Build Me a Brain

Roland Pease reports on scientists building brains from scratch in the lab.

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19/06/2013

Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other?

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Whatever happened to biofuels?

Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels from algae or bacteria.

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Plate Tectonics and Life

Roland Pease on the idea that life on early Earth led to the evolution of plate tectonics.

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Crossrail - Tunnelling under London

How 26 miles of precision-engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology.

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Oxytocin

Linda Geddes asks if taking the hormone oxytocin can make people more sociable.

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Gut Microbiota

New insights into the important relationship we have with microbes that live in our gut.

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The Power of the Unconscious

The crucial role of our unconscious, and how scientists are now harnessing its powers.

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Self-Healing Materials

Quentin Cooper takes a look at the new materials that can mend themselves.

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Nitrogen Fixing

Prof Andrea Sella looks at efforts to reduce our dependence on the Haber-Bosch process.

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Geo-engineering

Gaia Vince asks if geoengineering by blocking the sun could stop the earth warming up.

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Chronotypes

Linda Geddes explores research into the differences between morning and evening people.

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Driverless cars

Jack Stewart meets the engineers inventing vehicles that drive themselves.

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Ageing and the brain

Do our mental powers really decline in old age?

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Power Transmission

Gaia Vince looks at the future of power transmission.

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Anaesthesia

Linda Geddes explores the latest research into how general anaesthetics work in the body.

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Swarming robots

Adam Hart on how insect and cell structure research is helping develop swarming robots.

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Cosmology

Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang as announced in March?

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The Rosetta Mission

Billed as 'the sexiest space mission ever', did Rosetta's probe land safely on its comet?

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Vagus Nerve

Can stimulating the vagus nerve improve health? Gaia Vince explores this new research area

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New Space to Fly

Jack Stewart meets the pioneers redesigning our international airspace.

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Animal Personality

Prof Adam Hart explores a new field in zoology - animal personality.

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Can Maths Combat Terrorism?

Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorism? Dr Hannah Fry investigates.

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Virtual Therapy

Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilites of virtual reality.

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