Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Sniffing out crime
How sniffer dogs are trained to be used to fight crime and enhance security.
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Life and Death
Discovery explores matters of lifespan and death among our early human ancestors.
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The Origins of Human Childhood
Andrew Luck-Baker goes in search of the origins of the human childhood.
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In Darwin's Shadow
Does Darwin's theory of evolution conflict with our desire to conserve threatened species?
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In Darwin's Shadow
Professor Steve Jones looks at Darwin's work as a geologist.
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In Darwin's Shadow
Steve Jones uses HIV to show how the theory of natural selection works
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In Darwin's Shadow
Professor Steve Jones visits Darwin's home to investigate his legacy.
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The Moon
Andrew Luck-Baker investigates Transient lunar phenomena.
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The Moon
Andrew Luck-Baker finds out what is tantalising today's lunar explorars.
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Light Fantastic
Roland Pease looks into the revolution in optics.
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Light Fantastic
Roland Pease explores laser light technology.
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Light Fantastic
Roland Pease visits Florence to see Galileo's telescopes and learn about his work.
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Well Met in Antarctica
Otto Nordenskjöld's incredible Antarctic survival story, with Gabrielle Walker.
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Desalination
Gareth Mitchell investigates desalination.
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Jenner's Gift
Ruth Richardson investigates the history of vaccination.
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Lessons in Anatomy
Ruth Richardson investigates the history of dissection and anatomy
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06/12/2008 GMT
Explorations in the world of science.
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Whales
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Environment correspondent, Richard Black, joins researchers from IFAW as they look and listen for whales.
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Beaked Whales
Richard Black joins researchers investigating the world of the beaked whale.
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The First Forests
Andrew Luck-Baker finds fossils the first forests on earth.
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SESAME
Can SESAME, a science project in Jordan, help to promote peace in the Middle East?
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Tar Sands
The latest technologies and the environmental drawbacks of extracting oil from sand.
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DNA Lineage
Sue Nelson talks to three scientists with an interest in using DNA to trace family history
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Cloud Seeding
Sue Broom investigates cloud seeding, a technique which can cause, or prevent, rain.