Brain Machine Interfaces; Question on Gay Genes; Studying Drinking Behaviour

Adam Rutherford looks at controlling paralysed bodies using thought.

• 30 mins

LG - Chemical weapons, Turtles, Tech for wildlife, Climate

Dr Lucie Green on how Syria's chemical weapons are being neutralised and made safe.

• 30 mins

Tracking planes; Peer review; Mega-virus; Astronaut

Are black boxes outdated technology? Adam Rutherford asks about ways to track aircraft.

• 30 mins

Cosmic inflation; LISA; Photonic radar; Bird stress camera; Water research; Taxidermy

Gareth Mitchell explores the compelling new evidence for the Big Bang Theory.

• 30 mins

Fracking; Purple GM tomatoes; Bionic humans; Shark attacks

Gareth Mitchell is joined by BBC School reporters to get their take on the week’s science.

• 30 mins

Calorie Restriction; Moon Age; Mars Yard; IPCC.

Tracey Logan unpicks new research on calorie restriction.

• 30 mins

Whales; Dark Matter; Falling; Arty brains

Tracey Logan asks whether killing whales for science can be justified?

• 30 mins

Sperm and egg; Dogs; Automatic Facebook; Invasive species

Tracey Logan finds out how a sperm recognises an egg.

• 30 mins

Y chromosome; Everest avalanche; Aphid survey; Longitude

Adam Rutherford finds out, when it comes to chromosomes, what's the point of the Y.

• 30 mins

Mice & Men; Fuel from CO2; fRMI; Insect calls

How can you get jet fuel from thin air? Just add water, carbon dioxide and sunlight.

• 30 mins

Colin Pillinger; Fire? Artificial DNA

The first living organism is created using artificial DNA with man-made genetic letters

• 30 mins

Antarctic melt; brain enhancing devices, atomic clocks and anti-bat moth sounds

Adam Rutherford discusses the irreversible melting of the Antarctic Western Ice shelf.

• 30 mins

Longitude Prize 2014; Dementia; Matter from light; Coastal deposition

Adam Rutherford discusses the launch of the Longitude Prize 2014.

• 30 mins

Women scientists; Mapping the ocean floor; Amplituhedron

Tracey Logan and modern women scientists discuss past inspirational ladies of science.

• 30 mins

Moving Mountains; Invasive Species; Football Stickers

China is taking the tops off mountains to build cities. What are the risks?

• 30 mins

Turing test; World Cup exo-skeleton; Plant cyborgs; Music hooks

Big Science - the first World Cup kick is to be made using a mind-controlled robotic suit.

• 30 mins

Antarctic Invaders; Patents; Longitude Challenges for Water and Antibiotics

Adam Rutherford finds out why Antarctica isn't such a pristine environment after all.

• 30 mins

Longitude Prize Winner; Solar cells; New species; Fiji fisherwomen; Physics questions

Dr Adam Rutherford learns about this year's Longitude Prize challenge.

• 30 mins

Informed consent, El Nino, Gravitational Waves, Cloud cover

Can we be used in experiments without our consent? Adam Rutherford investigates.

• 28 mins

Behavioural profiling at airports; Light and colour in art; Hadrian's Wall; Cassini

Adam Rutherford questions the science behind behavioural profiling at airport security.

• 28 mins

A special programme on plants and their pollinators, poisons and pests

Adam visits Kew Gardens to root amongst the foliage and reveal the latest in plant science

• 28 mins

Science's fascination with the face

Adam discusses the ethics and privacy issues surrounding facial recognition programmes.

• 28 mins

ExpeRimental; Rosetta; MOOCs

Alice Roberts indulges in some science experiments for kids, including Bubblecano!

• 28 mins

New dinosaur; GM chickens; Lightning; Rosetta; Diatoms

Professor Alice Roberts reveals Laquintasaura, a new dinosaur found in South America.

• 28 mins

Anaesthesia; Chilean earthquakes; Strange weather; Jellyfish

Will quantum physics bring us any closer to understanding how anaesthetics work?

• 30 mins

TB in the New World; Trusting Wikipedia; Shipwreck of the London; @LegoAcademics

Adam Rutherford discovers that TB was introduced to the Americas from seals and sea lions.

• 30 mins

Manipulating mouse memory; London pollution; Nature of knowing; Snail fur

Adam Rutherford shines a light on how the mouse brain processes memory.

• 30 mins

Bardarbunga volcano; Geology in Minecraft; Synthesising opioids; Ammonia

Adam Rutherford talks to researchers in Iceland studying the erupting Bardarbunga volcano.

• 30 mins

Jack the Ripper; Future of Scottish science

Examining the latest Jack the Ripper ID, and debating the future of Scottish science.

• 30 mins

European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins

How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations.

• 30 mins