Colin Blakemore Audio

Is there life out there? Either on other worlds, deep space, or even deep in our oceans that we haven't encountered yet?

We can now expect to live longer than ever before, and if we get ill, we expect to be made better! However new threats continue to emerge.

How green are you prepared to be? Burning fossil fuel is choking our planet with carbon dioxide, but would you stop using petrol or allow wind farms to be built in your back yard?

We are being watched. A bewildering array of sensors are remotely observing everyhting on earth, from crops in Africa to the car parked outside your house.

How long can we live, and how long do we want to live? Why do we change as we get old, and is there anything we can do to stop it?

There have been many arguments for and against GM Foods, but the question still stands - are they potential saviours of mankind or a disaster waiting to happen?

Satellite, ship survey and computer modelling studies of the workings of the marine environment are used explore present fish supplies worldwide.

What is nanotechnology? Will it change the world, as some have promised? What's all this about molecular machines in our blood?

To what extent is our personality dictated by our genetic makeup?

A discussion spanning risk, risk assessment and the role of science in risk assessment, prevention and communication.

How did the universe start? What are we and where are we going? If we had a "Theory of Everything", we should be able to answer these questions.

We are only just developing the technology necessary to probe deep beneath our oceans.