Science In Action Episodes Episode guide
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Giant prehistoric Meteroite Impact in Australia
Did a meterorite that landed in Australia cause the Permian-Triassic extinction event?
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Getting up close to Hurricane Rita
Scientists prepare to fly into Hurricane Rita to help improve their forecasting systems
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Getting Tumours to Self-Destruct
Every cell has a self-destruct mechanism, now we have to work out how to operate it
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George W. Bush aims for the Moon – and Mars
US president announces Nasa plans for manned flights to the Moon and Mars
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Genetically Modified Mosquitoes could stop the Spread of Dengue
Spread of the dengue virus could be halted by genetically modifying its carrier mosquito
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Genetically Modified Food Debate reignites in UK
Genetically modified food debate is re-ignited in Britain
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Genetically modified Fish on the Menu?
Concerns surounding genetically modified fish
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Genetic Testing: Your Future in a Drop of Blood
Legal, medical and social implications of DNA profiling
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Genetic Test Supports Jewish Priestly Heritage
Y-chromosome marker supports the tradition of Jewish priests being descendants of Aaron
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Genetic Information extracted from Fossils
DNA recovered from fossil bison bones
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Genetic heritage helps against malaria but increases risk of HIV
Gene that helps protect against malaria increases vulnerability to HIV
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Genetic Engineering and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Advances in genetic engineering could create new weapons of mass destruction
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Gene-by-Gene Guide to a Nematode
What each gene does – the first functional analysis of an organism's genome
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Gene Therapy Research for Cystic Fibrosis
Delivering gene therapy for cystic fibrosis as a nasal spray
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Galileo's Pictures of Jupiter and its Moons
Are these the best ever pictures of Jupiter?
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Galileo probe reaches Jupiter after six years and reports home
Galileo continues to orbit while probe sends back data from the Jupiter's atmosphere
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Galapagos Fire threatens Darwin's Giant Tortoises
How do you rescue a quarter-tonne giant tortoise from a bush fire?
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Future of Higgs boson Particle Research in the Balance
CERN building schedule threatens Higgs Boson particle research
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Fungi that thrive on Radioactivity
Fungi that use pigment melanin to harvest energy and thrive in radioactive environments
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Fungal Pesticide targets Mosquitoes
A fungal pesticide targeting malaria-carrying mosquitoes is being tested
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Funding Cuts Result in unsafe UK Labs, claim Scientists
Save British Science group blames unsafe university labs on government funding cuts
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Functional Genomics – a new Science
New science of functional genomics is about discovering what genes are active when
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Found! The Tau Neutrino
Physicists at Fermilab in Chicago have discovered the missing fundamental particle
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Fossil Tree is complete from Leaves to Roots
Fossil of earliest tree discovered shows its structure from leaves to roots
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Fossil traces of the first Americans
Fossilised human faeces show humans living in north-west America 14,000 years ago
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Fossil Evidence of Cannibalism
Early hominids and our ancestors ate each other until relatively recently
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Fossil Detective work on the end of the Dinosaurs
Fossil detective work on the mass extinction that included the dinosaurs
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Forest Fires fuel Climate Change
Forest fires produce greenhouse gases linked to climate change
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Foot-and-mouth Disease is still Spreading
Foot-and-mouth disease is still spreading in Europe, despite the slaughter of farm animals
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Following Cancer Cells on the move
Using nanotechnology to detect cancer cells spreading through the body