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Drugs and the Brain
The effect of drugs and prescription medicines on the brain
Congestion
The growth of congestion and the deteriorating environment and air pollution it causes
The European Space Agency
Robotic telecommunications satellites, and weather and space observation
Candle in a Bell Jar Experiment - Busted
The editor of The New Scientist challenges received scientific wisdom
Ethics in Biomedical Engineering
Who should have access to complex equipment such as life support machines?
Salt Consumption
An examination of the link between excessive salt consumption and high blood pressure
Sustainable Future
Simon Levin Professor of Ecology at Princeton describes his vision of a sustainable future
Economics and Science
The economics of science and the value of pursuit of knowledge
Public Misconceptions of Science
A discussion of the public mistrust of new areas of science such as genetic engineering
Nuclear Fusion
How does nuclear fusion use inertial and magnetic confinement for energy?
Galileo and the Worlds of Science and Religion
The legacy of duality created by Galileo in the spheres of science and religion
Definition of Health
Has the definition of health changed over time?
Sex Differences
The biological and evolutionary reasons for differences between the sexes in the workplace
Women in Scientific Research
Working in scientific research in Russia
Unweaving the Rainbow
Richard Dawkins discusses his book Unweaving The Rainbow
Scientific Metaphors
Scientists should be cautious about using metaphors to describe scientific concepts
The Limits of Science
Science cannot provide the answers to everything
Biomedical Engineering
Predicting advances in bio-engineering and micro surgery - by 2018 - are we there yet?
Clean Energy Adoption
How developing countries are adopting clean technologies
Pollution
Pollution controls - and the lack of enforcement that surrounds laws
Human Physiological Variations
Temperature, hormone levels and blood pressure all vary over the course of a day
Millennium Bug
The plausibility of failures on non-Millennium-compliant systems
Climate Change
Climate change has occurred because of the increases in the emission of greenhouse gases
What Fascinates us about Science?
What do you love about science?
Genetics and Patenting
Discussion on the patenting of human genes
Powers of Science
What are the benefits and limits of science?
Legumes
There are 900 genera in the legume family and not all of them can fix nitrogen in the soil
Global Warming
What effect will global warming have on the world?
Nuclear Energy
Discussion on the range of opinions within different sectors of the nuclear industry
Genetics
"Everyone came in and looked at the model and said how pretty it was"
Shipping Traffic
Preventing shipping accidents in the Bosporus straits