Background Brief
The media is full of stories about the threats to our future and what science has in store - but what's the real story?
The media is full of stories about the threats to our future and what science has in store - but what's the real story?
Get to the truth with our Background Briefs.
There and then
Ever wish you were anywhere else at all? How likely is time travel or teleportation?
Planetary threats
If we can survive the magnetic mayhem of pole shifts, will we be able to cope with impact planet earth?
Ingestion charges
Chew on health issues - how bad is fat? And do sportspeople on drugs mean testing the best?
Invisible killers?
Small but deadly? Face up to superbugs on the march and our biggest smallest threat.
Weather wisdom
What does climate change mean for us: a future frying or freezing? And how bad is the sun?
Who we are
Are our minds inpenetrable? Consciousness has the clues. And can we be duplicated? First Came Dolly - then where for cloning?
What do you believe?
We put alternative therapy on trial and explore the link between science and the psychics.