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Pain and its role
The role of acute pain in the human body
Pain - a necessary evil
Geoff Watts explores the science of pain
The First Explorers - Australia
The prehistoric migration of humans, the first explorers on Earth
The First Explorers - Europe
Archaeologists are now turning to our genes to investigate the history of our species
The First Explorers - America and Asia
The first explorers who entered the American continent toward the end of the last Ice Age
Angiogenesis
Report on new medical treatment angiogenesis
Where to put nuclear waste
What is to be done with large amount of dangerous civilian nuclear waste around the world?
Where to put nuclear waste - part two
The issue of nuclear waste which can remain dangerous for millions of years
Dark Energy
Dark energy,a hypothetical form of energy that permeates all of space
HIV and Aids in Africa
The massive problem of HIV infection in Africa
Electric cars and the car of the future
A report on electric cars, could they help solve the energy crisis?
The train of the future
Special report on new train technology and the train's evolution
The future of air travel
Today's aeronautical engineers attempt to define the next era of flight after Concorde
Post-Soviet science - USSR
A look at what has happened to scientific research in the former Soviet Union
Post-Soviet Science - Germany
How the reunification of East and West Germany affected scientific research
Post Soviet Science - Vietnam
What the future holds for science in Vietnam after the end of the war in 1975
Post Soviet Science - Cuba
What does the future hold in store for Cuban biotechnology and scientific research?
Marconi's legacy
A look at the story behind Guglielmo Marconi's success and his continuing legacy
Deep Impact
How might the Earth protect itself against an asteroid strike?
Keeping Los Angeles hydrated
How Los Angeles gets its water supply, despite being in a near-desert region
Water pollution in Lagos
How Nigeria's growing population is placing a strain on its clean water supply
Lost Continents - India
How the subcontinent was formed - the story of the Indian land mass
Lost Continents - Ocean
How an entire ocean vanished, when the European continent was formed
Lost Continents - First Continent
The search for the first continent
Lost Continents - Africa
How the continent of Africa split apart to form a new ocean
Sacred Showdown - the science of belief
For centuries science and religion have not been on speaking terms
Sacred Showdown - near-death experiences
A look at how scientists have attempted to explain near-death experiences and spirituality
Sacred Showdown - human reproduction
What have been the advances made in engineering human reproduction by scientists?
Anthropology - the angry anthropologist
First in a series examining the discipline of social anthropology
Anthropology - the early anthropologist
Second in a series examining the discipline of social anthropology
Anthropology - the modern world
Social anthropology - how human beings behave in social groups