Lagrange Point

Can life survive re-entry into the atmosphere? Can DNA travel the depths of space intact? What makes our I-tunes playlist seem 'random' or can it actually read our mind?

Can we cool the planet by painting infrared mirrors across our cities and bouncing the heat back into space? How do we go from studying ants to get insights into randomness, chaos theory and improving our telecommunications.

What happens to our brains when we read Harry Potter and what can an MRI tell us about the way we process literature and learn life lessons? How do crafty genes make ant queens immortal?

How can we use science to make sport safer? What are the risks that both amateurs and professionals face? What technologies, tools and equipment can we use to improve lives and outcomes? Find out in this week's Lagrange Point!

We all witnessed the miraculous landing of Philae on Comet 67P, but what happened next for the Rosetta mission, and what does the future hold for the plucky probe and it's lander? We also find out all the obstacles the mission overcame in it's 10 year journey!

Is there a scientific explanation for feeling like a ghost is watching you? Is it possible for a super-pill to improve your brain and make you ace those tests? Check out Episode 92 of Lagrange Point.

Can we use genetic engineering but avoid a dystopian future? can we harness human evolution? Can we use genetic engineering to feed our planet and adapt to our new environments? Can the X-Men dream become a reality?

Can art be so bad, so terrible, that it hurts to see it? Why does our brain recognise faces in all the wrong places? Find out about these amazingly obscure innovations in science that won Ignoble Prizes in 2014.

How did the invention of little lights in red, green and blue let us have the marvelous technology that we have today? How did the invention of blue LEDs enable us to have smart phones? Find out how 3 researchers from Japan cracked the final piece of the puzzle in our Noble Prize 2014 Special.

How do we make mental maps? What enables us to not get lost when it's dark or we close our eyes? How does our brain track these locations? We find out in our 2014 Nobel Prize Special - Part 1.

Are cat owners at more risk than dog owners? What's scarier for a reindeer - a polar bear or a human dressed as a polar bear? Why were these even researched in the first place? Check out our Ignoble Prize special - Part 2!

Just how slippery is a banana peel? What is the mysterious dark triad that can haunt nightowls and what does it have to do with Facebook, twitter and selfies? Check out Part 1 of our Ignoble Prize special!

Want to know how to make a drink that's truly out of this world? What happened to the love struck space lizards? What exactly is planet earth's address? All this in more in an intergalactic special of Lagrange Point!

Can we solve crime using our own unique microbiological aura? Have we managed developed a vaccine to help fight Ebola? What is the last place you expect to find some secret spiders? All this and more on this week's Lagrange Point!

What causes rocks to mysteriously race across Death Valley? Was it aliens or an ancient conspiracy? Never fear, science sets the record straight. We also find out about animal con artists in zoos!

Can humanity evolve to adapt to a changed climate? Can we survive a mass extinction? Is it even possible to geo-engineer our planet to hit a terran sized reset button? All this and more on Part 2 of our Global Challenges special!

How do we feed a planet with a growing population? In Part 1/4 of our Global Challenges series, we explore how we can feed the planet now and into the future using science! Is a meal in a pill a viable option? Should we not eat meat? What about genetic modification of crops? Or is Entomophagythe answer?

What's the fairest way to slice up a cake? Is just winning even worse than loosing by a big margin? Who just made history and broke the mathematics glass ceiling? Find out all this and more in our mathematical Lagrange Point!

What's causing these massive abyssal rifts to form in Siberia? What's the hottest part of the sun? Is space really empty? All of these questions have seemingly simple answers but are in fact very complicated. Don't worry Lagrange Point is here to shed light on these mysteries!

Running short of fresh air? Take a leaf out of Julian Melchiori's book and fashion yourself some photosynthesising silk! We also have an update on the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, and how the world is responding to this deadly virus.