Wonders of the Solar System
Professor Brian Cox visits some of the most stunning locations on earth to describe how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the solar system.
Brian reveals how something as flimsy as an envelope of gas - an atmosphere - can create some of the most wondrous sights in the solar system. He takes a ride in an English Electric Lightning and flies 18 km up to the top of earth's atmosphere, where he sees the darkness of space above and the thin blue line of our atmosphere below.
Tuesday 23 November, 19:00, BBC HD
All in the Mind
Taste can be described by sounds. Sugary flavours match pleasant piano music while bitter tones are linked to low pitched notes in an new finding from the University of Oxford's Experimental Psychology Department. A sceptical Claudia Hammond is subjected to the taste experiment.
Most people with dementia and their families prefer to remain in their own homes after their diagnosis, but for some this may become impossible because of incontinence and wandering. Professor June Andrews of Stirling University says therapeutic design in the home can keep people there longer.
Tuesday 23 November, 21:00, BBC Radio 4
Foods that Make Billions
This major new series tells the untold story of how big business feeds us by transforming simple commodities into everyday necessities and highly profitable brands.
The first episode tells the story of how the bottled water industry has grown from nothing to become one of the biggest success stories in the modern food and beverage industry in just 40 years. With unprecedented access to the world's largest food and beverage companies, this is the inside story of how the bottled water business has become emblematic of an age of plenty in the West.
Tuesday 23 November, 21:00, BBC Two
Digital Planet
Freedom of Creation are one of the leading innovators in using 3D printers in their designs. The several thousand 3D printers around the world are now being used to print a range of objects from cups to the frames of houses. Colin Grant reports from Amsterdam on how, in the future, individuals will have 3D printers in their homes to design and make their own household goods.
From make believe to making themselves, Adrian Bowyer and David Flanders talk about the ease of making RepRap 3D printers and self-replicating machines – and how you could end up with one of your own, or as many as you want.
Tuesday 23 November, 20:32, BBC World Service
© MMX
