Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
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Driverless Cars
Mon 9 Jun 2014
The future cars with sensors that can send messages to other cars, trucks and pedestrians
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Taming the Sun
Mon 2 Jun 2014
ITER, the world's effort to harness nuclear fusion, and the most complex experiment ever
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Alf Adams
Mon 19 May 2014
Alf Adams remembers his small idea that changed the world, with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Mark Miodownik
Mon 12 May 2014
Mark Miodownik talks nuclear weapons, 3D printers and smart materials with Jim Al-Khalili.
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Sue Black
Mon 5 May 2014
Forensic scientist Sue Black on the clues she uses to identify human bodies
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Whatever Happened to Biofuels - Part Two
Mon 28 Apr 2014
Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria.
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Whatever Happened to Biofuels?
Mon 21 Apr 2014
Can we make biofuels from the sugars in the inedible parts of plants?
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Vikram Patel
Mon 7 Apr 2014
Jim al-Khalili discusses global mental health with psychiatrist Professor Vikram Patel
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The Biology of Freedom
Mon 24 Mar 2014
Is free will unique to humans or a biological trait that evolved over time?
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Fructose: the Bittersweet Sugar
Mon 17 Mar 2014
Is fructose a 'toxic additive' or a healthy fruit sugar?
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Hack my Hearing
Mon 10 Mar 2014
Can hacking hearing aids create a new super sense for people with hearing loss?
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Show me the Way to Go Home
Mon 3 Mar 2014
How animals navigate, from homing instincts to smell maps and astronomy
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Saving the Oceans - Part Four
Mon 24 Feb 2014
Aboriginal knowledge and modern science helps to preserve Australia鈥檚 marine ecology
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Saving the Oceans - Part Three
Mon 17 Feb 2014
Commercial fishing鈥檚 impact on bird evolution, and the threat of coral eating starfish
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Saving the Oceans - Part Two
Mon 10 Feb 2014
Saving sharks and snails in the Pacific using modern technology and traditional practice
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Saving the Oceans - Part One
Mon 3 Feb 2014
Tackling the problems of population and rising seas for the Pacific islands of Kirabati
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Fixing Nitrogen
Mon 27 Jan 2014
What are alternatives to the process that takes nitrogen from the air to make fertilizer?
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Geoengineering
Mon 13 Jan 2014
Can putting chemicals in the stratosphere to block the sun stop global warming?
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The Return To Mawson's Antarctica - Part Four
Mon 6 Jan 2014
The mission to rescue the Australian Antarctic Expedition trapped in ice for 10 days
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The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part Three
Mon 30 Dec 2013
Penguins, seals and a stranded vessel - join the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013
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The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part Two
Mon 23 Dec 2013
Could changes in the water underneath the ice have consequences for the world's oceans?
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The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part One
Mon 16 Dec 2013
Join polar scientists on an expedition to part of Antarctica last explored 100 years ago
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Self-Healing Materials
Mon 9 Dec 2013
The new materials that can self-mend, from concrete cracks to car paint scratches
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The Power of the Unconscious
Mon 2 Dec 2013
The crucial role of our unconscious, and how scientists are harnessing its powers
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Gut Microbiota
Mon 25 Nov 2013
The important relationship between microbes that live in our gut and our health
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Nirvana by Numbers
Mon 18 Nov 2013
Did the number zero come out of religious culture in ancient India?
Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
