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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
NASA ends the Pathfinder Mission
After losing the signal of the rover on Mars NASA officially ends the Pathfinder mission
Genetic causes of deafness
How a Costa Rican family are helping scientists understand deafness
The Copernicus theory
Predicting the future using Copernicus theory
Animal navigation research
A breakthrough in research on animal navigation
Ancient dung and the key to life on Earth
Droppings of fossilised faeces in Scotland point to the first signs of life on Earth
The shrinking transistor
The shrinking of the transistor, or Moore's Law
Princeton University
Report from Princeton University, New Jersey
Brazil - the rainforest
The programme follows a biological survey of the Brazilian rainforest
The fish with fingers
New evolutionary theories on finger and toe development
Disposable electronics
Why electronics may no-longer be just silicon based
Bush babies
The discovery of 17 species of bush babies in Africa
The nerves of mummies
A look at the study of the nerves of ancient mummies
Ancient Roman letters home
How some letters to home from Roman soldiers are finally being read