Discovery Episodes Available now
Manipulating Our Hidden Half—The Second Genome
1/3 New research into manipulating our microbiome to stay healthy and beat chronic disease
Do Insects Feel Pain?—Killing Insects: The Rights and Wrongs
2/2 Do insects experience pain and suffering?
Killing Insects for Conservation—Killing Insects: The Rights and Wrongs
1/2 Killing insects in the name of research upsets some people. How do scientists justify it?
What鈥檚 the Tiniest Dinosaur?
And how do bats differentiate their own echolocation signals?
Can Anything Travel Faster Than Light?
Plus, how can we measure the age of the Universe?
Why Do We Dream?
And are machines better than humans when it comes to recognising faces?
Can We Use Chemistry to Bake the Perfect Cake?
And what makes something sharp?
Why Do Some Songs Get Stuck in Your Head?
And why do I get so many static shocks?
Behaving Better Online—Crossing Divides
2/2 Gaia Vince meets the scientists studying our built in human behaviour
The Cooperative Species—Crossing Divides
1/2 Why human cooperation fails online