Scientific principles, theory, and the role of key figures in the advancement of science.
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the decisive role of one of the great 20th Century physicists in sol
Since plants have to mate and produce offspring while rooted to the spot, they have to be pollinated
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss slime mould, a basic organism that grows on logs, cowpats and compos
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the great unanswered questions in science: how and where did
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the 2000-year-old device which transformed our understanding of astr
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tantalising idea that there are shortcuts between distant galaxi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the most abundant lifeform on Earth: the viruses that 'eat' bacteria
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the planet which is closest to our Sun. We see it as an evening or
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) and his role
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the German physicist who, at the age of 23 and while still a student
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss some of the chemical signals coursing through our bodies throughout
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the tiny drifting organisms in the oceans that sustain the food chai
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the man who, in 1905, produced several papers that were to change th
Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, and it’s hard to imagine a world more alien and d
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power-packs within cells in all complex life on Earth. Inside ea
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life, ideas and legacy of the pioneering Swedish botanist Carl L
Paul Erdős (1913 – 1996) is one of the most celebrated mathematicians of the 20th century. During hi
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the pioneering Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546 – 1601) whose cha
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the discovery made in 1911 by the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh O
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the voyage of HMS Challenger which set out from Portsmouth in 1872 w
