Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Throwaway Society
What is swelling the world’s mountain of electrical and electronic waste?
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The Science of Smell
Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again
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The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey
Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth
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The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence
Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden
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Hot Gossip - Part Two
Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip
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Hot Gossip - Part One
Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip
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Virtual Therapy
Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality
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Animal Personality
From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?
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Can Maths Combat Terrorism?
Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates
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New Space to Fly
The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes
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Vagus Nerve
Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?
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Elspeth Garman
Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter
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Painful Medicine
The hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers
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Chris Toumazou
European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, on the science of invention
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The Making of the Moon
The past, the present and the future of the Moon
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Trauma at War
Exploring trauma medicine on the frontline in Afghanistan
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Trauma: The Fight for Life
How modern trauma medicine evolved from conflict and catastrophe to help save lives
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Brian Cox
Physicist and media star Brian Cox on fame and quantum mechanics
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Urine Trouble: What’s in our Water
What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body?
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Patients Doing It for Themselves
How patients are taking control of their own treatment and their own clinical trials
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Preventing Disease in Animals
The pioneering genetic techniques to combat disease in our livestock
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Beyond the Abyss
Exploring the ocean's deepest realm - the Hadal zone, 6,000 to 11,000 metres down
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Power Transmission
Could super grids supplying DC electricity be the solution to rising demand for energy?
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Biosafety
As mistakes involving deadly pathogens come to light, what lessons will be learnt?
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Mum and Dad and Mum
Meet the girl with DNA from three people
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Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part Two
The world needs new antibiotics: drug companies don’t want to make them. What next?
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Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part One
Why our antibiotics are failing. Is this the end of modern medicine?
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Cosmology
Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang?
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Rosetta Mission Arriving At Comet
Orbiting and landing on a comet. The most daring science space mission ever?
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Professor Sir Michael Rutter
Child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter influenced understanding of autism and behaviour