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Catherine Heymans on the lighter side of the dark universe
Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans talks telescopes, dark matter and comedy.
03 Jun 2025,·28 mins
Series 23
Nano Sharks
Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain discover that sharks could help us invent faster cars
31 May 2025,·29 mins
What on earth is quantum?
A CrowdScience guide to quantum physics
30 May 2025,·30 mins
Your science questions answered
We answer a selection of fascinating science questions, from Nikola Tesla to microplastics
29 May 2025,·28 mins
How does heat affect our health?
Why is it so hard to understand the effects a warming world has on our health?
03 Jun 2025,·49 mins
Can nature help us to store carbon?
Could we put carbon dioxide in rocks or seaweed to help fight climate change?
01 Jun 2025,·22 mins
Data and me
Protecting your personal data when a company gets into financial difficulty.
03 Jun 2025,·26 mins
Thirteen months to a chip off the moon
China’s audacious Tianwen-2 asteroid sample return mission is underway
29 May 2025,·35 mins
Mission unexpectedly possible
Turning lead into gold, talking to animals and time travel seem impossible but are they?
30 May 2025,·51 mins
1. Hardware
Nick Baker collects some programmes about how technology has changed our physical world.
17 Feb 2021,·60 mins
Why Is AI Stealing Books?
Aleks Krotoski and Kevin Fong find out why AI is stealing books.
28 May 2025,·30 mins
Military Eyes in the Sky
How satellites are being used in warfare for target recognition
07 Oct 2002,·13 mins
8. The Terminator
Musk fears a 'Terminator future', where robots destroy humans. So why is he creating AI?
08 Apr 2025,·28 mins
A new way to screen for cancer in dense breasts
Research finds screening methods to pick up cancer in dense breasts much earlier
28 May 2025,·26 mins
24 May 2025,·49 mins
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.
17 Dec 2024,·57 mins
Apollo 13
S2 Ep.07 Resurrection
"I still have nightmares about this." Can the crew survive the dangers of re-entry?
08 Jun 2020,·60 mins
Responding to AI
Adam Walton explores UK research on artificial intelligence
27 May 2025,·29 mins
Update from the Digital Human Team
The Digital Human is pausing to focus on what everyone's talking about - AI
19 Feb 2024,·1 min
Series 1
Sleep Deprivation and Insomnia
If we don't snooze, we lose. How badly does lack of sleep affect our mind and our body?
19 Dec 2017,·28 mins
Dr Mark Lythgoe investigates the science of erasing memories.
20 Jul 2011,·30 mins
How Music Can Hold and Heal Us
We explore how music—especially lullabies—heals like medicine.
13 Mar 2025,·25 mins
The Hunting of The Quark
First broadcast in 1997. Inside protons and neutrons lurks the holy grail of physics
10 Dec 1997,·13 mins
A Wonderful Catastrophe
How can we cope with the challenges of digital communication?
12 Jul 2024,·14 mins
Series 4
Strontium
Chemist Andrea Sella ends his festive series with fireworks and the element strontium.
27 Dec 2019,·14 mins
01/04/2022
Gabriella Coleman investigates one of the most misunderstood cultures of the modern world
01 Apr 2022,·57 mins
Newgenics
Could powerful genetic technologies usher in a new eugenic era?
27 Dec 2022,·28 mins
Memory
Examination into the condition of Alzheimer's disease
15 May 2000,·24 mins
8. I Sung of Chaos
Is Silicon Valley’s radical experiment to connect the world about to implode?
18 Mar 2024,·32 mins
Depression in Later Life
Exploring the grey area between dementia and depression
26 Apr 2002,·27 mins
