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Looks at fertility treatment and the debate on the ethical controversy surrounding human embryo experimentation. Also asks whether the scientific research in this field may become a criminal offence.
Looks at the technology of biosensors - the electronic harnessing of the body’s ability to monitor its own chemistry. Biosensor technology has implications for health care, industry, food and environment.
Investigates the theory developed by Professor Geschwind of Harvard University, one of the world’s leading experts on the brain, that left-handed people are a ‘race apart’. He believes that...
Explores ‘artificial life’, a line of research that aims to reveal the secrets of life, using computer simulations of simple living organisms which can evolve autonomously.
Looks at the problems encountered during the digging of a five-mile tunnel to carry excess water in winter from the River Derwent in Derbyshire to a new reservoir at Carsington. Follows the miners...
On the eve of the introduction of a new £5 banknote, the film follows the design and production of a new set of banknotes, showing what they look like and how they are designed to defeat conterfeiting.
Explores the medical and social effects of teenage motherhood in various countries, showing the contrasting experiences and difficulties of teenage mothers in Cuba, Ghana, America and Europe, and asks how...
James Gould, Professor of Biology at Princeton University, offers an explanation for mating habits, in animals and humans: that every animal is in search of a bargain from the opposite sex and doing its best...
Shows images sent by the NASA ‘Voyager 2’ spacecraft, which reached the planet Neptune in 1989 after a 12-year journey, and discusses their implications. Images include the moon Triton, frozen lakes, and...
With access to air traffic control facilities around Britain, shows how such operations function and compares these methods and levels of safety with those used in the USA.
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