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Traditional and non-traditional materials

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

• 27 mins

Life in a box versus life in space

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

• 27 mins

Chernobyl - ten years on

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

• 28 mins

Ultrasound scanning

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

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European space mapping

The European Space Agency approves a satellite to map cosmic microwaves

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Allergies

A new strategy for tackling all allergies

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Natural selection and healing

How the theory of natural selection is becoming important in healing

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Programmed cell death

Scientists are learning more about the process of programmed cell death

• 26 mins

Cell signalling and cancer

Report on the latest discovery into the causes of cancer

• 26 mins

Music and the Mind

Using music as guide to threading our way through our own minds

• 28 mins

Flying with Pterodactyls

A report on the discovery of some well-preserved Pterodactyl skeletons

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Volcanic crisis in Montserrat

Volcanic crisis in Montserrat in the Caribbean

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The planet Neptune

It's been 150 years since the discovery of the gas giant planet Neptune

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Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

How depression could be treated through transcranial magnetic stimulation

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Human Genome Project

A progress report on the human genome project which hopes to map the DNA of man

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Extinction, creation and biodiversity

Extinction and the anniversary of the Smithsonian Institute

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What chemicals came first?

The birth of the Earth and how the chemicals necessary for life on earth were made

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Comets - the bringers of life

Comets, why they could help scientists explain the origins of the solar system

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Could mosquitos transmit the malaria vaccine?

A progress report on the latest antimalarial and transmission-blocked vaccines

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Jupiter's moons

The scientific success of the previously troubled mission to Jupiter

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Waging war on drug resistant bacteria

The war against drug resistant bacteria

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Treating cancer

Should medical science be changing its approach to treating cancer?

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Our first words

How humans learn their first words

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The discovery of Hydrogen-3+

A report on the discovery of Hydrogen-3+

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The micro metropolis

The microbial metropolis, why bugs love living with each other

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Music enters the science age

The development of musical instruments using science

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Anti-Sense - shooting the messenger

A look at anti-sense medicine, which cancels out the effect of harmful genes

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Aggressive symbiosis

A look at why viruses that do animals no harm are so dangerous to humans

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Genetic screening

How genetic screening can help predict our future and the moral choices it may throw up

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The struggle to control parasites

Why the drugs used to treat parasites may not be so effective in the future

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