Everyday science
Science is fine, but of what concern is it to non-scientists? Quite a lot, actually, as our experts reveal
Microwave science
Time for some physics. In your kitchen. Discover an unconventional way to measure the speed of light.
Swim with the fishes
Ready for some deep sea diving, but no oxygen tanks? No problem, if you understand pumps and pressures.
Urine - and then you're out?
Can urine really make fabric strong enough to allow escape from prison? Or was Jackie Chan taking the mickey in Shanghai Noon?
Over-egged?
Fancy an egg? And another? And another... could anyone eat eggs like Paul Newman appears to in Cool Hand Luke?
'And then they bite you...'
Ellen starts her mosquito farm - and then explains to Kate what she intends to do with them. It's all in the call of the wild video extra.
How do cows get into a lasagne?
Turning the raw ingredients into edible foodstuffs takes the intervention of technology. Follow food from pasture to plate.
Cook up some science
Your kitchen is also home to a full science lab - find out how with kitchen chaos.
Nothing comes from nothing
Defined as the 'capacity to do work' and by Einstein's famous equation E=mc², discover energy.
Radio experiment
With just a little electronics knowledge and a lot of patience you can make a saucepan radio.
Be like Fish
Observation and measurement of weather patterns is a challenge in itself, but can the Rough Scientists predict the weather?
But not a drop to drink?
Solar power might render the oceans drinkable through seawater distillation.
Making sweet music
Music is generally considered a form of art, but there's science at the heart of musical instruments.
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Our radio rocks
Once as vital to teenage life as Beatles wigs and winklepickers: get our instructions for building a crystal radio set.
Superhuman
How far should athletes go in pursuit of the podium? Ethics Bites asked Michael Sandel about sport and genetic enhancement.
Control your own coast
Balance the demands of the people, the environment and the economy of a town by the sea: You are the coastal manager.
The road to climate change?
Will increased car-ownership in developing nations offset carbon cuts, asks Our Man in India.
Lighter than air?
We tend to take gravity for granted, don’t we? Explore its repercussions: are helicopters weightless?
Can you see it?
We show you how to fight fire with baking soda and vinegar. Discover the secret of the invisible fire extinguisher.
Content last updated: 23/02/2006
