Human body
Sunday Feature. A History of The Tongue. Audio, 44 minutes
A succulent and mouthwatering portrait of one of the body's least talked about organs.
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Sunday Feature. A History of the Tongue. Audio, 44 minutes
A succulent and mouthwatering portrait of one of the body's least talked-about organs.
- AttributionBBC Radio 3
- Available for over a year
A History of Delusions. Delusions of the body. Audio, 14 minutes
Clinical psychologist Daniel Freeman explores cases of delusion.
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The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 3, The Ear. Audio, 14 minutes
Author Patrick McGuinness explores the grottiness of the labyrinthine ear.
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The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 3, The Liver. Audio, 14 minutes
British Pakistani poet Imtiaz Dharker regards the liver as the true seat of our feelings.
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The Infinite Monkey Cage. Series 18, Immune System. Audio, 41 minutes
Brian Cox and Robin Ince look at our amazingly complex and clever immune system.
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The Anatomy Lesson. Audio, 28 minutes
Artist Ken Currie and the portrayal of the human body
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Science Stories. Descartes' Daughter. Audio, 28 minutes
Philip Ball goes back to the 17th century to tell the story of Descartes' 'daughter'.
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The Evidence. Science and Society, Transforming Bodies. Audio, 50 minutes
The human body is evolving new senses like hearing colours with the help of technology
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The Why Factor. Breath-holding. Audio, 23 minutes
Lucy Ash goes in search of her inner dolphin, as she asks why people hold their breath
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Enlightenment After Dark. Series 1, Bodies. Audio, 28 minutes
Allan Little hosts debates from Edinburgh in an Enlightenment spirit.
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The Body Electric. Audio, 30 minutes
What can we learn about the body by experiencing it through the senses of artists?
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Print Me a New Body. Audio, 28 minutes
Jolyon Jenkins explores the ways in which it is now possible to replace most of his body.
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Supersense Me. Audio, 28 minutes
Timandra Harkness explores technologies that help humans perceive the world in novel ways.
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The Why Factor. Cryonics. Audio, 18 minutes
Why do some people choose to be frozen at death, hoping to be brought back to life?
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Human Hibernation: The Big Sleep. Audio, 28 minutes
Could humans pull off the trick of hibernation to conquer long-term space travel?
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The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 2, Thomas Lynch - Whence and Whither: Some Thoughts on Uteri, on Wombs. Audio, 15 minutes
Michigan-based undertaker and poet Thomas Lynch reflects on the uterus.
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The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 2, Annie Freud - The Kidneys. Audio, 15 minutes
Poet and artist Annie Freud discusses the kidneys, the body's most hard-working organs.
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The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 2, A Body of Essays: Philip Kerr - Breaking Brain. Audio, 15 minutes
Crime writer Philip Kerr explains how brain surgery has advanced over the years.
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The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 2, A Body of Essays: Chibundu Onuzo - The Fire of Life: The Thyroid. Audio, 15 minutes
Author Chibundu Onuzo investigates the 'goldilocks' nature of the thyroid gland.
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A Dancer Dies Twice. Audio, 30 minutes
First deaths and last dances - when a dancer's body begins to change.
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The Essay. A Body of Essays: Series 2, William Fiennes - The Bowel. Audio, 15 minutes
Author William Fiennes, a sufferer of Crohn's disease, discusss the bowel.
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The Essay. About Average, Small, Medium and Large. Audio, 15 minutes
Ian Sansom discusses the scientific measurement of the average man and woman's dimensions.
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Short Cuts. Series 7, Here Be Dragons. Audio, 30 minutes
Josie Long presents stories of venturing into unknown territory.
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