Discovery Episodes Available now
Kepler's Snowflake—Science Stories: Series 7
2/3 Philip Ball tells the story of Johannes Kepler and the six cornered snowflake.
Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms—Science Stories: Series 7
1/3 Two thousand years ago Lucretius composed about atoms and the natural world
Eddington's eclipse and Einstein's celebrity
Philip Ball tells the story of Arthur Eddington's confirmation of general relativity
Earthrise
The story of one of the most iconic photos of the last 50 years
The Supercalculators
Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.
The China Syndrome—Plastic Fantastic
3/3 China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact
How Much Plastic Can We Recycle?—Plastic Fantastic
2/3 Professor Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic.
Why We Fell In Love with Plastic—Plastic Fantastic
1/3 Professor Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic.
Finding the Coelacanths—The Genius of Accidents
3/3 A huge, four-limbed fish, was discovered 65 million years after its supposed extinction
The Big Bang and Jet Streams—The Genius of Accidents
2/3 Evidence for the big bang was initially thought to be a mistake in the data
