Discovery Episodes Available now
Behaving Better Online—Crossing Divides
2/2 Gaia Vince meets the scientists studying our built in human behaviour
The Cooperative Species—Crossing Divides
1/2 Why human cooperation fails online
Bringing Schrodinger's Cat to Life
Roland Pease meets the quantum scientists hoping to bring Schrodinger's cat to life
Barbara McLintock—Science Stories: Series 5
Philip Ball tells the story of US geneticist and 1983 Nobel prize winner Barbara McLintock
D'Arcy Thompson—Science Stories: Series 5
A man who put maths into biology and saw physics in shells, seeds and bees 100 years ago
The Far Future
What fragments of our civilisation will persist 10,000 years in the future?
Killing Insects for Conservation
Killing insects in the name of research upsets some people. How do scientists justify it?
Why We Cut Men
Across the world, 1 in 3 men are circumcised. Mary-Ann Ochota investigates why we cut men
Iodine—In Their Element
8/8 Why iodine is essential for our health?
Phosphorus—In Their Element
7/8 How a discovery in boiled urine led to the trade union movement and chemical weapons.
