This Way Up for Saturday 28 April 2012
Macau, world's gambling capital
How does this Chinese territory, the only place in China where it's legal to gamble, turn over 5-times more cash than Las Vegas? Evan Osnos of The New Yorker has just got back from visiting Macau.
Middle age: A Natural History
With the mid-life crisis, the middle age spread and the menopause, middle age doesn't sound like too much fun. Writer David Bainbridge's a lot more upbeat!
Naked Science
Dr Chris Smith on how pigeons use magnetic fields to navigate, and a way to turn scarred heart tissue back into fully functional, blood-pumping muscle.