Discovery Episodes Available now
Childhood leukemia and radiation
A look at the causes of childhood leukaemia
The ancestors of vertebrates
Research which suggests conodonts are the early meat-eating ancestors of vertebrate
The laser scanning opthalmoscope
Scientists unveil a retina laser scanning opthalmoscope
Complex molecular systems - and a new metal
A new metal which could be cast itself into shape
Polio vaccine
How a polio vaccine with an unlimited shelf life could help eradicate the disease for good
The origins of language
How monkeys are helping us understand how humans evolved to talk
The melting of Antartica
How the melting ice sheets of Antartica may not be down to global warming
Symmetry
Why symmetry in art and science is so appealing to us
The great extinction debate
Are we overthinking the extinction of the dinosaurs?
Underwater Laboratory
A proposal to build a laboratory on the seamounts of the Azores
