Monday
Bang Goes The Theory (BBC1, 19.30-20.00) A water-powered jet pack, insects as food and other scientish diversions.
The Sky At Night (BBC4, 19.30-20.30) Double-bill of the astronomy show looks at the mapping of the moon and the recent Asian total eclipse.
Chips With Everything (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) The story of the silicon chip.

Tuesday
Home Planet (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) Questions about the natural world.

Wednesday
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen (BBC4, 21.00-22.00) Dramatization of the devastating pandemic that swept the world in 1918/19, killing more people than the First World War.
In Search Of Spanish Flu (BBC4, 22.00-22.30) And following on…a documentary about efforts to combat modern flu outbreaks by studying the big daddy of influenzas.

Thursday
Material World (Radio 4, 16.30-17.00)

Saturday
The Story of Maths (BBC4, 19.30-20.30) Another chance to catch the Marcus du Sautoy series.
Dounreay: The Atomic Dream (BBC4, 23.00-00.00) History of the reactor, once hailed as the world’s most advanced, now costing £3 billion to dismantle.

Sunday
The Tribes of Science (Radio 4, 14.45-15.00) Promising title, but this first part deals with computer programmers and whether they live in the real world.
Horizon: Pandemic (BBC4, 22.00-23.00) How will we cope when something worse than swine flu comes along?