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First broadcast in 2001, this BBC documentary series focuses on the Congo River of Central Africa by exploring the rich variety of animals and habitats that are to be found along the river’s 4, 700...
Examines the work of US heart specialist Michael DeBakey and his colleagues, who have been working to perfect a new generation of miniature pumps that could make permanent artificial hearts a reality. Charts...
As the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meets to consider whether to lift the ban on trading in ivory, a report from Africa looks the effects of a...
Series examining obesity, using case studies and interviews with leading scientists. In 3 parts: 1) Born to Be Fat: research has established a link between obesity and the absence of leptin, a hormone that...
Looks at the $96 billion project to build the International Space Station, a global venture intended as a stepping stone to Mars and an orbiting laboratory. Examines the arguments for and against the space...
Follows efforts to find a cure for fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva, a rare disease which causes the body’s muscles and ligaments to turn to solid bone. Suffers can end up fused in a standing position...
The case of five children in an American family who died in infancy contributed to the development of a widely held theory about cot death. Paediatrician Alfred Steinschneider became a leading authority in...
Drama recounting the story of English ornithologist David Lack, played by Paul Rhys, who struggles to reconcile the scientific evidence for evolution he found on the Galapagos Islands in the 1930s and 1940s...
When biologist Mike Levine came across a picture of a mutant fruit fly, with two perfectly formed legs in place of its antennae, he had found the key to the toolkit nature uses to evolve new creatures. The...
Examines how laughter and play are crucial to brain development and reveals how some scientists are recommending play as an alternative to drugs in helping to treat hyperactive children.
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