Q.E.D

Ben Johnson believed in anabolic steroids; so did other banned athletes. But now there is evidence that these drugs' only real effect could be all in the mind. Backed up by the personal experiences of international athletes David Jenkins a…

Alun's brother died of it at 34; so did his sister; Alun is past his 34th birthday and as he says, living on borrowed time. FA is Friedreich's Ataxia; sweet says Alun Jones , because of the diabetes he suffers along with it. Sweet FA is th…

Charles is 13. Until two months ago he was hooked on his home computer, playing mindless games for up to 30 hours a week. He's typical of an increasing number of children with a new problem - computer dependency. Like most parents, Charles…

Everyone knows rain forests ought to be saved. But does anyone really know how? One idea comes from a scientist in Scotland: find a plant, growing only in a particular forest, which could be turned into a valuable medicine. The money the d…

Isn't it crazy that you have to turn off your water supply just to change a tap washer? That installing a simple electric cable involves cutting channels in the wall and then redecorating the room? That we live in the worst insulated house…

Josiah wants to be an actor; Marissa just has to make it as a cheer leader; and as for Scott - well, he just wants to have a happier time. Because, like Josiah and Marissa, he has one obsessive problem - a body that's far too flabby and fa…

Every day Charles Tempus catches the 8.10 train to work; regular as clockwork. One morning a boy approaches him on the station platform and asks him the time. That innocent question takes Mr Tempus on a fascinating journey through time - b…

As Valentine's Day roses fade and die, take stock of your love-life. Look across the room at your husband, wife or lover and ask, will we be together in two years' time? Dr John Gottman , an American psychologist, claims he can tell you th…

Wherever we go we leave something unique behind - a faint trace of our own special smell. And that lingering odour is beginning to excite the interest of policemen, who think that smell evidence could help catch criminals. Q.E.D. follows t…

Emmett has never been able to walk as well as other children. He has cerebral palsy. When doctors predicted he might soon need a wheelchair, the future looked grim. An American surgeon learned of his plight and offered to help. Within days…

Director of music David Hindley has given up the comforts of academic life for the prickly hedges and fields around Cambridge. Why? Because that's where he finds the best composers! Birds live in the fast lane and what sounds like chirrup …

A serious look at humour by Jonathan Miller. While helpless with laughter, have you ever wondered why you're in the grip of this strange respiratory convulsion, and what exactly triggered it? There have been many theories about the science…

Sheila has to take the decision whether or not to have a brain operation for her depression. She knows there are no guarantees it will work - but it might. More than 20 years ago she was eagerly expecting the birth of a child. The birth wa…

Surrogacy is often seen as a frightening emotional triangle - a rare answer to childlessness fraught with ethical problems. But in Britain, at any one time, some 20 surrogate arrangements are known to be happening. Many are successful and …