Discovery

Science & Medicine
Each week, Discovery takes an in-depth look of the most significant ideas, discoveries and trends in science, from the smallest microbe to the furthest corner of space. (Author: BBC World Service)
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Recent episodes from Discovery

  • Discovery: 3 Sep 08
    Published: Sep 3, 08
    Test tube tiger kittens and cloned cheetahs are just two of the ambitious aims of the Laboratory for the Conservation of Endangered Species in Hyderabad. The Indian research centre is taking the hi-tech approach to the preservation of the country's wildlife. Andrew Luck-Baker pays a visit and talks to scientists there about cloning big cats and catching poachers with DNA forensics. He also hears about artificial insemination programmes for endangered antelopes, deer and vultures.
     
  • Discovery: 27 Aug 08
    Published: Aug 27, 08
    In Discovery this week, dogs break into song. In the 1950s Australian zoologists discovered a strange small canine running wild in the highlands of New Guinea. They named it the New Guinea Singing Dog because of its unique musical howl. Experts have argued about it ever since. Could it be a relict of the first dog which bonded with prehistoric humans thousands of years ago? Or is it just an ordinary feral village mongrel? Andrew Luck-Baker goes in search of the truth about the Singer’s
     
  • Discovery: Cloud Seeding 06 Aug 08
    Published: Aug 6, 08
    Cloud seeding: Sue Broom asks if you can turn rain clouds on and off?
     
  • Discovery: Animal Cloning 30 Jul 08
    Published: Jul 30, 08
    From designer pets to fillet steaks, animal cloning is on the brink of becoming a commercial reality. Sue Broom looks at the business of cloning individual animals. Whether it’s a favourite show bull, a rare goat on the brink of extinction or to recreate a favourite, much loved pet cat or dog.
     
  • Discovery: Need For Speed 23 Jul 08
    Published: Jul 23, 08
    Sprinting speed: Gareth Mitchell asks if there's a speed limit to the human body.
     
  • Discovery: Amphibian Collapse 09 Jul 08
    Published: Jul 9, 08
    One third of amphibians globally are threatened with extinction. In this week’s Discovery, Sue Broom investigates the mysterious disease that's killing frogs, newts and salamanders across the world.
     
  • Discovery: Medicines For Children 02 Jul 08
    Published: Jul 2, 08
    Many of the medicines that children take either don’t have a license for use in children, or are prescribed outside the terms of their license - for example, in a different age group or for a different condition. In the past, children’s medicines have rarely been specifically tested in children: doctors have often had to make do with drugs designed for adults. But as Graham Easton hears in Discovery, new European legislation is changing all that. And the World Health Organisation is galvan