Science Now

SCIENCE NOW

26 May 1992

A radio programme

BBC Programme Number: 92FS6211

First broadcast on 1992-05-26

Media: T

Producer: D. COHEN

Notes: CAIRS 665755

Next in series: 30 May 1992

Previous in series: 23 May 1992

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Description

SBH:Brazilian Rainforest. In the second of two special reports on the eve of the United Nations Earch Summit, Charles de Ledesma travels through Brazil talking to native people whose unique knowledge of their threatened environment will be a central issue at the Summit. A programme in the above series.

Broadcast history

26 May 1992 20:00-20:30 (RADIO 4)

Contributors

Charles de Ledesma (int)

Ruth Linton (Producer)

Richard Sandbrook (Speaker)

Marcus Colchester (Speaker)

Alec Shankland (Speaker)

Claudia Andujar (Speaker)

Martin Hildebrand (Speaker)

Melui Miranda (Speaker)

Darryl Posey (Speaker)

George Terena (Speaker)

Davy Yanomani (Speaker)

BBC Programme Number: 90FS1221

Recorded on 1990-05-24

Producer: D. COHEN

Notes: CAIRS 201382

Next in series: 02 June 1990

Previous in series: 19 May 1990

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SBH:SCIENCE NOW - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Scientists at Kew talk about their work, with emphasis on its application to current problems like environment and disease. Presenter: Peter Evans

Broadcast history

26 May 1990 16:30-17:00 (RADIO 4)

29 May 1990 20:00-20:30 (RADIO 4)

Contributors

Peter Evans (Speaker)

Ghillean Prance (Speaker)

David Field (Speaker)

Linda Fellows (Speaker)

Gwilym Lewis (Speaker)

Gren Lucas (Speaker)

Rob Nash (Speaker)

Pat Griggs (Speaker)

Mike Bennet (Speaker)

Ian Bayer (Speaker)

BBC Programme Number: 90FS1221

First broadcast on 1990-05-26

Recorded on 1990-05-24

Producer: D. COHEN

Notes: CAIRS 201382

Next in series: 02 June 1990

Previous in series: 19 May 1990

See more SCIENCE NOW programmes (620)

Description

SBH:SCIENCE NOW - Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Scientists at Kew talk about their work, with emphasis on its application to current problems like environment and disease. Presenter: Peter Evans

Broadcast history

26 May 1990 16:30-17:00 (RADIO 4)

29 May 1990 20:00-20:30 (RADIO 4)

Contributors

Peter Evans (Speaker)

Ghillean Prance (Speaker)

David Field (Speaker)

Linda Fellows (Speaker)

Gwilym Lewis (Speaker)

Gren Lucas (Speaker)

Rob Nash (Speaker)

Pat Griggs (Speaker)

Mike Bennet (Speaker)

Ian Bayer (Speaker)

Avalanche!

Can a shout in the mountains trigger a deadly avalanche? Alun Lewis takes to the Alps and finds out how researchers are making Europe's ski resorts safe by getting to grips with the slippery science of snow and ice.

Producer JULIAN BROWN

(Re-broadcast on Monday at 7.45pm)

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julian Brown

Presented by Peter Evans Producer DEBORAH COHEN

(Re-broadcast on Monday at 7. 45pm)

Presented By: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Presented by Alun Lewis Producer GEOFF DEEHAN

Presented By: Alun Lewis

Producer: Geoff Deehan

Presented by Alun Lewis Producer GEOFF DEEHAN

(Re-broadcast on Monday at 7. 45pm)

Presenter: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented By: Peter Evans

Producer: Adelene Alani

Presenter: Alun Lewis

Producer: Adelene Alani

Presenter: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Adelene Alani

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Mike Bedward

Presenter: Peter Evans.

Producer: Mike Bedward

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis

Producer Mike Bedward

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Mike Bedward

Presenter Peter Evans Producer Adelene Alani

Presenter: Peter Evans

Producer: Adelene Alani

First there was high-tech, now there's nano-tech. Alun Lewis asks if the very, very small could mean big, big business.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

From the traditional to the innovative - the herbarium to the lab.

Peter Evans discovers that conservation is the thread which links all the scientific research at the Royal Botanic

Gardens, Kew, London. Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presenter: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Presenter: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Presenter: Alun Lewis

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Talks: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Unknown: Sheila Anderson

Unknown: Noel Dilly

Unknown: Steve Jones

Unknown: John Taylor.

Producer: Jutia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Abigail Appleton

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Abigail Appleton

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julian Brown

Producer: Dee Palmer

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Dan Hewitt

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis.

What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Dee Palmer

with Alun Lewis

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Recreating environments from tropical rainforests to tundra, in the Ascot ecotron. With Alun Lewis.

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Recreating environments from tropical rainforests to tundra, in the Ascot ecotron. With Alun Lewis.

Contributors

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Alun Lewis reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Alun Lewis reports from Washington on the world's biggest science conference.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Peter Evans chairs a discussion on the ethical issues surrounding embryo research and gene therapy.

