Discovery Episodes Available now
Pain - a necessary evil
Geoff Watts explores the science of pain
Black holes
The phenomenon of black holes explained
Alchemy that could save the planet
Chemistry designed to reduce ecological damage and global warming
The New Alchemists - part three
The third of Roland Pease's explorations of the frontiers of chemistry
The New Alchemists - part two
The second of Roland Pease's explorations of the frontiers of chemistry
The New Alchemists - part one
Report on molecular science and the work of Italian scientist Vincenzo Balzani
Scarring
How our understanding of wound healing has been transformed
Perfect Pitch
Perfect pitch and its implications in brain activity
Econophysics
The science of finance, and how traders, dealers and brokers avoid losses
Machines like us?
Computers can now create and analyse images of the body, but can they be trusted?