Monstrous Science - monsters fact and fiction

Giants, fact and fiction-dinosaurs, giant squids, Big Foot and the Loch Ness Monster

• 22 mins

Monstrous Science - giant squid

Monsters, part two, a look at the giant squid

• 22 mins

Monstrous Science - T-Rex

The most famous extinct monster, the giant meat-eating dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex

• 22 mins

Monstrous Science - fact or fantasy?

From the Loch Ness creature to Big Foot, a look at present day monsters, fact or myth?

• 22 mins

Sociable Robots

Report on robots and sociable robotic technology - robots that talk back

• 22 mins

Nanotechnology - part one

Understanding the science behind molecular engineering and nanotechnology

• 22 mins

Nanotechnology - part two

The science and truth behind molecular engineering

• 22 mins

Nanotechnology - part three

Report on the advancements in nano technology

• 22 mins

The Story of Aids - the discovery of HIV

A series of programmes on Aids, how a strange new disease emerged in the 1970s

• 22 mins

Nanotechnology - part four

Report on nanoscience from the California Institute of Technology

• 22 mins

The Story Of Aids - origins

Allan Little explores the origins of HIV and Aids

• 22 mins

The Story of Aids - drugs

The development of drugs to combat HIV became one of the 1980s great medical causes

• 22 mins

The Story of Aids - vaccine

A report on the search for an Aids vaccine

• 22 mins

Super volcanoes

Is there a super volcano beneath Yellowstone National Park?

• 22 mins

Beagle 2 - mission to Mars

A report on the Beale 2 Mars lander project

• 22 mins

Galaxies

Change, drama, evolution and surprise in the galaxy-strewn cosmos

• 22 mins

The Wright Brothers

The story of the Wright brothers' first flight in North Carolina

• 22 mins

Evolutionary music

The history of human musical development, discovered through archaeology

• 22 mins

Cancer - part one

Report on new treatments and drugs being developed in the fight against cancer

• 22 mins

Cancer - part two

New ideas for catching cancers early in their development

• 22 mins

Cancer - part three

Prospects for new and better drugs to treat cancer

• 22 mins

Cancer - part four

New anti-tumour biological agents being researched around the world

• 22 mins

Astronomy and Myths - part one

Throughout history different societies have found different truths in the stars

• 22 mins

Astronomy and Myths - part two

The astrological traditions and myths from India and China

• 22 mins

Climate Wars - part two

The UN framework convention on climate change, and the consensus needed to enforce it

• 23 mins

Climate Wars - part one

Why the science of climate change is subject to enormous political pressure

• 23 mins

Living Together - ants

How ants live together - the social skills of leaf cutter ants

• 22 mins

Living Together - gannets

Gannet colonies bear similarities to human congregations, so can they teach us anything?

• 22 mins

Good Vibrations - acoustic energy

The power of sound and how we use acoustic energy

• 22 mins

Good Vibrations - electromagnetism

How we use electromagnetism in modern life

• 22 mins