Discovery Podcast
Explorations in the world of science.
Episodes to download
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Lifechangers: George Takei
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Kevin Fong talks to Star Trek actor and activist George Takei.
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The Bee All and End All
Mon 3 Apr 2017
Bees pollinate plants, can detect bombs and compose music. What would we do without them?
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The Split Second Decision
Mon 20 Mar 2017
Dr Kevin Fong asks how vulnerable is our high end decision making
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Human Hibernation
Mon 13 Mar 2017
Could humans pull off the trick of hibernation to conquer long term space travel?
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Delivering Clean Air
Mon 6 Mar 2017
More delivery vans means more air pollution in our cities. What are the alternatives?
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Make Me a Cyborg
Mon 27 Feb 2017
Are human cyborgs set to become a reality? Frank Swain investigates.
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Why am I left-handed?
Mon 13 Feb 2017
What determines left or right handedness and why are lefties in the minority?
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Why do we get middle-aged spread?
Mon 30 Jan 2017
Plus, what鈥檚 the strongest substance in the world?
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Sesame Open
Mon 16 Jan 2017
The new science facility, SESAME, that aims to promote peace in the middle east
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The Future of the Climate Deal
Mon 9 Jan 2017
What will President Trump mean for international deals to avert climate change?
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Science Stories: Series 3 - Mesmerism and Parapsychology
Mon 2 Jan 2017
The showmanship of Anton Mesmer and the rise and fall of animal magnetism
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Science Stories: Series 3 - The Woman Who Tamed Lightning
Boxing Day 2016
Hertha Ayrton was the first woman admitted to the Institution of Electrical Engineers
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Science Stories: Series 3 - Testosterone: Elixir of Masculinity
Mon 19 Dec 2016
How testosterone has been used and abused in history
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Science Stories: Series 3 - Making the Earth Move
Mon 12 Dec 2016
How a dying man's book demoted the earth and reconstructed the universe.
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Custom of Cutting
Mon 21 Nov 2016
An investigation into female genital mutilation in East and West Africa
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The City that Fell into the Earth
Mon 7 Nov 2016
How do you move a city? Lesley Riddoch travels to Arctic Sweden to find out
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The Mars of the Mid-Atlantic
Mon 24 Oct 2016
Peter Gibbs explores Ascension Island, a barren Atlantic rock made fertile by man
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Black Holes: A Tale of Cosmic Death and Rebirth
Mon 10 Oct 2016
LIGO, Gravitational Waves, and the new astronomy of nature鈥檚 ultimate state of matter
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Space
The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe
The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry
A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!
