Joan Sutherland , Richard Bonynge and Thomas Hampson feature on a profile of the French opera composer. His best-known work, Manon, follows.
Renée Fleming stars in Massenet's classic work, a tragic story of doomed love filmed at the Bastille Opera in Paris. On her way to a convent, young Manon falls for a dashing nobleman - but her hopes for a happy life are doomed.
US soprano Fleming sings the title role, while her lover is sung by Argentinian tenor Marcelo Alvarez. Jesus Lopez-Cobos conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera National de Paris.
How did life on Earth begin? Astrobiologist Paul Davies suggests it began elsewhere in the solar system and travelled to Earth in a meteorite.
Rosalind Franklin is credited for her work in cracking the DNA code.
An ambitious project to map the body's genes was proposed in 1985. The project is set to finish this year, but what has it taught scientists?
