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Alcohol 'Helps' Heart Disease

How much does alcohol really help prevent heart disease?

• 3 mins

The Funding of Medical Research by the Tobacco Industry

Cancer Research Campaign's decision to reject funding from the tobacco industry

• 4 mins

Human Embryo Research and Organ Transplant

The ethics of growing healthy human tissue, human embryo research and organ transplant

• 4 mins

Rainforests

Cataloguing and studying previously unknown species in rainforests in remote regions

• 4 mins

Foetal Pain

How a foetus could experience pain and what the implications are if it was a possibility

• 4 mins

Silicone Chip Inventors

Adrian Thompson's silicone chips use the principles of evolution

• 4 mins

Global Warming

Targeting corporations and government to control the emissions that lead to global warming

• 4 mins

Prions

Profile of Nobel prize winner Stanley Prusiner and his work on prions

• 4 mins

Alternative Medicine

Discussion on the value of alternative medicine such as reflexology and acupuncture

• 4 mins

Indonesia

Assisting Indonesia to develop its technology and science industries

• 3 mins

Science and Politics

Discussion on the interaction between science and politics

• 4 mins

Different Concepts of Time

How time affects culture - followed by a recommendation to slow down and think more

• 3 mins

A Vaccine for HIV?

Would you take part in medical testing for a vaccine for HIV?

• 4 mins

Cloning Humans

Would cloning a human - or human tissue - ever be possible?

• 4 mins

Blind Experiments

Bias in experimentation and the advantage of controlled experiments using blind conditions

• 4 mins

The Short Life of Computers

Incompatibility and continuous software updates, generate a supply of unwanted computers

• 4 mins

Immunisation Against Viruses

The limitations of immunisation against viruses

• 4 mins

Western Industrialism

Western-style industrialism and its threat to the environment

• 4 mins

English is the language of science

Ninety-five per cent of scientific articles are published in English - why?

• 3 mins

A Base on the Moon?

What is needed to establish a colony on the Moon?

• 4 mins

Cancer Research 'Breakthroughs'

'Breakthroughs' in cancer are often not breakthroughs at all

• 4 mins

The Economics of Space Travel

Weighing up the benefits of living on the moon versus the money it would take to do it

• 4 mins

Male Contraceptive Pill

Carl Djerassi on the prospect of a male birth control pill

• 4 mins

Scientific Advances

How can scientists in developing countries make advances in science?

• 4 mins

The Development of the Electric Car

Can electricity cars deliver efficiency and performance - and can they reduce pollution?

• 4 mins

Technology Marketing Industry

How can we get past the jargon of marketing to find out what gadgets can actually do?

• 3 mins

Fixing Faults with Genes

Over two thousand diseases are caused by faulty genes - can we fix them?

• 4 mins

Genetic Engineering

GM plants, patents on seeds and the terminator gene that makes seeds sterile

• 3 mins

Bacteria

The adaptability of bacteria, antibiotic resistance and the radiation of food to kill gems

• 4 mins

Drug Trials

The benefits of involving breast cancer patients in the design of clinical trials

• 3 mins