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

A weekly review presented by Peter Evans.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented by Peter Evans.

Contributors

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Presented by Alun Lewis. What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Scorching sun, tropical timber and big bees: in a special programme from Central America, researchers explain the problems of the tropical dry forest. Presented by Colin Hughes. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Colin Hughes.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans.

What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments. Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Dee Palmer

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

Producer Sarah Blunt

Contributors

Unknown: Peter Evans.

with Alun Lewis.

How astronomers will be watching this week's solar eclipse.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Contributors

Producer: Deborah Cohen

with Peter Evans.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Anna Grayson.

Richard Owen first used the word 'dinosaur' 150 years ago this week. To celebrate the anniversary, Anna Grayson explores current ideas on the rise and fall of the dinosaurs.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Contributors

Unknown: Richard Owen

Unknown: Anna Grayson

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Anna Grayson.

Unknown: Richard Owen

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans puts listeners' letters to the experts. Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans puts listeners' letters to the experts.

Contributors

Unknown: Peter Evans

Last week 700 scientists gathered in London to update the genetic map of ourselves.

Georgina Ferry reports. Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis.

Contributors

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

with Alun Lewis , from the annual meeeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Plymouth. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Electric vehicles are now serious alternatives to petrol cars. Alun Lewis gets behind the wheels of this year's models. Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans. How the field of bioelectronics is helping to develop computers. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Contributors

Producer: Deborah Cohen

From science facts to science-fiction: Peter Evans looks at books for Christmas.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer Julia Durbin

Part of Radio 4's Northern Lights festival. Alun Lewis drops in on scientists studying a surging glacier above the Arctic Circle.

Producer Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans.

With so much debate about animal experimentation, what are the real alternatives to using animals for scientific research? Is there some research that must be carried out on animals?

Producer Constance St Louis

Part of Radio 4's Northern Lightsfestival. Mysterious black pyramids of ice and disappearing lakes were just two of the problems faced by a bunch of British students on their science summer camp in Iceland. Alun Lewis reports. Producer Peter Croasdale

Presented by Peter Evans.

This week: listeners'views on the controversial subject of animal research, as well as reviewing the latest discoveries and developments.

Producer Constance St Louis

with Georgina Ferry. Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Georgina Ferry.

Producer: Julian Brown

Live from Chicago, the latest news from the largest science gathering in the world - the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Presenter Peter Evans.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Presenter: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. Producer Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago.

with Peter Evans.

Producer Mike Greenwood

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Mike Greenwood

with Alun Lewis. Producer Julian Brown

with Alun Lewis.

What is happening in the world of science?

A weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

A weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Constance St Louis

with Peter Evans.

Alun Lewis reports from a new exhibition celebrating the first river tunnel at

Rotherhithe. And there's a report on how the glories of glass at York Minster are suffering from the ravages of time and weather - but there is a new method which might offer protection. Producer Feisal Ali

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Feisal Ali

A weekly review of the world of science.

Presented by Peter Evans. Producer Peter Croasdale

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Birds sing, crickets chirp and elephants rumble, and together they produce a sonic fingerprint.

Peter Evans looks at how this complex of sounds could pinpoint environmental change. Producer Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis. A weekly review of discoveries and developments in science. Producer Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis live from the Edinburgh

International Science

Festival.

Producer Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Ruth Unton

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Ruth Unton

with Alun Lewis.

A weekly review of discoveries and develeopments in science.

Alun Lewis presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments in science. Producer Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans with a weekly review of science news. Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Constance St Louis

Peter Evans reports from the first European

Conference on Smart

Structures and Materials.

Plus the latest news on research into chronic fatigue syndrome. Producer Ruth Unton

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Ruth Unton

Use It or Lose It?

Is the only hope for the Brazilian rainforest to harvest its natural wealth?

In the first of two special reports on the eve of the UN Earth Summit, Charles de Ledesma travels through Brazil looking at sustainable ways of using this fruitful environment. Producer Julia Durbin

(Part 2 on Tuesday at 8.00pm)

Unknown: Charles De Ledesma

Producer: Julia Durbin

Whose Forest Is It

Anyway?

In the second of two reports from Brazil,

Charles de Ledesma talks to native people whose unique knowledge of their environment will be a central issue at the Earth Summit in Rio.

Producer Ruth Linton

Talks: Charles de Ledesma

Producer: Ruth Linton

Cucumber sandwiches, black holes and chimpanzees are all used to promote the public understanding of science. That's according to the shortlist for the Science

Book Awards. Peter Evans talks to the writers and the judges.

Producer Julia Durbin

Talks: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin

Peter Evans talks to the judges of the Science Books Awards, and writers whose works have been shortlisted.

Talks: Peter Evans

Can computers predict how people will behave? Alun Lewis tests a new system for assessing the safety of escape routes in complex situations, from oil rigs to an underground station. And how rainmakers in Plymouth are tackling desertification in the Mediterranean.

