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Spanish Sardines
Can science save the sardine in northern Spain?
19 Mar 1999,·13 mins
Lesley Curwen investigates the hope, hype and potential harm of stem cell treatments
07 Jan 2020,·37 mins
Dr Ben Goldacre explores what happens when science takes the long view.
02 Aug 2011,·30 mins
Materials scientist Mark Miodownik asks whether we could live without cash.
01 Mar 2011,·30 mins
Co-operation or Competition?
The growth and interest in biotechnology in the US, China and India
03 Apr 2005,·22 mins
Angus Roxburgh explores the years when the Soviet Union ruled space.
04 Apr 2011,·30 mins
Genetically Modified Farm Animals
Advances in animal husbandry including genetic engineering in farming
01 Sep 2003,·12 mins
How could the latest science of placebo change the way we think about medicine?
18 Feb 2019,·28 mins
A jet engine built by Ludwig Wittgenstein in Manchester is investigated by Cassie Newland.
02 Jan 2015,·30 mins
What should be in a Hippocratic Oath for scientists?
21 Dec 2011,·30 mins
Malaria in Malawi
As existing malaria medicines lose efficacy, what - if anything - is in development?
26 Jan 2000,·28 mins
Ehsan Masood explores whether science is becoming politicised on controversial issues.
06 Aug 2013,·38 mins
Tom Chivers asks what football's search for truth tells us about uncertainty in our lives.
12 Jun 2020,·28 mins
Vanishing Tunes
Why have World Service signature tunes disappeared?
17 Dec 1999,·13 mins
Beef
An examination of the worldwide beef industry
18 Dec 2003,·22 mins
Northern Right Whales
Northern Right Whales in danger of extinction
11 Jan 1999,·13 mins
Detroit, The Resuscitated City, Part Four
First broadcast in 2006. How the city of automobiles turned into a dangerous wasteland
22 Jun 2006,·22 mins
Howard Stableford investigates whether advances in 3D printing can benefit nature.
07 Apr 2015,·28 mins
Ethiopia and Kenya
Villagers and herdsmen with different water problems highlight global concerns
12 May 2003,·22 mins
Swing Bridge for Suez Canal
First broadcast in 1997. The world’s largest swing bridge
12 Mar 1997,·18 mins
Sue Broom cracks the code of the cryptic names that are given to genes by scientists.
12 Aug 2009,·30 mins
Atmospheric Pressure
Using everyday household objects to show the effects of atmospheric pressure
14 Mar 2000,·13 mins
Hosting your Website
How to actually put your site on the World Wide Web
10 Feb 2004,·24 mins
Gordon Corera asks if the West is losing the technological race with China.
19 Jun 2020,·28 mins
