Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Biofuels
Sue Nelson chairs a discussion about biofuels.
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Women Not Included: Urban Planning
In a world not designed for women, the urban landscape reveals who it was really built for
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Women Not Included: Safety Equipment
In a world not designed for women, tools meant to protect can cause more harm than good
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Women Not Included: Medical Devices
In a world not designed for women, devices put inside of female bodies pose hidden risks.
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Women Not Included: Consumer Products
In a world not designed for women, everyday products ignore women’s real needs.
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Wine Glass
.Katy Brand toasts the wine glass, learning why it became the gargantuan glass it is today
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Why develop 'nano' foods?
Multi-flavoured drinks and diet foods – what nanotechnology might bring to the table
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Why can’t we remember being a baby?
Plus, could a party balloon reach space?
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Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories
Claudia Hammond and panel study ideas that have disappeared
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Well Met In Antarctica
Following Swedish Antarctic explorer Otto Nordenskjöld's amazing journey
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Unstoppable: Tu Youyou
Explorations in the world of science.
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Unstoppable: Purnima Devi Barman
Discover how Purnima Devi Barman recruited an army of women to save the storks of India.
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Unstoppable: Kura Paul-Burke
Kura Paul-Burke is combining Māori knowledge with marine science to save our ocean
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Unstoppable: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Explorations in the world of science.
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Unstoppable: Hedy Lamarr
Discover the unsung heroines of science and their world changing inventions.
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Truth about Cancer: Dying in Comfort in Mongolia
Anu Anand travels the globe to investigate how different countries are tackling cancer.
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Tooth and claw: Spotted hyena
Adam Hart resurrects the spotted hyena - from cowardly scavenger to ferocious hunter
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The venomous vendetta
Will a venomous snake die if it bites itself? asks Janni in Amsterdam
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The USA’s Deadly Racial Divide: Black Women & Breast Cancer
Anu Anand explores why more black women are more likely to die of breast cancer in the US
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The Thirst for Water
How is access to water (or lack of it) shaping our lives around the world?
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The Origins Of Childhood
Andrew Luck-Baker investigates when in evolution we slowed down our growth and development and why it happened.
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The new Architecture of Sound
How aural architecture is a fusion between acoustics, architecture and psychology