Producer Ruth Linton

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Ruth Linton

with Alun Lewis.

with Peter Evans. Producer James Clarke

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: James Clarke

Alun Lewis visits the Royal Society's annual research exhibition.

Producer Mike Greenwood

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Mike Greenwood

Peter Evans investigates an aquarium containing some of the world's strangest organisms housed in a giant refridgerator outside Cambridge.

Producer Ruth Linton

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Ruth Linton

Peter Evans visits a new laboratory for studying human movement.

Producer Connie St Louis

Peter Evans reports from a conference on the private world inside our heads.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer James Clarke

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: James Clarke

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Peter Croasdale

with Alun Lewis. Producer James Clarke

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: James Clarke

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Alun Lewis with highlights from this year's meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Southampton.

Producer Julia Durbin

A weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer James Clarke

Producer: James Clarke

340 million years ago,

Edinburgh was a series of volcanoes in a tropical forest, home to the ancestors of many of today's species.

Anna Grayson joins 50 scientists in solving the evolutionary mystery of the "creepy crawlies under the volcano".

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Anna Grayson

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans. Setting a bug to catch a bug - new biological pest controls. Producer Mike Bedward

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Mike Bedward

with Peter Evans.

Why are so few buildings connected with scientists preserved or honoured with a blue plaque?

Producer Sue Broom

Peter Evans celebrates the centenary of J B S Haldane, the greatest British biologist of this century, and wades into a debate about the state of the North Sea. Producer Sue Broom

with Peter Evans. Producer Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

What effect will global warming have on British soils, rivers and coastline? Producer Deborah Cohen

Who owns the emerging blueprint of life and how much is it worth?

Peter Evans investigates the arguments surrounding the human genome project. Producer Peter Croasdale

Fifty years ago a team of scientists in Chicago created the chain reaction which started the development of nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Peter Evans reports from a conference held last week to mark the anniversary.

Producer Deborah Cohen

with Peter Evans.

Producer James Clarke

Peter Evans reports on the highlights of last week's meeting of the British Psychology Society. Producer Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans.

Producer Alison Richards

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Alison Richards

Presented by Peter Evans.

Producer James Clarke

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: James Clarke

with Peter Evans. Producer Sue Broom

Peter Evans reports on gene mapping in pigs. Producer Sue Broom

with Peter Evans.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans goes star gazing with astronomy enthusiasts at this weekend's European AstroFest in London. Producer Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans picks the best from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

with Peter Evans. ' Producer Julia Durbin

NO brains, NO blood vessels, NO where without the 1992 molecule of the year. Peter Evans discovers that nitric oxide, NO, seems to be the key to all kinds of biological activity.

Producer Julia Durbin

What is happening in science? A weekly review presented by Peter Evans. Producer Julia Durbin

Day in day out, the Earth goes round the Sun. But how did this crazy game start? asks Peter Evans. Producer Peter Croasdale

How did Earth start going round the Sun?

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Constance St Louis

Alun Lewis visits the high points of the fifth

Edinburgh International Festival.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Constance St Louis

with Peter Evans.

Producer Peter Croasdale

What is happening in science? Peter Evans presents a weeklv review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Julian Brown

with Peter Evans. Producer Julian Brown

Peter Evans takes a look at the spin-off from basic research on show last week at the Royal Society in London.

Producer Julian Brown

Peter Evans takes a look at the spin-off from basic research on show last week at the Royal Society in London.

with Peter Evans. producer Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments in science.

Peter Evans mingles with the winners of this year's Science Book Prizes announced this week. Producer Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans with the winners of this year's Science Book Prizes.

Alan Turing , the brilliant mathematician, helped break the German Enigma codes in the last war, developed the first computers and wrote about machines with minds. Peter Evans explores the impact of his ideas today.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alan Turing

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans on the legacy of Alan Turing.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Unknown: Alan Turing.

Peter Evans with the latest from the world of science.

Alun Lewis investigates memory and compares it in animals, computers and humans.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Alun Lewis investigates memory and compares it in animals, computers and humans.

Peter Evans talks to speakers at a meeting on evolution and the human sciences.

Producer Sue Broom

with Peter Evans. Are the brains of homosexuals different from those of heterosexuals? American neurologist Simon Le Vay argues his case.

Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Unknown: Simon Le Vay

Discoverthe science behind Dino-mania with Alun Lewis.

Producer Sue Broom

Alun Lewis joins the celebrations at Rothamsted Experimental Station to mark its 150 years of agricultural research.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Biological words have often been used in the world of computing - viruses, environments, neural networks. But what about reproduction? Alun Lewis discusses an intriguing possibility.

Producer Peter Croasdale

River flooding causes millions of pounds' worth of damage annually in Britain as well as America. Alun Lewis looks at research into reducing the problem.

Producer Julia Durbin

Alun Lewis on research into flooding.

Presented by Alun Lewis.

Producer Julian Brown

The human body is the oldest of all engines and still going strong. Alun Lewis powers some strange contraptions and meets the inventors who are makingour muscles take us further.

