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Space Environment
How radiation levels and lack of gravity affects human beings
New Technology Weapons
A doctor's view on the impact of non-lethal disabling weapons such as sticky foam
Technology and Global Warming
Discussion about the use of technology in the fight against pollution and global warming
Space Travel
Could lunar hotels and spherical swimming pools be the future of space travel?
Ancestral Cannabalism
The rejection of cannibalism signalled the beginning of culture in society
Ocean Ecosystems
How can we manage ocean ecosystems responsibly?
Differences Between Species
The best way to protect a species' purity is to protect its habitat
Animal Testing
Information and misinformation in the realm of animal testing
Sleep Disturbance
The effects of sleep disturbance on night shift workers - and how risks can be minimised
DNA, Darwinism and Genes
How DNA, genes and biological determinism interact to make us who we are
The Expense of Cancer Treatment
Prevention strategies, screening, and selective and cost-effective treatments for cancer
Global Warming in UK
Monitoring and reducing CO2 emissions in the UK
Alcohol 'Helps' Heart Disease
How much does alcohol really help prevent heart disease?
The Funding of Medical Research by the Tobacco Industry
Cancer Research Campaign's decision to reject funding from the tobacco industry
Human Embryo Research and Organ Transplant
The ethics of growing healthy human tissue, human embryo research and organ transplant
Rainforests
Cataloguing and studying previously unknown species in rainforests in remote regions
Foetal Pain
How a foetus could experience pain and what the implications are if it was a possibility
Silicone Chip Inventors
Adrian Thompson's silicone chips use the principles of evolution
Global Warming
Targeting corporations and government to control the emissions that lead to global warming
Prions
Profile of Nobel prize winner Stanley Prusiner and his work on prions
Alternative Medicine
Discussion on the value of alternative medicine such as reflexology and acupuncture
Indonesia
Assisting Indonesia to develop its technology and science industries
Science and Politics
Discussion on the interaction between science and politics
Different Concepts of Time
How time affects culture - followed by a recommendation to slow down and think more
A Vaccine for HIV?
Would you take part in medical testing for a vaccine for HIV?
Cloning Humans
Would cloning a human - or human tissue - ever be possible?
Blind Experiments
Bias in experimentation and the advantage of controlled experiments using blind conditions
The Short Life of Computers
Incompatibility and continuous software updates, generate a supply of unwanted computers
Immunisation Against Viruses
The limitations of immunisation against viruses
Western Industrialism
Western-style industrialism and its threat to the environment
English is the language of science
Ninety-five per cent of scientific articles are published in English - why?