Discovery

Can monkeys talk?

5 cases of an unusual disease 30 years ago were the first signs of what became the global AIDS pandemic.

Colin Grant talks to James Gleick, about his book, The Information, a history of information.

We report on the implications of the world's first release of genetically modified mosquitoes in a populated area where Dengue Fever is rife.

As the World Health Organisation's annual assembly takes place in Geneva, Jon Stewart asks if they should take the decision finally to destroy remaining stocks of smallpox virus that have been held in the USA and Russia since the eradication of the disease was announced in 1980.

Inflight Science - Brian Clegg guides Jon Stewart in the science of aeroplane flight

Astronomer Dr Lucie Green hears about the Square Kilometre Array; 3000 radio telescopes spread across a continent that could search for habitable planets, intelligent life and new-born galaxies

Surgeons are great innovators but are they good researchers? Do they need to be? In this Discovery, Geoff Watts asks the question "Is Surgery Scientific?"

Claudia Hammond investigates why happiness seems to have hit the headlines recently and asks whether a happier nation would ultimately be a more successful one, as she goes "In Pursuit of Happiness".

Yuri Gagarin was the first spaceman. This week's special is an hour long special on that epic mission 50 years ago.

What happens when science goes bad? From the anthropological hoax of Piltdown man back in 1912, through to more recent cases, such as that of Dr Hwang Woo-suk, the Korean scientist accused of faking his "breakthrough" in stem cell research, there have been some dramatic and spectacular examples of scientists, who, for whatever reason, have chosen to be less than honest with their research and data. Adam Rutherford looks at the impact of science fraud, and asks if deceit and misconduct are more common than we think. And what can be done to halt the cheating before it does any damage.

Claudia Hammond investigates criticisms that fingerprinting needs radical reform

Vera Frankl reports on a 21st Century affliction - Internet Addiction Disorder. Should this be classed as a mental health issue?

Roland Pease investigates the future of computing power

At a time when we're being told that livestock production is an inefficient and unsustainable use of resources, Geoff Watts considers progress in developing synthetic alternatives. Would you sit down to a plate of artificial meat that had been grown in a lab?