Producer Julia Durbin

Alun Lewis reports on the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Keele. Producer Sue Broom

How novel mixtures of metals make aeroplanes fly better and a review of the scientific issues of the past week with Peter Evans.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments in science.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans thumbs through this autumn's new popular scientific books. Producer Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans reports from a conference to examine the links between migration of populations and environmental change. Producer Julian Brown

A look at new ways to deal with agricultural waste, with Peter Evans. Producer Constance St Louis

A review of discoveries and developments in science with Peter Evans. Producer Constance St Louis

A review of discoveries and developments in science with Peter Evans.

with Peter Evans.

Producer Myfanwy Vickers

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Myfanwy Vickers

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments.

ProducerMyfanwyVickers

A day out at the seaside at a new beach in Oxfordshire, designed for research into coastal erosion, presented by Peter Evans. Producer Sue Broom

Peter Evans takes a look at the science of graphology.

Producer Sue Broom

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Sue Broom

Presented by Peter Evans.

Presented by Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Peter Evans looks at what's on offer at the British Psychological Society's annual conference.

Producer Rami Tzabar. Repeated Tuesday at

8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Rami Tzabar.

Peter Evans explores the topics at the British Psychological Society's annual conference, including profiling suicides, the importance of smell and the psychology of bullying. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Presented by Peter Evans. Producer Rami Tzabar

Repeated Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Rami Tzabar

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Peter Evans presents a weekly review. Producer Rami Tzabar

Repeated Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Producer: Rami Tzabar

Peter Evans presents a weekly review. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments. Producer Rami Tzabar

Repeated Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Rami Tzabar

Presented by Peter Evans. Producer Rami Tzabar

Repeated Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Rami Tzabar

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Presented by Peter Evans. Producer Richard Aedy

Repeated Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Richard Aedy

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Unknown: Peter Evans

Presented by Peter Evans.

Producer Olive Clancy. Repeated Tuesday

8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Olive Clancy.

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries in science. Producer Olive Clancy

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Olive Clancy

Peter Evans reports from Seattle on the most important American science meeting of the year: the AAAS.

Producer Richard Aedy. Repeated Tuesday

8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Richard Aedy.

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments in science.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Is the Earth really at risk from meteorites? Alun Lewis reports.

Producer Olive Clancy. Repeated Tuesday

8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Olive Clancy.

Is the Earth really at risk from meteorites? Alun Lewis reports. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Presented by Peter Evans. Producer Olive Clancy

Repeated Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Olive Clancy

Presented by Peter Evans. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Presented By: Peter Evans.

At the start of National Science Week, Peter Evans examines the science behind recent reports that the male fertility rate is dropping dramatically. Producer Paula McGrath E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Paula McGrath

Peter Evans introduces scientific debate from the" " Tomorrow's World

Live" show at the National Exhibition

Centre in Birmingham.

Producer Paula McGrath. Repeated Tuesday

8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Introduces: Peter Evans

Producer: Paula McGrath.

From the Tomorrow's World Live show at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Peter Evans introduces scientific debate and the winner of the inventions competition.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Introduces: Peter Evans

Peter Evans reports on a study of human bones.

Producer Paula McGrath. Repeated Tuesday

8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Paula McGrath.

Presented by Anna Grayson.

Producer Julia Durbin. Repeated Tuesday

8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Presented By: Anna Grayson.

Producer: Julia Durbin.

Anna Grayson presents this week's review of discoveries.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Unknown: Anna Grayson

Peter Evans traces the origins of culture along a rich seam of natural resources. Producer Julia Durbin. Repeated Tuesday

8.00pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin.

Peter Evans traces the origin of culture along a rich seam of natural resources.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

With Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin. Rptd Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin.

What is happening in the world of science? Alun Lewis presents this week's review of discoveries and developments.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Psychologist Martin Conway on the latest in brain-scanning techniques. Repeated Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Martin Conway

Psychologist Martin Conway presents the latest in brain-scanning techniques.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Paul Murdin looks at the accuracy of opinion polls.

Producer Julia Durbin. Rptd Tuesday 8.00pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Paul Murdin

Producer: Julia Durbin.

With the benefit of hindsight, Paul Murdin looks at the accuracy of opinion polls.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Unknown: Paul Murdin

Peter Evans investigates the claims of a new book called The End of Science.

Producer Julia Durbin. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Can living things be reduced to a series of chemical reactions? Peter Evans

investigates. Repeated Tuesday 8pm

E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

How well designed, and how safe, are the objects we interact with every day? Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Peter Evans asks whether outer space is still the final frontier. Producer Anne McNaught Repeated Tuesday 8pm

E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Anne McNaught

Producer Anne McNaught

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Producer: Anne McNaught

Producer Jim Clarke. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Producer: Jim Clarke.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm Producer Jim Clarke

Producer: Jim Clarke

With Peter Evans.

Producer Jim Clark. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Jim Clark.

