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Science In Action Episodes

  1. Population density and the Evolution of human Culture

    Population density might be the key to the development of modern human behaviours

  2. Policing the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    A new monitor network will be able to detect clandestine nuclear tests

  3. Platelet Discovery may benefit Cancer Patients

    A newly discovered hormone could counteract side effects of cancer treatments

  4. Plants Use Electricity to Forecast Storms

    Electric currents enable plants to predict storms and prepare to for a growth spurt

  5. Piglets are the latest Clones

    Do two litters of cloned piglets bring the possibility of xenotransplantation closer?

  6. Physicists observe a new State of Matter

    Physicists observe the Bose-Einstein condensate, a new state of matter

  7. Perfectly preserved Ostracod Shellfish

    English fossils contain well preserved soft and hard structures of ancient ostracods

  8. Peer Review System shows Sexism, says Swedish Report

    Claims that peer review system treats women scientists unfairly finds echoes in UK and USA

  9. Peat Bogs release rising levels of Carbon

    Peat bogs are releasing more disolved organic carbon into rivers than ever before

  10. Pathfinder is Sending Photos from the Surface of Mars

    Mars Pathfinder is sending pictures of an ancient riverbed and a meteor impact crater

  11. Partial Repair of spinal Injury in Rats

    Research into repairing the spinal cord with nerve fibres in rats raises hopes for humans

  12. Pacific Currents that drive El Ni帽o events

    Ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean where El Ni帽o events start

  13. Ozone Levels and Climate Change

    Climate change models need to take into account ozone and other greenhouse gases

  14. Oxygen from the Primeval Slime

    Cyanobacteria were at work 2.5 billion years ago, making oxygen

  15. Oxygen Detected on Jupiter's Frozen Moon

    Thin oxygen atomosphere detected on Jupiter's moon Europa by the Hubble space telescope

  16. Overfishing could soon cause Extinctions

    Only 10% of world's large fish stocks remain, warns new report

  17. Outbreak of Parasitic Liver Disease in China

    Devising new strategies to diagnose and predict alveolar echinococcosis (AE)

  18. Our oldest Ancestor was a three-year-old Girl

    The oldest human ancestor is a three-year-old girl who lived three million years ago

  19. Our first Meat-eating Ancestor?

    A 2.5-million-year-old addition to the human family tree has been found in Ethiopia

  20. Origin of HIV infection discovered in Cameroon

    Chimpanzees in Cameroon identified as the source of the original HIV infection in humans

  21. Organic Molecules found in a Meteorite

    Organic molecules have been found in the Murchison meteorite

  22. Opening our Eyes to Genetic Engineering

    How do genetic engineering discoveries benifit us?

  23. One Gene for strong Bones

    The key to osteoporosis could be in a single gene

  24. Once there was Water on Mars

    NASA announces "possible evidence for water that has flowed on Mars"

  25. Oldest Tools made by Man's Ancestors

    Preshistoric technology used to make 2.5 million-year-old stone tools found in Ethiopia

  26. Oldest Europeans' bone Tools at Boxgrove

    Europe's earliest bone tools show more modern behaviour in early man than earlier believed

  27. Oil Spill threatens Spanish Coast

    Impact of the massive oil spill off Spain's northern coast

  28. Of Mice and Men 鈥� Cloning Mice and Human Organs

    Worldwide advances in cloning will speed up research and development of human treatments

  29. Nuclear Fusion in a Beaker?

    Controversial claims of desk-top nuclear fusion

  30. North Bering Sea in Danger

    Global warming may cause the North Bering Sea to lose its Arctic classification

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