Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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The resurrection quest
The Curious Cases team ask if it's possible - or desirable - to bring back extinct species
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The puzzle of the pyramids
The Curious Cases team discovers how Egypt's pyramids were really built.
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The magnetic mystery
The Curious Cases team explore the strange world of magnetism
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The Case of The Blind Man's Eye
Why can't I see images in my mind?
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Judith Bunbury: Unearthing the secrets of Ancient Egypt
Dr Judith Bunbury on enriching our knowledge of ancient Egypt and beyond
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The Life Scientific: Clifford Johnson
New approaches to quantum questions and using science in films.
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The Life Scientific: Rebecca Kilner
Jim al-Khalili hears how insects helped Rebecca Kilner solve evolutionary mysteries
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The Life Scientific: Tim Lamont
Jim Al-Khalili meets Tim Lamont, a young ecologist making waves restoring coral reefs.
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Bad Blood: Newgenics
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
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Bad Blood: The curse of Mendel
How Gregor Mendel discovered the gene, an insight which inspired eugenics from the 1900s
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Bad Blood: Rassenhygiene
The mass sterilisation of those deemed 鈥榰nfit鈥� by the Nazis in the name of eugenics
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Bad Blood: Birth controlled
The women forcibly sterilised against their will and the campaign for birth control
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Bad Blood: You will not replace us
The rise of the idea that immigrants will out-breed and replace the dominant white 'race'
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Bad Blood: You've got good genes
The origins of Eugenics and the idea that we could breed ourselves to a brighter future
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Tooth and Claw: Cougar
Explorations in the world of science.
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Tooth and Claw: Wasps
Explorations in the world of science.
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Tooth and Claw: African Wild Dog
Explorations in the world of science.
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Tooth and Claw: Komodo dragon
Explorations in the world of science.
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Wild Inside: The Alpaca
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to success of the alpaca.
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Wild inside: The Harbour Porpoise
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of the enigmatic harbour porpoise
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Wild inside: Great Grey Owl
Explorations in the world of science.
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Wild inside: The Cheetah
The amazing internal anatomy of the cheetah and the secrets to survival
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The puzzle of the plasma doughnut
鈥淗ow does fusion work, and how can we do it safely on earth?鈥� asks Les Walker
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The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses
Why do things like pet hair, peanuts and pollen can get our immune systems so riled up?
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The problem of infinite Pi(e)
How did we discover Pi? How do we know that it鈥檚 infinite and never repeats? asks Alex
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The suspicious smell
Why do our bodies smell? And does our smell influence how much we like each other?
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The Wild and Windy Tale
鈥淗ow do winds start and why do they stop?鈥� asks Georgina from the Isle of Wight.
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The Case of The Missing Gorilla
鈥淗ow can I be immersed in a book, and still notice my name?鈥� asks Charlotte.
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Chi Onwurah
Why politics needs more scientists and engineers.
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David Eagleman
Can we create new senses? Prof David Eagleman talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