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of developments in science. Producer Rami Tzabar. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

With Peter Evans.

Producer Rami Tzabar. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Rami Tzabar.

With Peter Evans.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Peter Evans presents the latest results from the Pathfinder mission to Mars, which landed yesterday. Producer Rami Tzabar. Repeated Tuesday 8pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

With Peter Evans. Producer Rami Tzabar. Repeated Tuesday 8pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments in the world of science.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

With Peter Evans.

Producer Julia Durbin. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin.

With Peter Evans. Producer Deborah Cohen. Repeated Tuesday 8pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen.

Presented by Alun Lewis.

Producer Jane Worsley. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Jane Worsley.

With Alun Lewis. Producer Jane Worsley. Repeated Tuesday 8pm

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Jane Worsley.

With Richard Black.

Producer Jane Worsley. Repeated Tuesday 8pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Richard Black.

Producer: Jane Worsley.

Richard Black presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments in science.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Richard Black

With Anna Grayson. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk. Producer Jane Worsley. Repeated Tuesday 8pm

Unknown: Anna Grayson.

Producer: Jane Worsley.

Anna Grayson presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments in science.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Roger Highfield presents a weekly review of developments in science.

Producer Jim Clarke. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Unknown: Roger Highfield

Producer: Jim Clarke.

A review of discoveries in science. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of developments in science.

Producer Julia Durbin. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of developments in science. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

With Peter Evans.

Producer Rami Tzabar. Repeated Tuesday 8pm. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of developments in science. Producer Rami Tzabar

Repeated Tuesday 8pm

E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of developments in science.

Producer Rami Tzabar. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

With Peter Evans.

Producer Richard Aedy. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co. uk

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Richard Aedy.

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of developments in science.

Producer Richard Aedy. Repeated Tuesday 8pm E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co. uk

With Peter Evans.

Producer Richard Aedy

E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk. Rptd Tuesday 8pm

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Richard Aedy

With Peter Evans.

Editor Deborah Cohen

E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated Tuesday 8pm

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Editor: Deborah Cohen

With Peter Evans.

Producer Julia Durbin. E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated Tuesday 8pm

Peter Evans and guests look at the best of this year's science books. Producer Julia Durbin

E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Repeated Tuesday 8pm

Peter Evans and his guests look at the best of this year's science books. Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

A celebration of 50 years of the transistor. With Peter Evans. Producer Julia Durbin

E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated Tuesday 8pm

A celebration of 50 years of the ; transistor. With Peter Evans. j Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

A look at the future of the transistor.

With Peter Evans.

E-MAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk

Repeated Tuesday 23 December 8pm

A look at the future of the transistor.

With Peter Evans.

Repeated from Saturday 4.30pm

Is behaviour all in the mind or all in the brain? Peter Evans reports from the British Psychological Society Annual Meeting.

Producer Julia Durbin. EMAIL: scirad@bbc.co.uk Repeated Tuesday 30 December 8pm

Peter Evans reports from the British

Psychological Society Annual Meeting. Repeated from Saturday 27 December 4.30pm

Avalanche!

Can a shout in the mountains trigger a deadly avalanche? Alun Lewis takes to the Alps and finds out how researchers are making Europe's ski resorts safe by getting to grips with the slippery science of snow and ice.

Producer JULIAN BROWN

(Re-broadcast on Monday at 7.45pm)

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julian Brown

Presented by Peter Evans Producer DEBORAH COHEN

(Re-broadcast on Monday at 7. 45pm)

Presented By: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Presented by Alun Lewis Producer GEOFF DEEHAN

Presented By: Alun Lewis

Producer: Geoff Deehan

Presented by Alun Lewis Producer GEOFF DEEHAN

(Re-broadcast on Monday at 7. 45pm)

Presented By: Alun Lewis

Producer: Geoff Deehan

Presenter: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented By: Peter Evans

Producer: Adelene Alani

Presenter: Alun Lewis

Producer: Adelene Alani

Presenter: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presenter: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Adelene Alani

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Mike Bedward

Presenter: Peter Evans.

Producer: Mike Bedward

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Adelene Alani

with Alun Lewis

Producer Mike Bedward

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Mike Bedward

Presenter Peter Evans Producer Adelene Alani

Presenter: Peter Evans

Producer: Adelene Alani

First there was high-tech, now there's nano-tech. Alun Lewis asks if the very, very small could mean big, big business.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

From the traditional to the innovative - the herbarium to the lab.

Peter Evans discovers that conservation is the thread which links all the scientific research at the Royal Botanic

Gardens, Kew, London. Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presenter: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Presenter: Alun Lewis

Producer: Adelene Alani

Presenter: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Presenter: Alun Lewis

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Talks: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Unknown: Sheila Anderson

Unknown: Noel Dilly

Unknown: Steve Jones

Unknown: John Taylor.

Producer: Jutia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Abigail Appleton

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Abigail Appleton

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julian Brown

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Dan Hewitt

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis.

