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14 July 2013
With gender switching flowers and humungous leaves, the giant water lily at the Cambridge Botanic gardens has to be...
12 July 2013
Why are we ticklish? What happens to blood when we die? Why are mechanical hearts hard to make? Why does microwaved...
11 July 2013
The latest in solar technology, nerves controlling cancers, wobbles in the Earth's core changing time, and can...
11 July 2013
A baby was born in the US this week, thanks to a new genetic screening technique for IVF embryos
10 July 2013
Phillip Broadwith discusses one of the neonicitinoid insecticides believed to be causing problems for bees
10 July 2013
Space Boffins Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson go to a comet, Mars and into space.
05 July 2013
Do plants do maths? Has the Internet made us all more intelligent? How did people realise Earth is round? What's...
04 July 2013
What will be the last organism living on Earth when the Sun swells, a replacement liver grown from stem cells, and the...
04 July 2013
Naked Physicist Dave Ansell tries to recreate Space in his garden, in order to get to grips with a listeners question...
04 July 2013
Nineteen fire-fighters were killed in Arizona tackling a wildfire that had got out of control. But how do blazes like...
03 July 2013
To some it looks cheap and nasty, for others it's a sensible (or even sexy) design decision. Brian Clegg wraps...
03 July 2013
Marking what would have been the 101st birthday of Bletchley code-breaker Alan Turing, we look at the Enigma Machine...
30 June 2013
How is technology altering the way tennis is played?
28 June 2013
How much ice are glaciers losing annually? What makes eyes itch? Is yoga beneficial to health? How do solar sails work...
27 June 2013
Miniature lungs, breasts and other organs can be grown in dishes to reproduce how the tissue develops and how they...
27 June 2013
How does training affect conscious control? What happens to automatic movements as we age?
26 June 2013
Can a compound in red wine protect against heart attack and cancer? Phillip Broadwith investigates resveratrol
26 June 2013
Pubs across the UK have started accepting virtual money called 'bitcoins' in return for pints.
26 June 2013
Clinical Neuropsychologist Barbara Sahakian explains why some people find it difficult to make the right decisions...