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Science In Action Episodes

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    Mystery of the first Americans

    Why the first people to reach the Americas weren't ancestors of today's native Americans

  2. Mystery Object Discovered in the Milky Way

    A black hole or a neutron star discovered only 40,000 light years away in the Milky Way

  3. Multiple Winners for three Nobel Prizes

    Nobel prize-winners for chemistry, physics and medicine announced

  4. Multi-generational Relationships have made us Human

    Humans have the evolutionary advantages of longevity and multigenerational relationships

  5. Mouse Stem Cells make Sperm

    Mouse stem cells have been turned into sperm, which in turn have fertilised an egg

  6. Mountaineers and the Ace Oxygen Gene

    Does one version of a gene give some mountaineers an advantage at the highest altitudes?

  7. Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the DRC

    Eruption of volcano Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  8. More Volcanoes found to be Active

    Four Chilean volcanoes are unexpectely reclassified as "active"

  9. More solar Radiation reaches Earth

    What will be the effect of more solar radiation reaching Earth?

  10. Monsanto's gift of a large Sequence of Rice Genes

    Monsanto's gift to the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project

  11. Monkeys can count, naturally

    Rhesus monkeys with a natural numeracy that's not learned from man

  12. Mobile Phones could go Global by Satellite

    Attempts to patent a satellite orbit in the battle for global mobile phone coverage

  13. Mobile Genes contribute to Individuality

    Rogue "mobile" genes discovered that change position randomly at the stem-cell stage

  14. Mighty Clash we call an Earthquake

    The geology behind the powerful earthquake that has hit India and Pakistan

  15. Microscopic Plastic Pollutants

    Microscopic particles of plastic are polluting our seas

  16. Microfossil could rewrite History of Life on Earth

    A microfossil from China suggests complex organisms evolved far earlier than we thought

  17. Microbes from the oily Deep

    Sulphur-cycle bacteria have been found living in oil wells 1,700 metres below ground

  18. Mice with two Mothers

    Scientists create mice with two mothers 鈥� and no father

  19. Mice that produce Pig Sperm

    Turning mice into pig sperm factories to study fertility

  20. Mice that Never Get Fat

    Genetically engineered mice that do not get fat, however much they eat

  21. Methane Hydrate from under the Sea

    Large methane hydrate deposits have been discovered on the seabed off north-west USA

  22. Meteorite that fell to Earth in the Yukon

    What do you do when you find a fresh meterorite? Put it in the freezer, of course

  23. Meet the Nobel Science Prize-Winners

    Nobel Prizes for Medicine, Chemistry and Physics go to research from as early as 1970s

  24. Meet our genetic Adam and Eve

    What do "mitochondrial Eve" and "Y-chromosome Adam" tell us about our origins?

  25. Meet our closest galactic Neighbour

    The newly-discovered Sagittarius dwarf galaxy is being consumed by the Milky Way

  26. Medical Technology goes Nano

    Tiny "autonomous molecular computers" are under development to detect and treat cancer

  27. Mast Cells might help process Venom

    Mouse mast cells may be instrumental in breaking down some venoms

  28. Mars was once covered with Water

    Mars was once covered in water for a long time

  29. Marathon Mice

    "Marathon mice" have just one gene modified to give them super stamina

  30. Mankind first walked on two Legs 鈥� in Trees?

    Did our ancestors first stand upright in trees, not on the ground?

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