Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Bad Blood: You've got good genes
The origins of Eugenics and the idea that we could breed ourselves to a brighter future
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Tooth and Claw: Cougar
Explorations in the world of science.
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Tooth and Claw: Wasps
Explorations in the world of science.
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Tooth and Claw: African Wild Dog
Explorations in the world of science.
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Tooth and Claw: Komodo dragon
Explorations in the world of science.
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Wild Inside: The Alpaca
Ben Garrod and Jess French unravel the secrets to success of the alpaca.
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Wild inside: The Harbour Porpoise
Ben Garrod and Jess French get under the skin of the enigmatic harbour porpoise
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Wild inside: Great Grey Owl
Explorations in the world of science.
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Wild inside: The Cheetah
The amazing internal anatomy of the cheetah and the secrets to survival
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The puzzle of the plasma doughnut
鈥淗ow does fusion work, and how can we do it safely on earth?鈥� asks Les Walker
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The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses
Why do things like pet hair, peanuts and pollen can get our immune systems so riled up?
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The problem of infinite Pi(e)
How did we discover Pi? How do we know that it鈥檚 infinite and never repeats? asks Alex
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The suspicious smell
Why do our bodies smell? And does our smell influence how much we like each other?
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The Wild and Windy Tale
鈥淗ow do winds start and why do they stop?鈥� asks Georgina from the Isle of Wight.
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The Case of The Missing Gorilla
鈥淗ow can I be immersed in a book, and still notice my name?鈥� asks Charlotte.
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Chi Onwurah
Why politics needs more scientists and engineers.
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David Eagleman
Can we create new senses? Prof David Eagleman talks to Jim Al-Khalili.
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Frances Arnold
Frances Arnold on turning microbes into living factories.
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Sir Martin Landray
Jim al-Khalili speaks to Sir Martin Landray about the world's largest Covid-19 drug trial.
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How Covid Changed Science, part 3
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science.
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How Covid changed science, part 2
Professor Devi Sridhar investigates the impact of Covid on the practice of science
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How Covid changed science, part 1
What has been the impact of Covid on the practice of science?
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Satellites versus the stars
What are the benefits and unintended consequences of thousands more satellites in space?
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Plant based promises, diet and health
Giles learns to cook a plant based Thai green curry.
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Plant based promises and sustainability
Giles Yeo looks at the sustainability of plant based products
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Plant based promises, rise of the plant based burger
Why do we need to eat more plant based foods? Giles Yeo looks at the alternatives.
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 3
Roland Pease explores the 100-km atom smasher physicists are planning at CERN
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 2
Dark matter's dark secrets. Researchers seeking the unseen stuff that fills the universe
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 1
The machine that found the Higgs Boson 10 years ago is about to start digging deeper
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The Life Scientific: Adam Hart
When does a waggle dance become a tremble dance?
