Monday
7.30 Human Guinea Pigs, FIVE. Can men lactate? and other crucial questions.
8.00 Heart of the Matter, ITV1. Cholesterol-lowering drugs to combat the risk of heart disease.
8.00 The Gadget Show, FIVE.
9.00 Visions of the Future, BBC4. Michio Kaku concludes his mini-series with a look at quantum science.
9.30 Start the Week, Radio 4. Includes Monica Grady on space exploration.

Tuesday
7.30 Chris Barrie’s Massive Engines, FIVE. The engineering behind farm machinery.
8.00 File on Four, Radio 4. Are new cancer treatments being jeopardised by negligence of basic lab precautions?
9.00 Earth: The Power of the Planet, BBC2. New geology series, beginning with volcanoes.
9.00 All in the Mind, Radio 4.
11.05 Autopsy: Emergency Room, C4. The behatted Gunther von Hagens discusses brain and skeletal injuries.

Wednesday
11.00 The Jawbone, Radio 4. Tale of the oldest human bone found in Europe…possibly.
4.00 Thinking Allowed, Radio 4.
4.30 All in the Mind, Radio 4.
8.00 Visions of the Future, BBC4. Repeat.
9.00 Frontiers, Radio 4. Sequencing the Neanderthal genome.

Thursday
3.00 Check-up, Radio 4. Health phone-in.
4.30 Material World, Radio 4. Superbugs.
7.30 Chris Barrie’s Massive Engines, FIVE. Cargo planes.
7.30 Doctors to Be: 20 Years On, BBC4.

Friday
7.30 Will Work For Nuts, FIVE. Can a golden eagle double as a lie detector?
8.00 Nick Baker’s Weird Creatures, FIVE. The mimic octopus.
10.00 Doctors to Be: 20 Years On, BBC4. Repeat.

Saturday
Always a barren wilderness for science.

Sunday
5.30 Shark Therapy, BBC2.
6.00 Earth: The Power of the Planet, BBC2. Repeat.
8.30 The Sky At Night, BBC4.
9.00 A Comet’s Tale, BBC4. Documentary.