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    Nature's Numbers

    What can babies and an Amazonian tribe tell us about the origins of mathematics?

  2. Nature's Numbers

    What can animals tell us about the origins of our numerical abilities?

  3. Future of Energy

    Jack Stewart looks at the future of the supply, demand, and viability of energy sources

  4. The Power of Equations

    Jim al-Khalili and fellow physicists on the beauty and power of equations

  5. Enceladus: A second genesis of life at Saturn?

    The best place to search for extra-terrestrial life among the planets.

  6. Humboldt - the Inventor of Nature

    Retracing the footsteps Alexander Von Humboldt - the forgotten father of environmentalism

  7. Unbreathable: The Modern Problem of Air Pollution

    Roland Pease looks into the 3.3 million people killed each year by polluted air

  8. Future of Biodiversity

    Kathy Willis, Director of Science Kew Gardens, discusses biodiversity with Jim al-Khalili

  9. Problems of Developing Drugs

    Jim al-Khalili meets Patrick Vallance heading drug development at a pharmaceutical company

  10. The Genetics of Intelligence

    Professor Robert Plomin talks to Jim al-Khalili about the genetics of intelligence

  11. How to Make an Awesome Surf Wave

    Surfer Helen Scales goes in search of the perfect man-made wave

  12. Lion Hunting in Africa

    Can trophy hunting lions be good for conservation?

  13. The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco

    Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in San Francisco to talk alien visitations

  14. The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago

    Brian Cox and Robin Ince take to the stage in Chicago, to discuss fossils and evolution

  15. The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles

    What happens when science meets Hollywood?

  16. The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New York

    Is science a force for good or evil? Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests discuss

  17. Life Changers - Didier Queloz

    Kevin Fong talks to astrophysicist and planet hunter Didier Queloz.

  18. Life Changers - Anita Sengupta

    Nasa engineer Anita Sengupta on landing a rover on Mars

  19. Life Changers - Venki Ramakrishnan

    Kevin Fong talks to the Indian-born Nobel Laureate Professor Venki Ramakrishnan

  20. Life Changers - Kathryn Maitland

    Kathryn Maitland has a burning passion to transform clinical research across Africa.

  21. Women on the ‘Problem with Science’

    A global perspective on the barriers to women in science.

  22. Truth about the Body Mass Index

    As Dr Mark Porter's waistline increases he puts his body mass index, or BMI, to the test.

  23. The Great Telescopes and Evolution

    Simon Schaffer tells of the astronomers who grappled with evolution long before Darwin.

  24. Death of a Physicist

    Henry Moseley was seen as Britain’s greatest physicist, but was killed in World War One

  25. The Colour Purple

    How William Perkin brought purple to the people in Victorian London

  26. Maurice Wilkins

    The third man behind the unravelling of DNA's double helix Maurice Wilkins

  27. James Watt and Steam Power

    How the engine that powered the industrial revolution nearly ran out of steam

  28. Sounds Of Space: Deep Space

    Voyaging further into deep space, with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green.

  29. Sounds of Space: The Solar System

    Take a sonic journey through the Solar System with astronomer, Dr Lucie Green

  30. Future of European Science

    The European Research Council’s policy of backing high risk, high gain basic science

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