Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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What is Life - part four
How the cell took a central position in biological thought
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What is Life - part three
How philosophy and science have combined to help us understand the cell
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What is Life - part two
How philosophy and science attempt to help us understand the basic processes of life
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What is Life - part one
The way philosophy and science have attempted to explain reproduction
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Hiroshima - the fall out
Exploring the fall out from nuclear attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945
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Neuroprosthetics
A look at the science of neuroprosthetics, using thoughts to move artificial limbs
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Human evolution
Discussion on the slowing down of human evolution
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GM maize in Kenya
An examination of the first genetically-modified maize to be planted in Kenya
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The study of human origins
A visit to the study of human origins Department at Ethiopia's National Museum
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An earth made for life - part two
A series of programmes looking at the origins of complex life on earth
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An earth made for life - part three
A series of programmes looking at the origins of complex life on earth
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An earth made for life - part one
A series of programmes looking at the origins of complex life on earth
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Memory - part three
Exploring the science of memory
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Memory - part four
A look at the changes in our memory after disease or injury
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Memory - part two
Exploring how and why our memories fail
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Memory - part one
Exploring the science of memory
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Reith Lectures - the triumph of technology - lecture three
The third in a series of technology lectures
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The nature of addition
How scientists are unravelling the nature of addiction
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Reith Lectures - the triumph of technology - lecture two
The second in a series of technology lectures - part of the Reith Lectures 2005
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Reith Lectures 2005 - the triumph of technology - lecture one
The first in a series of technology lectures - part of the Reith Lectures 2005
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In Einstein's Shadow - quantum theory
A series of programmes on the work of Albert Einstein
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In Einstein's shadow - special relativity
A series of programmes on the work of Albert Einstein
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In Einstein's shadow - general relativity
A series of programmes on the work of Albert Einstein
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China - genetically modified food
Geoff Watts explores China's attitudes to genetic modification
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China - Clean Energy
Can clean and renewable energy sources help solve China's burgeoning energy crisis?
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China - stem cell research
Geoff Watts travels to China to explore stem cell research
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China - the scientific revolution
How China is once again establishing itself as a pioneering scientific force
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Ocean Blues - acidification
What will be the impact of increasing carbon dioxide on life in the oceans
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Ocean Blues - noise pollution
Is man-made noise in oceans putting marine mammals in peril?
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Ocean Blues - coral reefs
A four-part series looking at the health of the world's oceans
