Professor Cox ends his homage to British Science by looking at how discoveries are made.
Professor Cox grapples with science's darker side, asking why, when science has done so much for us, it often gets such a bad press.
Professor Cox ends his homage to British Science by looking at how discoveries are made.
Why do storms spin in different directions depending on their location—and why do they spin in the first place?
2013 • Science
Professor Robert Winston presents his top ten scientific breakthroughs of the past 50 years. Tracing these momentous and wide-ranging discoveries, he meets a real-life bionic woman, one of the first couples to test the male contraceptive pill, and even some of his early IVF patients. He explores the origins of the universe, probes the inner workings of the human mind and sees the most powerful laser in the world. To finish, Professor Winston reveals the breakthrough he thinks is most significant.
2010 • Science
Hank discusses some of the taboos which have plagued scientific inquiry in the past and a few that still exist today.
David Attenborough talks to Brian Cox about his admiration for the achievements of Charles Darwin, and how On the Origin of Species inspires him in his work in the natural world.
1/6 • People of Science with Brian Cox • 2018 • Science
The media have been talking about “genetically modified humans” and “designer babies.” But what they’re really talking about is germ-line engineering: a process that could help eliminate heritable diseases. So why do some scientists want to pause the research?
