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BBC World Service -Â 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy
Tim Harford tells the fascinating stories of 50 inventions, ideas and innovations which have helped create the economic world.
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BBC Radio 4 - The Life Scientific
Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for mankind
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BBC Radio 4 - Inside Science
Dr Adam Rutherford and guests illuminate the mysteries and challenge the controversies behind the science that's changing our world.
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BBC Radio 4 - A Brief History of Mathematics
Professor Marcus du Sautoy argues that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. Ten fifteen minute podcasts that reveal the personalities behind the calculations from Newton to the present day. How do these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world?
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BBC World Service - Africa
A look back at the people and events that have made the news in Africa this week and offering insight and analysis of the continent's top stories with a light touch. This weekly 30 minute programme is presented by Joseph Warungu and broadcast on Saturday and Sunday at 1830 GMT.
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BBC Radio 4 - Analysis
BBC Radio 4 - Click On
Exploring the latest developments in from the world of information technology, and how these affect our lives. Click On brings you stories of digital developments, internet innovations, and technological triumphs and trials. Mondays at 4.30pm on Radio 4. Find out more at bbc.co.uk/radio4/science/clickon.
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BBC Radio 4 - Costing the Earth
BBC World Service - Digital Planet
BBC World Service - Discovery
Each week, Discovery takes an in-depth look at the most significant ideas, discoveries and trends in science, from the smallest microbe to the furthest corner of space.
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BBC World Service - Documentaries
BBC World Service - Health Check
The BBC World Service's weekly round up of global health stories and topical issues in medicine.
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time With Melvyn Bragg
The history of ideas discussed by Melvyn Bragg and guests including Philosophy, science, literature, religion and the influence these ideas have on us today. In Our Time returns on the 23 September 2010.
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BBC Radio 4 - Material World
Weekly science conversation, on everything from archaeology to zoology, from abacus to the antipodean rodent zyzomys, by way of meteorites. Presented by Quentin Cooper, and airing every Thursday, 4:30 pm.
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BBC Radio 4 - Medical Matters
The latest medical information and advice from Radio 4's health programmes. In Case Notes Dr Mark Porter takes an in-depth look at a different topic each week, speaking to doctors, patients and researchers about the latest treatments. In All in the Mind, psychologist, Claudia Hammond examines how we think and why we behave as we do.
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BBC Radio 4 - More or Less
Tim Harford and the More or Less team investigate numbers in the news. Numbers are used in every area of public debate. But are they always reliable? More or Less tries to make sense of the statistics which surround us. A half-hour programme broadcast at 1330 on Friday afternoons and repeated at 2000 on Sundays on Radio 4.
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BBC World Service - One Planet
One Planet covers environmental, development and agriculture stories, dealing with the impact of humankind on the natural world.
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BBC World Service - Science in Action
The BBC World Service's weekly look at new developments in science from around the world.
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BBC Radio 4 - Reith Lectures 2010
The eminent scientist Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society, Astronomer Royal and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge will deliver the BBC's 2010 Reith Lectures. "Scientific Horizons" will explore the challenges facing science in the 21st century. The Reith lectures are broadcast on BBC Radio 4 from Tuesday 1 June and on the BBC World Service from Saturday 5 June.
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BBC Radio 4 - The Report
Uncovering the real stories behind the news. Simon Cox and fellow reporters delve beneath the headlines. The Report airs every Thursday evening at 8pm on Radio 4 for 38 weeks a year. The programme lasts 28 minutes.
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BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage
Science/comedy chat with Brian Cox, Robin Ince and guests. Witty, irreverent look at the world according to science with physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince. New Series starting on BBC Radio 4, Monday November 15th at 4.30pm for 4 weeks.
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