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Pain and its role

The role of acute pain in the human body. It is the body's way of telling us something is wrong and with sufficient force to make us attend to it. Until 40 years ago the role of pain was unknown, but the 'gate theory' proved to a breakthrough, as the programme finds out.

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The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!

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