Next-gen batteries and 'dark oxygen'
Is it time to replace the little chemical factories in our pockets with something better?
How high can birds fly?
What altitude can birds cope with, and which species soars highest?
Keep it clean
A whole bathtub of science, from brains cleaning themselves to how space keeps sparkling
Arctic carbon starting to flip
Thirty per cent of the Arctic is switching from carbon sink to carbon source.
Gwen Adshead - Four Questions about Violence
Can we change violent minds?
In her final Reith Lecture, Dr Gwen Adshead asks if we can change violent minds.
Will AI Eat Itself?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong uncover what happens when you feed an AI its own output.
A WHO without the United States
What happens if the United States withdraws from the WHO?
Tim Peake on his journey to becoming an astronaut and science in space
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Tim Peake in a special event recorded at London's Royal Society.
How Awe Helps You Navigate Life's Challenges
The Science of Happiness podcast explores how embracing awe can uplift caregivers.
Series 1
Introducing What? Seriously??
Dara O Briain and Isy Suttie are joined by experts to unravel some very suprising tales.
VPNs and India
The mystery of the security and privacy apps disappearing from app stores in India.
Uncharted: The Grain of Truth
Hannah Fry explores two tales of data and discovery.
Understanding Others
Adam Walton explores communication between neurodivergent and neurotypical people.
Sleep Deprivation and Insomnia
If we don't snooze, we lose. How badly does lack of sleep affect our mind and our body?
Update from the Digital Human Team
The Digital Human is pausing to focus on what everyone's talking about - AI
Could ancient rice seeds help fight climate change?
We're in India to see if rice farmers have found a solution to a big climate problem
Bonus: The Global Story
Why everyone wants to get back to the moon – a special episode
The burning problem in women's health
Why do we know so little about one of the most common health complaints?
8. I Sung of Chaos
Is Silicon Valley’s radical experiment to connect the world about to implode?
AI: A Future for Humans?
The science sleuths unwrap some of the biggest ideas in this year's BBC Reith Lectures.
Doing the Maths
First broadcast in 2006. The mathematics of infinity are discussed
The Hunting of The Quark
First broadcast in 1997. Inside protons and neutrons lurks the holy grail of physics
Newgenics
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
5. Offshore Islands
Brett Westwood helps identify birds you may see and hear on our off-shore islands.
Nicolas Bourbaki
Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics drives science.
A Wonderful Catastrophe
How can we cope with the challenges of digital communication?
Depression in Later Life
Exploring the grey area between dementia and depression
Elon Musk versus Twitter
6. Free Bird
Elon Musk is now officially the CEO of Twitter, the Chief Twit…
Fossilized Sunshine
First broadcast in 1999. What are oil and gas and where are they found?
Born Different
Adam Rutherford asks what the genetics of intelligence could mean for education.
