Discovery
Each week, Discovery takes an in-depth look at the most significant ideas, discoveries and trends in science, from the smallest microbe to the furthest corner of space.
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Discovery: Amoret Whitaker 17 Jun 13
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Amoret Whitaker, one of only a ...
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Amoret Whitaker, one of only a handful of forensic entomologists in the UK, about how her detailed knowledge of insects helps the Police solve crimes....
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Discovery: Alan Watson
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Alan Watson about his quest to ...
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Alan Watson about his quest to discover the source of cosmic rays, particles with energies millions of times greater thany anything produced at CERN...
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Discovery: On the Trail of the American Honeybee 2/2
In the second of two programmes, Dr Adam Hart explores ...
In the second of two programmes, Dr Adam Hart explores migratory bee-keeping in the United States and the threats to bee health worldwide....
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Discovery: On the Trail of the American Honeybee 1/2
Dr Adam Hart meets the migratory bee keepers of America ...
Dr Adam Hart meets the migratory bee keepers of America as they travel to the annual Almond bloom in California, the largest single pollination event on Earth....
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Discovery: Deep Sea Vents
This week’s Discovery makes a voyage into the ocean’s mysterious ...
This week’s Discovery makes a voyage into the ocean’s mysterious depths. The BBC’s science news editor David Shukman joins a team of scientists sending a robot submarine 5000 metres into an undiscovered realm of volcanic activity and strange creatures...
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Discovery: After Sandy
After Sandy: Angela Saini reports from New York where scientists, ...
After Sandy: Angela Saini reports from New York where scientists, engineers and State officials have gathered to debate how best to protect against super storms...
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Discovery: The Crying Game
Geoff Watts investigates why we cry, and the peculiar purpose ...
Geoff Watts investigates why we cry, and the peculiar purpose of our tears. Why do we produce tears in response to strong emotion and is there an evolutionary advantage to crying?...
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Discovery: A Trip Around Mars with Kevin Fong 2/2
Kevin Fong concludes his grand tour of the planet Mars, ...
Kevin Fong concludes his grand tour of the planet Mars, in search of water. Some of the most spectacular Martian landscapes were carved by vast and violent quantities of water in the planet’s past. The Tolkienesque terrain of Iani Chaos created when...
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Discovery: A Trip Around Mars with Kevin Fong 1/2
The planet Mars boasts the most dramatic landscapes in our ...
The planet Mars boasts the most dramatic landscapes in our solar system. Kevin Fong embarks on a grand tour around the planet with scientists, artists and writers who know its special places intimately- through their probes, roving robots and...
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Discovery: Noel Sharkey
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Noel Sharkey about psychology and robots; ...
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Noel Sharkey about psychology and robots; and why he thinks artificial intelligence is a dangerous dream....
