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    Malaria's Multiple Causes

    Malaria is caused by different strains of parasite, not a single pathogen

  2. Malaria Researchers offer new Hope with Genome Maps

    The malaria parasite's genome has been mapped 鈥� twice

  3. Malaria is spreading to previously Safe Zones

    Climate change might be helping malaria mosquitoes to spread and live at higher altitudes

  4. Malaria 鈥� Learning more about the Enemy

    Will new knowledge of the organisms that cause and carry malaria revolutionise treatment?

  5. Making Science in Action headlines in 2007

    The three stories that made the most headlines in Science in Action this year

  6. Making Parts for a Quantum Computer

    What future quantum computers will need to work and what they might be able to do for us

  7. Making Oxygen on Mars

    How DNA extracted from teeth is being used to trace the thousands of people in Argentina who have disapeared.

  8. Making Cotton Seed Safe to Eat

    How to make food from cotton seed by gettting rid of the toxic chemical gossypol

  9. Making an Exhibition out of Chaos

    How chaos theory tells us about patterns in the behaviour of bigger systems

  10. Magnetic Cloud produces a bigger Northern Lights Show

    A huge magnetic cloud produces exceptional displays of the Northern Lights

  11. Looting of ancient Sites in Iraq

    Satellite images confirm extensive looting of archaeological sites in Iraq

  12. Looking into the Hearts of Stars in the Laboratory

    How plasma experiments create 'very hot, very exotic states of matter' in the laboratory

  13. Looking forward to sustainable Space Travel

    Sustainable space travel will have to be safe and much cheaper than today

  14. Looking for more Planets like Earth

    Corot space mission will search for Earth-like planets orbiting other suns

  15. Looking for an Aids vaccine in Africa

    Update on research into an Aids vaccine in Africa

  16. Looking back in Time 820 million Years

    A glimmer of light from the dark age of the universe observed from Hawaii

  17. Long-term Effects of Bhopal Chemical Disaster

    Report on incurable long-term health effects of the Bhopal chemical disaster 12 years ago

  18. Lone Stars shine between Galaxies

    Lone intergalactic stars are detected for the first time, by the Hubble space telescope

  19. Loggers cut a swathe across central Africa

    Satellite images show logging across central Africa is accelerating ever faster

  20. Locating the gene for Testicular Cancer

    The gene associated with testicular cancer has been located on the X chromosome

  21. Listeners' Questions put to the Experts

    Listeners' questions answered by experts

  22. Listeners' Questions Answered

    End-of-year special edition with studio guest experts answering listener's questions.

  23. Listeners' Questions Answered

    Studio guests answer listeners' scientific questions

  24. Listeners' Questions Answered

    Special programme dedicated to answering questions from listeners

  25. Listeners' Questions

    Listeners set the agenda with their science questions

  26. Link between Hormone and Vulnerability to HIV

    Do contraceptives containing progesterone increase the likelihood of HIV infection?

  27. Lifestyle and Age at Onset of Alzheimer's Disease

    Smoking and alcohol can affect when a person develops Alzheimer's disease

  28. Life Special

    The origins of life, its evolution on earth, and the search for extra-terrestrial life

  29. Lessons from the Spider's Web

    The biophysics of the spider's web and the secrets of it's stopping power

  30. Learning another Language early on is good for our Brains

    Learning a second language during childhood boosts the language part of the brain

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