Frontiers

by BBC · · ·

Programme exploring new ideas in science and meeting the scientists and researchers responsible for them, as well as hearing from their critics

Virtual Therapy Dec. 24, 2014
Quentin Cooper looks at the therapeutic possibilites of virtual reality.
Can maths reveal hidden patterns in global terrorism? Dr Hannah Fry investigates.
Animal Personality Dec. 10, 2014
Prof Adam Hart explores a new field in zoology - animal personality.
Vagus Nerve Dec. 8, 2014
Can stimulating the vagus nerve improve health? Gaia Vince explores this new research area
New Space to Fly Dec. 3, 2014
Jack Stewart meets the pioneers redesigning our international airspace.
The Rosetta Mission Nov. 12, 2014
Billed as 'the sexiest space mission ever', did Rosetta's probe land safely on its comet?
Cosmology July 9, 2014
Have astronomers really found gravitational waves from the Big Bang as announced in March?
Swarming robots July 2, 2014
Adam Hart on how insect and cell structure research is helping develop swarming robots.
Anaesthesia June 25, 2014
Linda Geddes explores the latest research into how general anaesthetics work in the body.
Power Transmission June 18, 2014
Gaia Vince looks at the future of power transmission.
Ageing and the brain June 11, 2014
Do our mental powers really decline in old age?
Driverless cars June 4, 2014
Jack Stewart meets the engineers inventing vehicles that drive themselves.
Chronotypes Dec. 19, 2013
Linda Geddes explores research into the differences between morning and evening people.
Geo-engineering Dec. 11, 2013
Gaia Vince asks if geoengineering by blocking the sun could stop the earth warming up.
Nitrogen Fixing Dec. 4, 2013
Prof Andrea Sella looks at efforts to reduce our dependence on the Haber-Bosch process.
Self-Healing Materials Nov. 27, 2013
Quentin Cooper takes a look at the new materials that can mend themselves.
The crucial role of our unconscious, and how scientists are now harnessing its powers.
Gut Microbiota Nov. 13, 2013
New insights into the important relationship we have with microbes that live in our gut.
Oxytocin July 17, 2013
Linda Geddes asks if taking the hormone oxytocin can make people more sociable.
How 26 miles of precision-engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology.