Science
BBC Knowledge (Asia Edition)
The Dark Side Of Elizabethan England
The Elizabethan era is often painted as a golden age. yet, says James Sharpe, for thousands of people life was anything but golden, blighted by violence, vagrancy and crushing hunger
9 min |
July 2016
BBC Earth
Who Wants To Live Forever?
A new facility will store tens of thousands of cryogenically frozen people The hope is to one day bring them back to life, but just how realistic are its aims?
6 min |
May 2017
BBC Earth
Could Martian Settlers Live In Ice Houses?
Step aside, Nanook: NASA has announced a Mars base concept that reinvents the igloo.
1 min |
May 2017
BBC Earth
Could The Moon Have Formed From Dozens Of Mini Moons ?
If you were to travel back tens of thousands of years in time and look up, you may well see a sky full of mini moons.
1 min |
May 2017
BBC Earth
Antidepressant Could Help Fight Dementia
Researchers have found a drug that reduces brain shrinkage, prevents cell death and improves memory
2 min |
August 2017
BBC Earth
A Brief History Of Hawking
Earlier this year, renowned theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking turned 75. Here’s our pick of his career highlights…
2 min |
August 2017
BBC Earth
Helen Czerski ... How Rain Affects Tyre Noise
“BUT WHY WOULD A CAR ON A WET ROAD SOUND DIFFERENT TO A CAR ON A DRY ROAD?”
3 min |
August 2017
BBC Earth
Positive Effects Of Lactobacillus Casei Strain Shirota on our Immune System
A study conducted at the Department of Public Health and Department of Immunology at the Jutendo University School of Medicine, Japan, sought to study the effects of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS) on the immune system of healthy human beings.
3 min |
August 2017
BBC Earth
My Life Scientific
Helen Pilcher chats to Andrew Farke, curator at the Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology, about his two loves: dinos and home brewing
2 min |
August 2017
BBC Earth
Future Farm
Plunge into the waters off the coast of Noli in northwestern Italy, and you might just come across some bubble-like pods lying 6-10m beneath the waves.
1 min |
July 2017
BBC Earth
NASA's Fleet Of Satellites Keep An Eye On Earth
No planet is better studied than the one we actually live on.
1 min |
July 2017
BBC Earth
Stars Seen Forming In Winds From Supermassive Black Hole
It’s a flying cosmic crèche: a clutch of newly-formed stars has been observed hurtling away from a supermassive black hole.
1 min |
July 2017
BBC Earth
Tango In Patagonia
On one remote windswept lakes near the tip of South America, the world’s rarest grebes have been given their own bodyguards
7 min |
March 2019
BBC Earth
Can You Really Get Fit By Exercising For Two Minutes A Week?
Can you really get fit by exercising for two minutes a week?
2 min |
August 2018
BBC Earth
Could We Travel Through A Black Hole To Take A Shortcut Into Another Galaxy?
Ever since a trip through a wormhole was first portrayed in 2001: A Space Odyssey 50 years ago, the idea of them has captured the public imagination. And small wonder: they’re the ultimate form of cosmic travel: a way of zipping across galaxies in an instant.
8 min |
August 2018
BBC Earth
Wildlife In A Warzone
Army ranges on Salisbury Plain are England’s greatest hidden wilderness, awash with rare species. Ben Hoare sees a vision of England's wildlife-rich past.
7 min |
August 2018
BBC Earth
The Hedgehog Whisperers
Everyone’s favourite prickly mammal is vanishing from rural areas, but as Hugh Warwick discovers, gardens offer hope.
7 min |
August 2018
BBC Earth
The Flawed Genius
To his modern admirers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel is the man who “built the world”. A cigar-smoking, top hat-sporting genius whose creations stand as testimony to all that was most innovative about Victorian Britain. So why, asks Crosbie Smith – did so many of his projects turn into commercial disaster zones that left investors cursing his name and their luck?
8 min |
August 2018
BBC Earth
You Are Not Alone
Loneliness is worse for you than smoking, and more harmful than obesity. As the number of lonely people swells, we investigate why feeling alone literally hurts, and how we can stop it from making us ill.
7 min |
August 2018
BBC Earth
Anglo-Saxon Beasts Of Death
For 10th-century warriors, the appearance of wolves, ravens and eagles on the battlefield meant an unlucky few had been chosen to die. Eric Lacey digs into a grisly superstition
5 min |
February 2019
BBC Earth
My Brain Made Me Do It
A growing body of research has found that head injury can make people more prone to criminal behaviour…
9 min |
February 2019
BBC Knowledge (Asia Edition)
How To See Through Walls?
Bricks that heal, paint that never stains and air conditioned beds, let us show you around the home of the tomorrow you could build today...
8 min |
May 2016
BBC Earth
Will Artificial Intelligence Surpass Human Intellect Soon?
As AIs around the world start to surpass our own intellect, we ask how human should we make machines?
9 min |
April 2017
BBC Knowledge (Asia Edition)
Are Cookies As Addictive As Pizza?
It’s common to hear people describe themselves as ‘chocoholics’, or say they’re ‘hooked’ on a particular fizzy drink. But is it really possible to be addicted to food?
6 min |
April 2016
BBC Knowledge (Asia Edition)
Can You Catch The Plague?
We think of the plague and other medieval diseases as relics from the past. Russell Deeks investigates how scientifically likely you are to catch them.
6 min |
September 2015
BBC Earth
Thrilling Escapades In Eastern Australia
These three states on the east coast of the Australian continent can be the perfect source of adrenaline for your next vacation.
4 min |
February 2018
BBC Earth
We Need Better Experiments To Find Out What Dogs Know
Dogs don’t recognise changes to their own appearance – the ‘mirror test’ of intelligence. But as dog cognition expert Dr Alexandra Horowitz explains, there’s a reason they fail.
2 min |
February 2018
BBC Earth
Do You know What It's Like To Live with Autism!
Tim Webb’s film A Is For Autism delivered a touching insight into what life is like for people with the condition. Now, a new wristwatch that scans biometric data might open another window into it.
7 min |
November 2018
BBC Earth
Michael Mosley On … Jet Lag “is It Possible To Beat Jet Lag?”
The summer sees lots of people jetting off to exotic countries and passing through multiple time zones.
2 min |
November 2018
BBC Earth
'The Neurons Have A Completely Different Activity Pattern Before The Movement'
Planned and immediate movements are processed differently by the brain. Dr Benjamin Dann of the German Primate Center explains how it might help humans
2 min |