Discovery
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Discovery: Amoret Whitaker 17 Jun 13
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Amoret Whitaker, one of only a handful of forensic entomologists in the UK, about how her detailed knowledge of insects helps the Police solve crimes.
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Discovery: Alan Watson
Jim Al-Khalili talks to Alan Watson about his quest to discover the source of cosmic rays, particles with energies millions of times greater thany anything produced at CERN
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Discovery: On the Trail of the American Honeybee 2/2
In the second of two programmes, Dr Adam Hart explores migratory bee-keeping in the United States and the threats to bee health worldwide.
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Discovery: On the Trail of the American Honeybee 1/2
Dr Adam Hart meets the migratory bee keepers of America as they travel to the annual Almond bloom in California, the largest single pollination event on Earth.
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Discovery: Deep Sea Vents
This week’s Discovery makes a voyage into the ocean’s mysterious depths. The BBC’s science news editor David Shukman joins a team of scientists sending a robot submarine 5000 metres into an undiscovered realm of volcanic activity and strange creatures new to science. But just as we begin to explore the sea’s last great secrets, could they be under threat from a new global industry – deep sea mining?
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Discovery: After Sandy
After Sandy: Angela Saini reports from New York where scientists, engineers and State officials have gathered to debate how best to protect against super storms
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Discovery: The Crying Game
Geoff Watts investigates why we cry, and the peculiar purpose of our tears. Why do we produce tears in response to strong emotion and is there an evolutionary advantage to crying?
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- Science, Science News
- BBC
- English
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