Discovery Episodes Available now
Back from the Dead—The Chase
2/4 The hunt for the Night Parrot: a fat, dumpy, green parrot that lives in the desert
Eye in the Sky—The Chase
1/4 SOFIA is a flying observatory setting out to study Titan, Saturn’s biggest moon
Ibn al-Haytham: The Father of Modern Optics—Science Stories: Series 7
3/3 The Arabic scholar who showed how light and the human eye produce our sense of vision
Kepler's Snowflake—Science Stories: Series 7
2/3 Philip Ball tells the story of Johannes Kepler and the six cornered snowflake.
Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms—Science Stories: Series 7
1/3 Two thousand years ago Lucretius composed about atoms and the natural world
Eddington's eclipse and Einstein's celebrity
Philip Ball tells the story of Arthur Eddington's confirmation of general relativity
Earthrise
The story of one of the most iconic photos of the last 50 years
The Supercalculators
Alex Bellos meets the supercalculators taking part in the Mental Calculation World Cup.
The China Syndrome—Plastic Fantastic
3/3 China's ban on importing other countries' waste plastic is having a big impact
How Much Plastic Can We Recycle?—Plastic Fantastic
2/3 Professor Mark Miodownik explores our love/hate relationship with plastic.