What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Dee Palmer

with Alun Lewis

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Recreating environments from tropical rainforests to tundra, in the Ascot ecotron. With Alun Lewis.

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Dee Palmer

Recreating environments from tropical rainforests to tundra, in the Ascot ecotron. With Alun Lewis.

Contributors

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Alun Lewis reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Alun Lewis reports from Washington on the world's biggest science conference.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julian Brown

Peter Evans chairs a discussion on the ethical issues surrounding embryo research and gene therapy.

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Dee Palmer

A weekly review presented by Peter Evans.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented by Peter Evans.

Contributors

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Presented by Alun Lewis. What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Scorching sun, tropical timber and big bees: in a special programme from Central America, researchers explain the problems of the tropical dry forest. Presented by Colin Hughes. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Colin Hughes.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans.

What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments. Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Dee Palmer

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans.

What is happening in science? A weekly review of discoveries and developments. Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Dee Palmer

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Dee Palmer

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Dee Palmer

Contributors

Producer: Dee Palmer

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Dee Palmer

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans.

Producer Sarah Blunt

Contributors

Unknown: Peter Evans.

with Alun Lewis.

How astronomers will be watching this week's solar eclipse.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Contributors

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

with Peter Evans.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Anna Grayson.

Richard Owen first used the word 'dinosaur' 150 years ago this week. To celebrate the anniversary, Anna Grayson explores current ideas on the rise and fall of the dinosaurs.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Contributors

Unknown: Richard Owen

Unknown: Anna Grayson

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Anna Grayson.

Unknown: Richard Owen

Unknown: Anna Grayson

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans puts listeners' letters to the experts. Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans puts listeners' letters to the experts.

Contributors

Unknown: Peter Evans

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Last week 700 scientists gathered in London to update the genetic map of ourselves.

Georgina Ferry reports. Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis.

Contributors

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

with Alun Lewis , from the annual meeeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Plymouth. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Electric vehicles are now serious alternatives to petrol cars. Alun Lewis gets behind the wheels of this year's models. Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans. How the field of bioelectronics is helping to develop computers. Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin

Contributors

Producer: Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Contributors

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

From science facts to science-fiction: Peter Evans looks at books for Christmas.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Contributors

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Contributors

Producer: Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Part of Radio 4's Northern Lights festival. Alun Lewis drops in on scientists studying a surging glacier above the Arctic Circle.

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans.

With so much debate about animal experimentation, what are the real alternatives to using animals for scientific research? Is there some research that must be carried out on animals?

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Part of Radio 4's Northern Lightsfestival. Mysterious black pyramids of ice and disappearing lakes were just two of the problems faced by a bunch of British students on their science summer camp in Iceland. Alun Lewis reports. Producer Peter Croasdale

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented by Peter Evans.

This week: listeners'views on the controversial subject of animal research, as well as reviewing the latest discoveries and developments.

Producer Constance St Louis

Presented By: Peter Evans.

with Georgina Ferry. Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Georgina Ferry.

Producer: Julian Brown

Live from Chicago, the latest news from the largest science gathering in the world - the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Presenter Peter Evans.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Presenter: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. Producer Peter Croasdale

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago.

Unknown: Peter Evans

with Peter Evans.

Producer Mike Greenwood

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Mike Greenwood

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis. Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Alun Lewis.

What is happening in the world of science?

A weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

A weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Constance St Louis

with Peter Evans.

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Alun Lewis reports from a new exhibition celebrating the first river tunnel at

Rotherhithe. And there's a report on how the glories of glass at York Minster are suffering from the ravages of time and weather - but there is a new method which might offer protection. Producer Feisal Ali

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Feisal Ali

A weekly review of the world of science.

Presented by Peter Evans. Producer Peter Croasdale

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Birds sing, crickets chirp and elephants rumble, and together they produce a sonic fingerprint.

Peter Evans looks at how this complex of sounds could pinpoint environmental change. Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis. A weekly review of discoveries and developments in science. Producer Julia Durbin

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis live from the Edinburgh

International Science

Festival.

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Ruth Unton

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Ruth Unton

with Alun Lewis.

A weekly review of discoveries and develeopments in science.

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Alun Lewis presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments in science. Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans with a weekly review of science news. Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Constance St Louis

Peter Evans reports from the first European

Conference on Smart

Structures and Materials.

Plus the latest news on research into chronic fatigue syndrome. Producer Ruth Unton

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Ruth Unton

Use It or Lose It?

Is the only hope for the Brazilian rainforest to harvest its natural wealth?

In the first of two special reports on the eve of the UN Earth Summit, Charles de Ledesma travels through Brazil looking at sustainable ways of using this fruitful environment. Producer Julia Durbin

(Part 2 on Tuesday at 8.00pm)

Unknown: Charles De Ledesma

Producer: Julia Durbin

Whose Forest Is It

Anyway?

In the second of two reports from Brazil,

Charles de Ledesma talks to native people whose unique knowledge of their environment will be a central issue at the Earth Summit in Rio.

