Discovery Episodes Available now
India's Ancient Science
Rediscovering influential Indian ideas on mathematics, metallurgy and engineering
Africa鈥檚 Great Green Wall
Transforming the Sahal into the next wonder of the world through Africa鈥檚 Great Green Wall
Internet of Things—Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
3/3 Can we Control the Dark Side of the Internet?
Dark Side of the World Wide Web—Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
2/3 Did the World Wide Web's Utopian ideals spread crime and obscenity?
The Origin of the Internet—Aleks in Wonderland: The History of the Internet
1/3 The origins of the internet, and why nobody thought of making it secure
Silicon - The World's Building Block—In Their Element
5/8 The key component of rocks, sand and materials from glass and concrete to microelectronics
The Day the Sun Went Dark
For the first time in almost 100 years the USA is experiencing a full solar eclipse
Carbon - the backbone of life—In Their Element
4/8 Why is all known life built on carbon?
And then there was Li—In Their Element
3/8 The element that links the formation of the universe with the functioning of our brains
Oxygen: The breath of Life—In Their Element
2/8 Trevor Cox takes a deep breath and tells the story of oxygen on earth and in space
