Discovery Episodes Available now
Barbara McLintock—Science Stories: Series 5
Philip Ball tells the story of US geneticist and 1983 Nobel prize winner Barbara McLintock
D'Arcy Thompson—Science Stories: Series 5
A man who put maths into biology and saw physics in shells, seeds and bees 100 years ago
The Far Future
What fragments of our civilisation will persist 10,000 years in the future?
Killing Insects for Conservation
Killing insects in the name of research upsets some people. How do scientists justify it?
Why We Cut Men
Across the world, 1 in 3 men are circumcised. Mary-Ann Ochota investigates why we cut men
Iodine—In Their Element
8/8 Why iodine is essential for our health?
Phosphorus—In Their Element
7/8 How a discovery in boiled urine led to the trade union movement and chemical weapons.
Lead—In Their Element
6/8 The impact of the use and abuse of lead on humanity.
The Power of Sloth
Lucy Cooke discovers the joy of sloth and sloths and the benefits of being really slow.
Pain of Torture—The Anatomy of Pain
4/4 Does knowing that someone is inflicting pain on you deliberately make the pain worse?