Producer Ruth Linton

Talks: Charles de Ledesma

Producer: Ruth Linton

Cucumber sandwiches, black holes and chimpanzees are all used to promote the public understanding of science. That's according to the shortlist for the Science

Book Awards. Peter Evans talks to the writers and the judges.

Producer Julia Durbin

Talks: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin

Peter Evans talks to the judges of the Science Books Awards, and writers whose works have been shortlisted.

Talks: Peter Evans

Can computers predict how people will behave? Alun Lewis tests a new system for assessing the safety of escape routes in complex situations, from oil rigs to an underground station. And how rainmakers in Plymouth are tackling desertification in the Mediterranean.

Producer Ruth Linton

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Ruth Linton

with Alun Lewis.

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

with Peter Evans. Producer James Clarke

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: James Clarke

Alun Lewis visits the Royal Society's annual research exhibition.

Producer Mike Greenwood

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Mike Greenwood

Peter Evans investigates an aquarium containing some of the world's strangest organisms housed in a giant refridgerator outside Cambridge.

Producer Ruth Linton

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Ruth Linton

Peter Evans visits a new laboratory for studying human movement.

Producer Connie St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans

Peter Evans reports from a conference on the private world inside our heads.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer James Clarke

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: James Clarke

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Alun Lewis. Producer James Clarke

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: James Clarke

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Alun Lewis with highlights from this year's meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Southampton.

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

A weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer James Clarke

Producer: James Clarke

340 million years ago,

Edinburgh was a series of volcanoes in a tropical forest, home to the ancestors of many of today's species.

Anna Grayson joins 50 scientists in solving the evolutionary mystery of the "creepy crawlies under the volcano".

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Anna Grayson

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Peter Evans. Setting a bug to catch a bug - new biological pest controls. Producer Mike Bedward

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Mike Bedward

with Peter Evans.

Why are so few buildings connected with scientists preserved or honoured with a blue plaque?

Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Peter Evans celebrates the centenary of J B S Haldane, the greatest British biologist of this century, and wades into a debate about the state of the North Sea. Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Peter Evans

with Peter Evans. Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

What effect will global warming have on British soils, rivers and coastline? Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Who owns the emerging blueprint of life and how much is it worth?

Peter Evans investigates the arguments surrounding the human genome project. Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Fifty years ago a team of scientists in Chicago created the chain reaction which started the development of nuclear power and nuclear weapons. Peter Evans reports from a conference held last week to mark the anniversary.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

with Peter Evans.

Producer James Clarke

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: James Clarke

Peter Evans reports on the highlights of last week's meeting of the British Psychology Society. Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Peter Evans.

Producer Alison Richards

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Alison Richards

Presented by Peter Evans.

Producer James Clarke

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: James Clarke

with Peter Evans. Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Peter Evans reports on gene mapping in pigs. Producer Sue Broom

with Peter Evans.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans goes star gazing with astronomy enthusiasts at this weekend's European AstroFest in London. Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

Peter Evans picks the best from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans reports from the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Unknown: Peter Evans

with Peter Evans.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

with Peter Evans.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

with Peter Evans. ' Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

with Alun Lewis.

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

NO brains, NO blood vessels, NO where without the 1992 molecule of the year. Peter Evans discovers that nitric oxide, NO, seems to be the key to all kinds of biological activity.

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julia Durbin

What is happening in science? A weekly review presented by Peter Evans. Producer Julia Durbin

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julia Durbin

Day in day out, the Earth goes round the Sun. But how did this crazy game start? asks Peter Evans. Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

How did Earth start going round the Sun?

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Constance St Louis

Alun Lewis visits the high points of the fifth

Edinburgh International Festival.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Constance St Louis

with Peter Evans.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Peter Croasdale

What is happening in science? Peter Evans presents a weeklv review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans. Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

Peter Evans takes a look at the spin-off from basic research on show last week at the Royal Society in London.

Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julian Brown

Peter Evans takes a look at the spin-off from basic research on show last week at the Royal Society in London.

Unknown: Peter Evans

with Peter Evans. producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments in science.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Peter Evans mingles with the winners of this year's Science Book Prizes announced this week. Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans with the winners of this year's Science Book Prizes.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Alan Turing , the brilliant mathematician, helped break the German Enigma codes in the last war, developed the first computers and wrote about machines with minds. Peter Evans explores the impact of his ideas today.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alan Turing

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans on the legacy of Alan Turing.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Unknown: Alan Turing.

with Peter Evans.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans with the latest from the world of science.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Alun Lewis investigates memory and compares it in animals, computers and humans.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Alun Lewis investigates memory and compares it in animals, computers and humans.

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Peter Evans talks to speakers at a meeting on evolution and the human sciences.

Producer Sue Broom

Talks: Peter Evans

with Peter Evans. Are the brains of homosexuals different from those of heterosexuals? American neurologist Simon Le Vay argues his case.

Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Unknown: Simon Le Vay

Discoverthe science behind Dino-mania with Alun Lewis.

Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Alun Lewis joins the celebrations at Rothamsted Experimental Station to mark its 150 years of agricultural research.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Alun Lewis.

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Biological words have often been used in the world of computing - viruses, environments, neural networks. But what about reproduction? Alun Lewis discusses an intriguing possibility.

Producer Peter Croasdale

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Peter Croasdale

with Alun Lewis.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

River flooding causes millions of pounds' worth of damage annually in Britain as well as America. Alun Lewis looks at research into reducing the problem.

Producer Julia Durbin

Producer: Julia Durbin

Alun Lewis on research into flooding.

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Presented by Alun Lewis.

Producer Julian Brown

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

Presented by Alun Lewis.

Producer Julian Brown

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

The human body is the oldest of all engines and still going strong. Alun Lewis powers some strange contraptions and meets the inventors who are makingour muscles take us further.

Producer Julia Durbin

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Julia Durbin

Alun Lewis reports on the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Keele. Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Alun Lewis

How novel mixtures of metals make aeroplanes fly better and a review of the scientific issues of the past week with Peter Evans.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments in science.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments in science.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans thumbs through this autumn's new popular scientific books. Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans reports from a conference to examine the links between migration of populations and environmental change. Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Julian Brown

A look at new ways to deal with agricultural waste, with Peter Evans. Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Constance St Louis

A review of discoveries and developments in science with Peter Evans. Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Constance St Louis

A review of discoveries and developments in science with Peter Evans.

Unknown: Peter Evans.

with Peter Evans.

Producer Myfanwy Vickers

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Myfanwy Vickers

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments.

ProducerMyfanwyVickers

Unknown: Peter Evans

A day out at the seaside at a new beach in Oxfordshire, designed for research into coastal erosion, presented by Peter Evans. Producer Sue Broom

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Peter Evans takes a look at the science of graphology.

Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Peter Evans

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of discoveries and developments.

Producer Sue Broom

Unknown: Peter Evans

Presented by Peter Evans.

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Presented by Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

Presented by Alun Lewis.

Producer Julian Brown

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Julian Brown

with Peter Evans.

Producer Julian Brown

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Julian Brown

Peter Evans reports on how psychologists make their contribution to understanding the family. Producer Constance St Louis

Peter Evans looks back at the science highlights of last year and predicts the breakthroughs to come in 1994. Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans

Peter Evans looks back at the science highlights of last year and predicts the breakthroughs to come in 1994.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Presented by Peter Evans.

Producer Myfanwy Vickers

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Myfanwy Vickers

Presented by Peter Evans.

Producer Myfanwy Vickers

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Myfanwy Vickers

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of developments in science.

Producer Myfanwy Vickers

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Myfanwy Vickers

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of developments in science.

Producer Myfanwy Vickers

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Myfanwy Vickers

with Peter Evans.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans browses through the latest scientific books.

Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans enters the technologically advanced world of smart cards.

Producer Anne MacNaught

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Anne MacNaught

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of developments in science.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Peter Evans presents highlights of the Annual General Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science which took place last week.

Producer Constance St Louis

Unknown: Peter Evans

Peter Evans presents highlights of the Annual General Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which took place last week.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Peter Evans watches scientists stopping the rot at Lincoln Cathedral.

Producer Ruth Gardiner

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Ruth Gardiner

This week Peter Evans watches scientists stopping the rot at Lincoln Cathedral.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Presented by Peter Evans. Producer Ruth Gardiner

Presented By: Peter Evans.

Producer: Ruth Gardiner

Peter Evans presents the weekly review of developments and discoveries in the world of science.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Peter Evans reports on National Science Week events around the country. Producer Anne McNaught

Producer: Anne McNaught

In today's programme from Manchester, where the Sound of Science roadshow has been providing off-air entertainment, Peter Evans reports on Science Week events, up and down the country.

Unknown: Peter Evans

Live from London's Natural History Museum, Peter Evans reports on the best of National Science Week. Producer Deborah Cohen

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Deborah Cohen

Peter Evans reports on the results of Megalab UK, last Friday's huge national experiment broadcast on Radio 1FM. Producer Anne McNaught

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Anne McNaught

Before tucking into this Easter's heap of confectionery, join Alun Lewis for a biological view of chocolate.

Producer Richard Aedy

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Richard Aedy

Alun Lewis takes a biological view of chocolate.

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Presented by Alun Lewis. Producer Richard Aedy

Presented By: Alun Lewis.

Producer: Richard Aedy

Alun Lewis brings you highlights of this year's Edinburgh Science Festival. Producer Anne McNaught

Unknown: Alun Lewis

Producer: Anne McNaught

Peter Evans presents a weekly review of discoveries and developments in science. Producer Richard Aedy

Unknown: Peter Evans

Producer: Richard Aedy

with Peter Evans.

Producer Toby Murcott

Unknown: Peter Evans.

Producer: Toby Murcott

Presented by Peter Evans.