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.

Do you share more genes in common with your friends than with a stranger? What mysterious source of x rays is at your desk? What deep sea monster needed some extra help from a pair of spectacles? All this and more in this week's episode of Lagrange Point.

What colour is so dark that it absorbs almost all light? Why it's the nanotech vantablack! We also find out about bacteria that chow down on electricity!

Some creatures want to watch the world burn, and have crazy schemes to hunt their prey, like fishing spiders. Others protect the animals around them and save countless lives like elephants! We explore super hero and super villain animals in this week's episode!