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The coffee trade
Report on coffee, its trade, health implications and history
The first cloned sheep
Scientists have cloned a lamb using a single cell from a sheep udder
Viruses with an overcoat
The genetic manipulation of plants and how viruses with 'overcoats' can produce proteins
Considering memory
A consideration of memory
Down Under - the geology of Australia
The ancient landscape of Australia
Rats - a special report
A special report on rats
Was there life on Mars?
Was there ever life on Mars?
The DNA family tree
How DNA analysis is showing just how closely related we are to apes
Malaria - a disaster waiting to happen
Why malaria continues to be a disaster, a century after it was discovered
The direction of the Universe
New theories on the direction of the Universe
The electron's 100th anniversary
Celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Joseph Thompson's announcement
Gamma Rays
Gamma ray bursts, what they are and what they can tell us
Mitochondria and bacteria
How mitochondria have developed over millions of years with the help of bacteria
World Ocean's day
A report on the sea to mark World Ocean's day
From a dwarf to a giant
The Japanese astronomer who saw a dwarf sun turn into a giant, the first person to do so
Plant extinction by 2050?
Scientists predict a quarter of all plants will be extinct by the year 2050
Helping children with brain damage
Helping brain damaged children to remember
Artificial antibodies
The use of artificial antibodies or mini antibodies to combat disease
Hope for a Malaria vaccine
A new lead in the hunt for a malaria vaccine
Asteroid Matilda
An asteroid called Matilda. which had a close encounter with the Mir spacecraft
The life of the ostracoda
Why a conference will be discussing the ostracoda, a small crustacea with 70,000 species
Dengue fever
Man against mosquito, who will win the fight against dengue fever?
Sutra Medieval Hospital
Why waste could hold clues as to the day to day practice of a hospital 800 years ago
A sub-atomic particle
The discovery of a new kind of sub-atomic particle
Science festival in Leeds
Reporting from the Science festival in Leeds
Eradicating Polio
Whether science can eradicate the polio virus
Saturn - the Cassini space probe
A look a the planet Saturn, the mysterious ringed world with 19 moons
The story of asprin
The healing powers of willow tree bark and the origins of asprin
The Saturn mission's 'super chute'
A look at the parachute which will help the Cassini probe complete its mission to Saturn
The Black Sea
Situated between Asia and Europe, the Black Sea is dying
The headless frog embryo
British scientists have created a headless frog embryo, and what it means for genetics