Science and Technology Expeditions

Exploring science, discovery and inventions

Science is everywhere

Explaining the invisible and the everyday

Color

I can see a rainbow

The Periodic Table

Find your element

Rocks, Minerals, and Gems

The rough and the smooth

Molecules

Atoms bonded by chemicals

Science of Superheroes

How "super" can we be?

Astronomy

Everything in the universe

Optics

The behaviour of light

Great minds

Get to know some famous scientists from history

Sir Isaac Newton

An apple a day

Female Scientists

Women who made significant discoveries

Leonardo da Vinci

Renaissance man

Galileo Galilei

Looking to the stars

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Thomas Edison

Lots of lightbulb moments

To infinity and beyond

Discover the secrets of deepest outer space

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Humans in Space

Sitting in a tin can?

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A Trip to the Moon in 1966

A giant leap for man

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Celestial Objects

There is a lot to discover in space

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Astrophysics

Not just star gazing

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Our Journey to Mars

It's taken a long time but we made it

Crack the code

How does this thing you're using work?

Breaking the Code

Code breakers: the secret war

Computer Graphics

Bringing imagination to life

Computer Programming

Zeros and ones

The Evolution of Computers

They've come a long way

How Computers Work

We all use them but do we know how they work?

Quantum Computing

Find out what it means and does

The how, what, and why

If it matters, it's covered by physics

Beyond the Sun

Inside a Fusion Reactor

Forms of Energy

It's not just about getting out of bed in the morning

Magnetism

You've either got it or you haven't

Physics of Flight

How do we get off the ground?

Physics of Hydraulics

Lifting heavy objects with ease

Simple Machines

The building blocks for all machinery

The Theory of Relativity

It's all relative

All things go

A look at the engineering innovations that make the world go round

Cruachan Power Station

The hollow mountain

The Peral Submarine

The first electric submarine

Recording Studio: Capturing Sound

How music gets recorded

Behind the Scenes at Tower Bridge

Find out how the iconic bridge works

The Steam Engine

Not just a lot of hot air

Roman Engineering

What have the Romans ever done for us?

The Falkirk Wheel

The only rotating boatlift in the world

Airlander 10: World's Largest Aircraft

This is no lead zeppelin

The Electrical Grid

We can't do without it, but how does it work?

Tunnels and Bridges: the Kalka Shimla Railway

Getting trains up a mountain

Chain reactions

Get down to the elements of science

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Who Dunnit?

Learn about forensic science

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Tracking Climate Change

Inside a Carbon Capture Lab

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Atoms Bonded by Chemicals

Molecules and more

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Find Your Element

The Periodic Table

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How Old is That Thing?

The world of archaeological dating

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