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The story of pioneering scientist Harold Wellman, who, on arriving in New Zealand in 1931 to search for gold, observed that the the earth’s crust is fluid and is constantly moving. His ideas were rejected...
For thousands of years scientists knew of only two types of carbon: diamond and graphite. In 1990 a third form of carbon, buckminsterfullerene, C60, was discovererd and has revolutionised chemistry. Tells...
Profile of Richard Feynman - physicist, iconoclast, bongo-drummer and adventurer. A unique combination of genius and simplicity, Feynman was hugely irreverent but always completely honest. The programme...
Questions the efficiency of chemical pesticides, which are revealed to be expensive, environmentally unfriendly and ineffective. Reviews the development of biological pest control, looking at current...
One in 12 British women will contract breast cancer at some time. Despite improved treatments, a greater proportion of women die of breast cancer in the UK than anywhere else in the world. Asks why there is...
Looks at the return of tubercolosis in the developed world and why it poses a serious threat to public health. Long ignored, some of its new strains have become resistant to all known drugs. Health...
Examines ozone loss in the light of volcanic eruptions, which trigger climatic change. In 1992, people in the northern hemisphere were warned of the increasing risks of skin cancer and cataracts due to the...
Looks at Los Angeles: a city built around the car with choking smoke and at the auto industry’s response: electric cars and convoys of self-driving cars. Also examines the changes that the city might have...
Ecotourism offers tourists exclusive access to exotic and fragile environments on a carefully controlled basis, generating income for the protection of fragile environments. In Belize, various scientific...
The new arms control treaties use science to oversee the end of the Cold War and to check on cheating. Looks at methods of verifing stocks - methods such as fingerprinting a tank and using satellites...
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