After several emails asking what had happened to this strand, I’ve decided to resurrect it. Each Monday, come here for a handy digest of all the scientific content across the major TV and radio channels in the UK. Plus, the occasional bit of nature/medicine/engineering, as the mood takes me.

Monday

How do they do it? (FIVE, 19.30-20.00) The technology behind airbags and car shredders. Yes, car shredders.

Science and Islam (BBC4, 21.00-22.00) Jim Al-Khalili continues his series on the scientific influence of the Islamic world.

Costing the Earth (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) How the economic downturn might help or hinder environmental efforts.

Tuesday

Home Planet (Radio 4, 15.00-15.30) Listeners’ questions about the natural world.

Case Notes (Radio 4, 21.00-21.30) The role of genetics and infections in cot death.

Wednesday

The secret life of elephants (BBC1, 21.00-22.00) New series of pachyderm family life.

Thursday

Material World (Radio 4, 16.30-17.00) A look at superorganisms (read that carefully), such as ant and termite colonies.

Friday

Time and Tide: the Severn barrage project (Radio 4, 11.00-11.30) The viability of a project that could provide unprecedented amounts of renewable energy.

Natural World (BBC2, 20.00-20.50) India’s Western Ghats mountains and the unusual creatures who make their homes there.

Sunday

James May’s Big Ideas (BBC2, 18.00-19.00) The titular host looks at weird and wonderful flying machines.