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Discovery Episodes

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    European space mapping

    The European Space Agency approves a satellite to map cosmic microwaves

  2. Ultrasound scanning

    The insights afforded by the use of ultrasound scans on an unborn foetus

  3. Chernobyl - ten years on

    A report on the effects of radiation on people's DNA, 10 years after Chernobyl

  4. Life in a box versus life in space

    Can life be made to survive in a box, the programme looks at the Ecotron project

  5. Traditional and non-traditional materials

    From traditional bamboo to commercial material, and the latest metal that is untouchable

  6. Domestic duties in Space

    Training astronauts in domestic duties aboard a space shuttle

  7. Prion Proteins

    German scientists have discovered how abnormal prion proteins could lead to brain damage

  8. Building Stonehenge

    A report on how Stonehenge may have been built earlier than had been at first thought

  9. Gene therapy - hope to hype

    Has progress on the development of gene therapy stalled?

  10. Out of Africa

    The out-of-Africa theory, evidence that all non-Africans had a common ancestor

  11. Cosmic fireworks

    NASA scientists have observed a series of gamma ray bursts

  12. Cancer and cachexia

    Scientists believe they have found the cause of wasting in cancer and Aids patients

  13. Breaking the unbreakable

    Research shows quarks may be composed of even smaller particles

  14. AAAS 1996

    A report from the AAAS 1996 where scientific breakthroughs are being discussed

  15. Life on Mars

    Life on Mars, in this case the form of bacteria buried beneath the surface of the planet

  16. A view into the past

    A journey back in time with the Hubble space telescope

  17. Finding the sleep switch

    Sleep and the mysteries of the master switching centre of the brain

  18. Hope for an HIV vaccine

    Why a live virus is probably our best hope for a vaccine against Aids

  19. Science and a look ahead

    What the year ahead might bring in science

  20. This year's most essential science books

    Experts help compile a list of science reading from texts published throughout 1995

  21. Sir John Maddox

    A report on the influence of Sir John Maddox, editor of the scientific journal Nature

  22. Sprites in the sky

    A report on the electrical phenomena known as sprites that appear during thunderstorms

  23. Meteorites and the origin of life

    Could meteorites explain the origin of life?

  24. Space and the search for infrared

    The launch of a European rocket from French Guiana

  25. Scientists at MIT

    Reporting from Cambridge, Massachusetts and talking to scientists who work there

  26. Hope for an Aids vaccine

    Report on a promising new clue towards a vaccine and even a treatment for Aids

  27. 100 Years of X-Rays

    Special edition commemorating 100 years of X-rays, discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen

  28. The link between red hair and skin cancer

    The reason why red-haired people are prone to skin cancer

  29. The abalone and family planning

    How the abalone's evolution might help with the development of contraception

  30. The Galaxy's New Black Hole

    The discovery of a new black hole, a collapsed star which can swallow light

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