Saving the brain - part four

Can the brain help heal itself after an injury or illness?

• 23 mins

Disaster Reconstruction - New York

Rebuilding the heart of New York following the 9/11 attacks

• 23 mins

Matters Of The Heart - part one

How Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has given doctors a new understanding of the heart

• 23 mins

Matters Of The Heart - part two

A report on the work of cardiologists

• 23 mins

Matters Of The Heart - part three

The issue of organ donation, can mechanical hearts replace real ones?

• 23 mins

Cholera

Why do cholera epidemics spread with such explosive and lethal rapidity?

• 23 mins

Natural Born Killers - the sand scorpion

Survival of the fittest means that wild animals often have to develop lethal skills

• 23 mins

Natural Born Killers - botulism

Botulinic toxin is one of the most powerful known toxins

• 23 mins

Natural Born Killers - Venus Fly Trap

The Venus Fly Trap (Dionaea muscipula) is the world's best-known carnivorous plant

• 23 mins

Household Chemistry - soap

The chemical ingredients of household soap

• 23 mins

Household Chemistry - face creams

The chemical ingredients of face and skin creams, how do they work?

• 23 mins

Household Chemistry - toothpaste

A look at the ingredients of toothpaste and how they encourage good oral hygiene

• 22 mins

Impossible Visions - the early universe

The technology that makes the study of the unseen possible

• 23 mins

Impossible Visions - inside the human brain

The technology that makes the study of the unseen possible

• 23 mins

Household Chemistry - bleach and detergents

The chemical ingredients included in household bleaches and detergents

• 23 mins

Mobile Phones

The rise of the mobile phone and its role in the revolution of personal communication

• 24 mins

Impossible Visions - exploring the atom

Exploring the world of the atom and the history behind its discovery

• 23 mins

What remains to be discovered - cosmology

The first programme looks outward into space and looks at what we know about the universe

• 23 mins

What remains to be discovered - the human brain

A series of programmes looking at the unanswered questions about the world around us

• 23 mins

What remains to be discovered - physics

In programme three we go back to basics and investigate the nature of matter

• 23 mins

What remains to be discovered - secrets of life

Fourth in a series investigating the secrets of life

• 23 mins

Science in Brazil - cancer

Report on cancer research being carried out in Brazil

• 23 mins

Science in Brazil - malaria

How technology is helping Brazil deal with malaria

• 23 mins

Science in Brazil - pollution

Could rainforest plants help save the planet?

• 23 mins

An earth made for life - part one

Report from Greenland on the evidence of the origins of life left behind by ancient rocks

• 23 mins

An earth made for life - part three

An exploration into earth science and the beginnings of life on the planet

• 23 mins

An earth made for life - part two

Report from Greenland to find out what the first environment on Earth was like

• 23 mins

Climate 'Crime'

Can courts and laws reduce the threat of global warming?

• 22 mins

An earth made for fife - part four

The evolution of the air we breathe, examining ways in which the Earth was made for life

• 23 mins

A Twist To Life - DNA

A report on the discovery of DNA

• 22 mins