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How a natural disaster helped shape the modern world
11 May 2000,·24 mins
Mastering The Servant
First broadcast in 1989. Can we control the development and use of technology?
10 Aug 1989,·27 mins
Can you Sleep with your Eyes Open?
Why don't we sleep with our eyes open? Does the universe have a final frontier?
20 Dec 1995,·29 mins
Angela Saini explores shared space - an idea set to bring peace and harmony to our streets
03 Jan 2012,·30 mins
Nanotechnology
Medicine through miniaturisation at MIT
19 Oct 1995,·28 mins
Naomi Alderman looks a the advantages of thinking algorithmically.
05 Apr 2015,·30 mins
Amber Marks explores the science of olfactory detection.
19 Jun 2012,·28 mins
Adam Rutherford talks to scientists who have left the lab for the glamour of Hollywood.
30 Aug 2010,·30 mins
Gerry Northam goes behind the scenes to investigate 'open source' computer software.
01 Jun 2009,·30 mins
Episode 2
Podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann trace the origins of on-demand radio.
11 Apr 2014,·28 mins
Why are scientists and designers are deliberately planning for failure?
14 May 2009,·30 mins
Meet the engineers and scientists at MIT who are shaping our future
10 Sep 2005,·22 mins
Privacy on the Internet
You leave behind a trail of information companies can collect and exploit
19 May 1999,·13 mins
Civil War
Anxiety, dissolution and post-traumatic stress are mental health issues caused by conflict
11 Sep 2001,·13 mins
Global Impact
What can we do about human impact on our planet?
21 Sep 2001,·13 mins
David Shukman travels to Jordan to find out if science can bring peace in the Middle East.
26 Nov 2012,·28 mins
Psychology
The way we behave, our thoughts and our feeling are all part of our psychological make up
18 Jun 2001,·13 mins
Are close ties to industry distorting priorities of scientific research in universities?
15 Dec 2010,·30 mins
Jerry Brotton navigates the transformation from paper to digital mapping.
30 Jun 2020,·28 mins
Favourite Numbers
What's a mathematician's favourite number?
17 Jul 1998,·14 mins
Get Me Out of Here, Brazil
Once you're in a slum can you ever get out?
28 Jun 2006,·22 mins
The innovation in trauma science that's saving the lives of bleeding trauma patients.
04 Feb 2020,·28 mins
Why tourism is encouraged in the developing world, but doesn't always see the profits
13 Mar 2001,·28 mins
Can a Welsh coal mine really become an astronaut training centre?
04 Feb 2017,·28 mins
Spanish Sardines
Can science save the sardine in northern Spain?
19 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Lesley Curwen investigates the hope, hype and potential harm of stem cell treatments
07 Jan 2020,·37 mins
Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view.
02 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik asks whether we could live without cash.
01 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Co-operation or Competition?
The growth and interest in biotechnology in the US, China and India
03 Apr 2005,·22 mins
Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.
04 Apr 2011,·30 mins
