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Ten Years of the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences; Recovering DNA frozen in permafrost 700,000 years ago; Revealing the first images of the structure of DNA. Show more
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192 Million BBC World Service Listeners
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BBC Global News director Peter Horrocks explores World Service listening figures Show more
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A review of the week with the latest news.
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A review of the week with the latest news.
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Health Check
Falling Diabetes Mortality
29 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Why fewer people are dying from diabetes in the UK & Canada; Are e-cigarettes safe and effective?; A new report finds under-nutrition costs African countries billions of dollars Show more
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Dream Builders
Episode 4: Zaha Hadid - Iraqi National Bank
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Zaha Hadid is the first woman and first Muslim to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honour. Show more
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John McCarthy explores the way religion supports our last moments on Earth, and the rituals that surround us at the end of life.
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The Forum
What Makes Your Adrenaline Flow?
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Extreme endurance athletes, high-altitude climbers and multiple marathon runners all face danger and push themselves to the limit. Are they‘adrenaline junkies’? Show more
Over to You
192 Million BBC World Service Listeners
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
BBC Global News director Peter Horrocks explores World Service listening figures Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
The latest two minute news summary from BBC World Service.
Confessing to the bad things we’ve done is uncomfortable. So would anyone do it voluntarily? Show more
Life expectancy around the world has increased by six years in the past two decades. Can this striking trend continue? Show more
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BBC Africa Debate
Africa Rising - Can The Middle Class Drive Growth?
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
We debate what the African middle class is; how fast it is growing, and what impact it is having on economies and governance. Show more
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Newshour
Morsi anniversary sparks rallies
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Rival rallies across Egypt; al-Shebab leader questioned; filming Indonesian death squads
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Unexpected Elements
Ancient DNA, the Cambodian Tailorbird and Russian Meteors
50 minutes
on BBC World Service Online
How a fossilised horse bone has pushed DNA sequencing to its limits. Plus, the new bird species of Phnom Penh and Russia's meteorites reveal their secrets to science. Show more
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
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Live sport from around the world with news, interviews and analysis.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Peter Day explores a new trend - design thinking - and finds out why it is becoming fundamental to the way organisations function. Show more
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“They would pour head pepper to my head and stick it there” Hugh Laurie in House Show more
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Interviews, news and analysis of the day's global events.
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
Dream Builders
Episode 4: Zaha Hadid - Iraqi National Bank
55 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Zaha Hadid is the first woman and first Muslim to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honour. Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
From Our Own Correspondent
Change Takes its Time
25 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Why Syrian refugees get a mixed welcome in Lebanon; what life's like today in Upper Egypt; orphanages in Romania; Detroit's decline and the musicians of Equatorial Guinea. Show more
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Many people with mental health disorders don’t have access to mainstream mental health care. Claudia Hammond examines some of the projects aiming to bridge the treatment gap. Show more
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BBC Sport brings you all the latest stories and results from around the world.
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Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth Show more
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The latest business and finance news from around the world, on the BBC.
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The US Supreme Court supports gay rights, and President Obama seeks cuts in greenhouse gas pollution Show more
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The world's Newsroom brings you global events as they happen
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Confessing to the bad things we’ve done is uncomfortable. So would anyone do it voluntarily? Show more
From Our Own Correspondent
Libya and Portugal
11 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
The great reconciliation that never took place in Libya. And the Portuguese struggling to make ends meet as the long recession continues. Show more
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The Forum
What Makes Your Adrenaline Flow?
41 minutes
on BBC World Service OnlineAvailable for over a year
Extreme endurance athletes, high-altitude climbers and multiple marathon runners all face danger and push themselves to the limit. Are they‘adrenaline junkies’? Show more
Life expectancy around the world has increased by six years in the past two decades. Can this striking trend continue? Show more
The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.
“They would pour head pepper to my head and stick it there” Hugh Laurie in House Show more
