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Ice Age Extinctions
What killed the Ice Age giants?
11/07/2012

Anthropologist and BBC presenter Professor Alice Roberts digs into whether humans caused the extinction of prehistoric animals

The Aquatic Ape Hypothesis
Were we once aquatic apes?
15/06/2012

Dr Darren Naish examines a debate that's lasted 50 years.

Science of Fracking
Science of Fracking
20/04/2012

Shale gas could solve the fuel crisis. But in parts of Europe and America it's been banned over safety fears, and it was blamed in 2011 for a couple minor earthquakes in the UK. Robert Matthews investigates.

Artificial Meat
The Future of Food
20/02/2012

Last year, the world population reached 7 billion. With more mouths to feed, could synthetic meat help meet the growing demand for food? JV Chamary finds out.

The science of Pixar - 25 years
30/08/2011

As Pixar celebrates its 25th anniversary, Jim Thacker investigates its achievements and explores what the future holds for computer animation

What's inside a nuclear reactor?
08/08/2011

Daniel Bennett from Focus magazine visited the world's leading neutron research centre, the Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) nuclear reactor in France. 

Space property: who owns it?
01/08/2011

Technological advances mean the vast resources in space will soon be within our grasp. But who will get the rights to the resources and, as Sean Blair asks, can you even own a piece of outer space?

Could you spot a psychopath?
05/07/2011

New research is revealing that among the highest tiers of the corporate world, psychopaths are more common than you might expect. But as Daniel Bennett discovers, scientists are also coming up with new ways to spot them

The eShrink: treating internet addiction
06/06/2011

Dr Elias Aboujaoude deals with patients suffering a particularly modern condition. Louise Ridley speaks to the psychiatrist who treats pathological internet use

How to blow up a Dalek in Doctor Who
05/05/2011

A series of Doctor Who without the Daleks is about as inconceivable as the Empire being left out of a Star Wars film. So blowing up the Doctor’s principal antagonist is a crucial skill for a special effects artist working on the show to master.