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Science Shack Series One
SHACK/05/02
- Broadcast
- 2001 (29 mins)
Interactive series in which Adam HART-DAVIES answers viewers’ questions on science. What is the biggest object able to fly? Adam builds flying machines out of paper. But will they get off the ground?
Science Shack Series One
SHACK/06/02
- Broadcast
- 2001 (29 mins)
Interactive series in which Adam HART-DAVIES answers viewers’ questions on science. ‘Why did the Millennium Bridge wobble and what can be done to fix it?' Adam investigates by building his own wobbling...
Blue Sky
Dancing in Space
- Broadcast
- 2001 (5 mins)
How dances could hold the key to recover after paralysis.
Blue Sky
Spaced Out
- Broadcast
- 2001 (284 mins)
How artists might help mathematicians see things differently.
Blue Sky
The Crocodile Cure
- Broadcast
- 2001 (5 mins)
How a TV producer’s interest in crocodiles initiated a discovery of potentially huge medical value.
Blue Sky
Dirty Business
- Broadcast
- 2001 (4 mins)
Germs are bad for us, aren’t they? A bacteriologist explains why it seemed heretical to suggest otherwise, and why that was exactly what he began to do.
Blue Sky
Running Rockets
- Broadcast
- 2001 (5 mins)
The way we get into space is based on 100 year old missile technology. A space scientist is considering an ambitious alternative. Could science fiction become science fact?
Object Lessons
Dark Matter
- Broadcast
- 2001 (4 mins)
Follow Professor Neil Spooner to the bottom of Europe’s deepest mine searching for dark matter particles that may not exist.
Object Lessons
Bats
- Broadcast
- 2001 (4 mins)
Bats are cute, furry, interesting engineering problems, and fun for all the family - at least according to Professor John Altringham.
Object Lessons
Coprolites
- Broadcast
- 2001 (5 mins)
Dr. Andrew Jones studies coprolites - fossilised poo. In this programme he explains his fascination with ancient excrement.