BBC Science Focus - 03.2020

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TIGERS: HUNTING THE TRAFFICKERS

Available on BBC iPlayer

There are fewer than 4,000 tigers left in the wild, with numbers still

dropping as poachers hunt, kill and consume. In this documentary,

former Royal Marines Commando Aldo Kane trains anti-poaching

units, but be warned, this is not for the faint-hearted. Tiger cubs are

kept in freezers at a breeding facility in Laos, while in Vietnam they

are fattened and kept in cages to be killed and cooked to order.

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GENDERS: SHAPING

AND BREAKING THE

BINA RY

Science Gallery London

GENDERS brings together artists

and biologists, neuroscientists

and activists, to demonstrate

the diversity of gender. Class,

culture, race, age and sexuality

all play a part, but so too is

science and tech transforming

future ideas of gender.

On until 28 June

RADIOACTIVE
Rosamund Pike plays Nobel Prize-
winning scientist Marie Curie as
she embarks on her ground-
breaking journey, discovering
radioactivity and changing the
face of science forever.
In cinemas from 20 March

13 MINUTES TO THE

MOON – SEASON TWO

BBC World Service

This season, listeners will hear

the story of Apollo 13, the

Moon landing mission that

never was.

Episode one begins with the

‘six minutes of silence’, when

the world held its breath to

await radio contact from the

Apollo 13 crew, who were

re-entering Earth’s

atmosphere after spending

four days on a ship severely

damaged by explosion.

Contributors to this season

include Apollo 13 astronauts

Fred Haise and Jim Lovell, with

music by Hans Zimmer.

From 9 March

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