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Discovery Episodes

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    Animal navigation research

    A breakthrough in research on animal navigation

  2. The Copernicus theory

    Predicting the future using Copernicus theory

  3. Genetic causes of deafness

    How a Costa Rican family are helping scientists understand deafness

  4. NASA ends the Pathfinder Mission

    After losing the signal of the rover on Mars NASA officially ends the Pathfinder mission

  5. The headless frog embryo

    British scientists have created a headless frog embryo, and what it means for genetics

  6. The Black Sea

    Situated between Asia and Europe, the Black Sea is dying

  7. The Saturn mission's 'super chute'

    A look at the parachute which will help the Cassini probe complete its mission to Saturn

  8. The story of asprin

    The healing powers of willow tree bark and the origins of asprin

  9. Saturn - the Cassini space probe

    A look a the planet Saturn, the mysterious ringed world with 19 moons

  10. Eradicating Polio

    Whether science can eradicate the polio virus

  11. Science festival in Leeds

    Reporting from the Science festival in Leeds

  12. A sub-atomic particle

    The discovery of a new kind of sub-atomic particle

  13. Sutra Medieval Hospital

    Why waste could hold clues as to the day to day practice of a hospital 800 years ago

  14. Dengue fever

    Man against mosquito, who will win the fight against dengue fever?

  15. The life of the ostracoda

    Why a conference will be discussing the ostracoda, a small crustacea with 70,000 species

  16. Asteroid Matilda

    An asteroid called Matilda. which had a close encounter with the Mir spacecraft

  17. Hope for a Malaria vaccine

    A new lead in the hunt for a malaria vaccine

  18. Artificial antibodies

    The use of artificial antibodies or mini antibodies to combat disease

  19. Helping children with brain damage

    Helping brain damaged children to remember

  20. Plant extinction by 2050?

    Scientists predict a quarter of all plants will be extinct by the year 2050

  21. From a dwarf to a giant

    The Japanese astronomer who saw a dwarf sun turn into a giant, the first person to do so

  22. World Ocean's day

    A report on the sea to mark World Ocean's day

  23. Mitochondria and bacteria

    How mitochondria have developed over millions of years with the help of bacteria

  24. Gamma Rays

    Gamma ray bursts, what they are and what they can tell us

  25. The electron's 100th anniversary

    Celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Joseph Thompson's announcement

  26. The direction of the Universe

    New theories on the direction of the Universe

  27. Malaria - a disaster waiting to happen

    Why malaria continues to be a disaster, a century after it was discovered

  28. The DNA family tree

    How DNA analysis is showing just how closely related we are to apes

  29. Was there life on Mars?

    Was there ever life on Mars?

  30. Rats - a special report

    A special report on rats

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