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Investigates the mysteries surrounding the ancient stone statues on Easter Island in the South Pacific, asking who built them, how, and why, and enquiring into the fate of the civilisation that once...
Looks at psychological testing in job assessments and interviews. Naval psychologists use psychometric tests, which involve two days of rigorous assessment, for selection purposes. Asks whether such testing...
The earth’s climate is changing with global warming, and disasterous effects may follow. Burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas adds so much carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. This traps the sun’s...
The scientist Richard Feynman tells of his 10-year fascination with Tannu Tuva, a Shangri-La on the edge of Mongolia, which very few westerners have ever seen. From Tuva came strange and beautiful stamps,...
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.
Looks at nuclear safety in the UK in the wake of the opinions of people about nuclear safety after the Chenobyl disaster asking if such an incident could happen here and if so, how emergency plans and...
Report on the need for improved safety features on aircraft, in particular the desirability of smoke hoods. Includes an interview with a survivor of the August 1985 Manchester Airport disaster in which 55...
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 how engineeering science is subject to human limitations. Professor Henry Petroski contends that structures can fail in ways that have been dismissed as virtually impossible. Uses footage of some of...
Examines the idea that there are clocks in the human body which, left to themselves, would have people living a 25-hour day. Tampering with them could lead to illness or reduced fertility. Understanding body...
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