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A look at the early impact of global warming on two fragile ecosystems and cultures at opposite sides of the Globe. According to the world’s scientists, sea level rise is ‘arguably one of the world’s...
In 1986 a small glacial lake in the Khumbu region of Nepal burst its banks washing away a hydro-electric power station, many bridges and many lives. This was just a taste of what is to come. There are much...
As a virulent new strain of influenza spreads across Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle East on the wings of migratory birds, scientists look to the past in order to prevent a future global pandemic. The...
Video recording of an interview with James Lovelock about his views on climate change just before the release of the report by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the...
This film looks at the origins of homeopathy and how it works, if indeed it does. It was developed 200 years ago by Samuel Hahneman, a German physician and chemist, who was a contemporary of Mozart. He...
The human brain is the most mysterious piece of matter on earth. It was just as effective in the middle ages as it is on the Internet. It’s been used to invent symphonies - and to devise violent crimes....
The human brain is mysterious and the more we know about it, the more complex the whole system seems to be. However, it is only now in the 21st century that scientists have new techniques that can be used to...
The human brain is the most mysterious piece of matter on earth. 100 thousand millions neurons determine who we are, and what we do. But it’s only now, in the 21st century, that brain scanning technologies...
Looks at the controversial attempts to clone a human being. Amid claims and counterclaims by various groups around the world, this programme documents the secretive efforts of a small group of doctors and...
Classic autism and Asperger Syndrome are two subgroups on the autistic spectrum. Both lead to social and communication difficulties, the former also involving learning difficulties. Both also involve the...
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