Discovery Episodes Available now
100 Years of X-Rays
Special edition commemorating 100 years of X-rays, discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen
The link between red hair and skin cancer
The reason why red-haired people are prone to skin cancer
The abalone and family planning
How the abalone's evolution might help with the development of contraception
The Galaxy's New Black Hole
The discovery of a new black hole, a collapsed star which can swallow light
Recreating the Earth's magnetic field
How two geophysicists have recreated the Earth's core using a supercomputer
Depression
Depression and attempts to identify the causes of it
The wonder of extremophiles
The wonder of extremophiles, micro organisms which live in extreme conditions
Ants in the city
The rules that run colonies of ants and what they can teach us about cities
Stem cells and the brain
How medical researchers are aiming to create a brain cell bank
Artificial body parts - the six million dollar human
Could bionic limbs emerge from science fiction to science fact?
