Discovery Episodes Episode guide
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Recreating the Earth's magnetic field
How two geophysicists have recreated the Earth's core using a supercomputer
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Depression
Depression and attempts to identify the causes of it
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The wonder of extremophiles
The wonder of extremophiles, micro organisms which live in extreme conditions
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Ants in the city
The rules that run colonies of ants and what they can teach us about cities
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Stem cells and the brain
How medical researchers are aiming to create a brain cell bank
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Artificial body parts - the six million dollar human
Could bionic limbs emerge from science fiction to science fact?
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Repairing the brain
Report on a new centre for brain repair, which has just opened at Cambridge University
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Human history - it's all in the genes
Can human history be hidden in the genes?
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Nitric oxide - the new wonder drug
How nitric oxide, once considered poisonous, could be a future wonder drug
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Childhood leukemia and radiation
A look at the causes of childhood leukaemia
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The ancestors of vertebrates
Research which suggests conodonts are the early meat-eating ancestors of vertebrate
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The laser scanning opthalmoscope
Scientists unveil a retina laser scanning opthalmoscope
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Complex molecular systems - and a new metal
A new metal which could be cast itself into shape
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Polio vaccine
How a polio vaccine with an unlimited shelf life could help eradicate the disease for good
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The origins of language
How monkeys are helping us understand how humans evolved to talk
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The melting of Antartica
How the melting ice sheets of Antartica may not be down to global warming
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Symmetry
Why symmetry in art and science is so appealing to us
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The great extinction debate
Are we overthinking the extinction of the dinosaurs?
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The top quarks
Understanding the 54 top quarks, the fundamental building blocks of life
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Underwater Laboratory
A proposal to build a laboratory on the seamounts of the Azores
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Saving the Mary Rose
The salvage of King Henry VIII's ship, the Mary Rose, which sank in 1545
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New Aids Treatment
A radical new Aids treatment: Natural gas hydrates reserves
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
New treatments for Aids, and Russian chemist Dr Vil Mirzayanov
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Life in Space
The continuing search for life in space
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Pentium Chip Problems
Problems with Intel's new Pentium computer chip
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Evolution
Evolution's long route out of the primordial swamp
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High-Tech Industry
The growing trend for companies to invest in pure research
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Genetic Revolution
How the genetic revolution is changing the plant world
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Festive Occasions
Why do some people enjoy parties more than others?
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Scientific News
Scientific headlines of the year including: Is the Universe Younger than its Stars?
