galileo and his telescopes that changed our view of the solar system
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Discussion - war and space
A debate on the legal and technological dilemmas facing today's space scientists
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Discussion - embryonic stem cell research
A debate on the ethics of stem cell research
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Discussion - biofuels
A debate about the latest research and opinion on biofuels
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Africa Lab - part two
The African scientists who are determined to make a difference
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Africa Lab - part one
The African scientists who are determined to make a difference
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Antarctica - part four
A series of programmes visiting the British Antartic Survey
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Antarctica - part three
A series of programmes visiting the British Antarctic Survey
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Antarctica - part two
A series of programmes visiting the British Antarctic Survey
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Antarctica - part one
A series of programmes visiting the British Antarctic Survey
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Food Science - part two
What foods do we really need to benefit our health?
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Food Science - part one
Can food science help so-called 'hidden hunger'?
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Climate change and farming
Climate change threatens to disrupt farming and food production for decades to come
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Russian science
A report on how Russian scientists are shifting their research priorities
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From Russia to Mars
How Russian scientists are researching the effects of a Mars mission on the human body
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Acoustics - the song of life
Second part of a series on sound, with a look at how sound helps us explore the unknown
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Acoustics - sounds we hate
A look at why some sounds make us wince
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Discussion - carbon capture
What is the case for catching carbon dioxide and storing it underground?
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Discussion - nuclear power
A debate on the issue of nuclear power stations
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Discussions - palaeontology
Experts discuss whether we are entering a new era in palaeontology?
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The science of disgust
What new research about the feeling of disgust can tell us about human nature
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Hubble Space Telescope - part two
A report on the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope
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Hubble Space Telescope - part one
Report on the shuttle's final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope
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Shipping emissions
The environmental impact of shipping, which accounts for around 60,000 deaths a year
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The rise of resistance - part four
The formidable drug resisting potential of HIV
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The rise of resistance - part three
How drug resistance is meaning that millions still die of malaria
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The rise of resistance - part two
How drug resistance in cancer arises and what, if anything, can be done
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The rise of resistance - part one
Are we losing the battle against infection? The first in a series on antibiotic resistance
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Discussion - GM Crops
Arguments for and against the development and use of genetically modified crops
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Environmental problems around Wuhan
Life and death of the Wuhan area on the Yangtzee River in the Hubei province of China
