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Discovery Episodes

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    Throwaway Society

    What is swelling the world鈥檚 mountain of electrical and electronic waste?

  2. The Science of Smell

    Why understanding how we smell has led to a paralysed man walking again

  3. The Life Scientific: Richard Fortey

    Palaeontologist and naturalist Richard Fortey on the evoloution of the Earth

  4. The Life Scientific: Margaret Boden on Artificial Intelligence

    Jim Al-Khalili meets a world authority on Artificial Intelligence, Maggie Boden

  5. Hot Gossip - Part Two

    Geoff Watts continues his exploration of the science and culture of gossip

  6. Hot Gossip - Part One

    Geoff Watts explores the origins and the science behind our love and loathing of gossip

  7. Virtual Therapy

    Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilities of Virtual Reality

  8. Animal Personality

    From bold crabs to neurotic chimps, animals have different personalities, like us. Why?

  9. Can Maths Combat Terrorism?

    Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorist activity? Dr Hannah Fry investigates

  10. New Space to Fly

    The modernisation of air traffic control which could allow pilots to choose their routes

  11. Vagus Nerve

    Can stimulating the vagus nerve, which connects the brain with the organs improve health?

  12. Elspeth Garman

    Oxford crystallographer Elspeth Garman on the study of the internal structure of matter

  13. Painful Medicine

    The hidden problem of addiction to over-the-counter painkillers

  14. Chris Toumazou

    European Inventor of the Year, Chris Toumazou, on the science of invention

  15. The Making of the Moon

    The past, the present and the future of the Moon

  16. Trauma at War

    Exploring trauma medicine on the frontline in Afghanistan

  17. Trauma: The Fight for Life

    How modern trauma medicine evolved from conflict and catastrophe to help save lives

  18. Brian Cox

    Physicist and media star Brian Cox on fame and quantum mechanics

  19. Urine Trouble: What鈥檚 in our Water

    What happens to the medicines we take after they leave our body?

  20. Patients Doing It for Themselves

    How patients are taking control of their own treatment and their own clinical trials

  21. Preventing Disease in Animals

    The pioneering genetic techniques to combat disease in our livestock

  22. Beyond the Abyss

    Exploring the ocean's deepest realm - the Hadal zone, 6,000 to 11,000 metres down

  23. Power Transmission

    Could super grids supplying DC electricity be the solution to rising demand for energy?

  24. Biosafety

    As mistakes involving deadly pathogens come to light, what lessons will be learnt?

  25. Mum and Dad and Mum

    Meet the girl with DNA from three people

  26. Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part Two

    The world needs new antibiotics: drug companies don鈥檛 want to make them. What next?

  27. Antibiotic Resistance Crisis - Part One

    Why our antibiotics are failing. Is this the end of modern medicine?

  28. Cosmology

    Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang?

  29. Rosetta Mission Arriving At Comet

    Orbiting and landing on a comet. The most daring science space mission ever?

  30. Professor Sir Michael Rutter

    Child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter influenced understanding of autism and behaviour

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