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    Top Science Stories of the Year 2000

    Special edition of programme looking back at the scientific highlights of the year 2000

  2. To Decorate ourselves is Human

    Personal decoration might date back 100,000 years, much longer than previously thought

  3. Titanoboa 鈥� the biggest Snake ever

    The Titanoboa snake was so big that it ate crocodiles

  4. Titan's seas of black Sand Dunes

    Titan's seas are actually made of black sand dunes

  5. Tipping elements of Climate Change

    Man-made "tipping elements" in the climate system could cause sudden climate changes

  6. Time to re-think Biofuels

    Report warns trends in biofuels could cause food security and environmental problems

  7. Three-year Journey to the Asteriod of Love

    Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission to Eros asteroid launched

  8. Threats to Bio-weapons Protocol

    Scientists and medics in London discuss threats to the international bio-weapons protocol

  9. This year's Nobel Prize-winners

    Detecting cosmic neutrinos and this year's other Nobel prize-winning discoveries

  10. Thirty years of The Selfish Gene

    The 30th anniversary of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

  11. The Wreck of the Titanic Exhibition opens

    Artifacts raised from the Titanic go on show in London for the first time

  12. The Temperature is Rising

    Global warming could be about 3潞C over the next 100 years

  13. The surprising Keystone role of the Kangaroo Rat in Arizona

    Results of 25-year experiment about "keystone species" in Chihuahuan Desert in Arizona

  14. The Super-healing Mouse

    Lab mouse that can re-grow damaged heart tissue without drugs

  15. The state of Stem Cell research

    Special edition on stem cell research 鈥� scientific hopes, achievements and ethical debate

  16. The state of Coral Reefs

    Study of 40,000 years of coral reefs connects their decline to human intervention

  17. The Sound of Quantum Mechanics

    The first sounds of quantum theory recorded in superfluid helium-3

  18. The Secrets of Facial Attraction

    What do we find attractive in the faces of the opposite sex?

  19. The Secret of Long Life?

    Have scientists really identified genes associated with long life?

  20. The Science of the South Asian Tsunami

    The science behind the devastating tsunami of 26 December 2004

  21. The Science and Ethics of Stem Cell Culture

    Culturing embryonic stem cells is a medical breakthrough and an ethical minefield

  22. The role of Frog Eggs in Stem Cell Research

    Frog eggs could help scientists facing restrictions on use of human embryonic stem cells

  23. The Risks of Maternal Malaria

    Research into maternal malaria that affects only pregnant women

  24. The Risks for Premature Babies

    A major study on premature babies and the likelihood of their suffering from brain damage

  25. The Red Planet seen from Earth

    Scientists are taking advantage of how close Mars is now to Earth

  26. The race to identify the Sars Virus

    The virus detectives who are on the case of the SARS coronavirus

  27. The Problem with Polio Vaccination

    How the World Health Organisation caused an outbreak of polio in Haiti

  28. The Prehistoric World of Boxgrove Man

    When elephants, lions, panthers and wolves roamed southern England

  29. The Phoenix has landed 鈥� on Mars

    Nasa's Phoenix landed successfully on Mars

  30. The Perils of Prospecting for Gold

    Prospecting for gold after the Bre-X scandal: how not to be fooled by 'salted' samples

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