(6 programmes)
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The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises Episode 5
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Available since yesterday with 7 days left.
5/5. A ship that repaired itself, and how the earliest telephones worked without bells.
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The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises Episode 4
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Available since Thursday with 6 days left.
4/5. Who really invented the wheel, why one particular flower exudes the smell of nicotine.
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The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises Episode 3
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Available since Wednesday with 5 days left.
3/5. How two physicists linked the problem of interference on their TV screen to the Big Bang.
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The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises Episode 2
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Available since Tuesday with 4 days left.
2/5. Why a hair of the dog works; how a 5,000-year-old pot could show early animation.
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The Hair of the Dog and Other Scientific Surprises Episode 1
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Available since Monday with 2 days left.
1/5. Featuring an inventor who was strangled by his own invention. Read by Toby Longworth.
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The Decisive Moment Episode 3
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Available since Wed, 4 Mar 2009.
3/5. The defects in the emotional brain that lead us toward bad decisions.
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