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Biggest Gamma-Ray Explosion ever seen in Space

Was the brightest explosion ever seen the birth of a black hole?

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Breast Cancer Drug can save more Lives

Studies show Tamoxifen can benifit breast cancer patients of all ages

• 28 mins

Mountaineers and the Ace Oxygen Gene

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

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Is this First Image of a Planet outside our Solar System?

Does Hubble's picture really show a runaway planet outside our solar system?

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Natural History Rocks in the New Earth Galleries

New geology galleries tell Earth's fossil history at Natural History Museum, London

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Of Mice and Men – Cloning Mice and Human Organs

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

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Why does it rain more at Weekends?

Lower pollution levels at weekends is linked to increased rainfall at the end of the week

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What happened as the Titanic sank?

Scientists set sail to piece together the final moments of The Titanic

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Portraits bring Visitors face to face with great Scientists

Have you ever wondered what great scientists of the past looked like? Follow this trail …

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The Secrets of Facial Attraction

What do we find attractive in the faces of the opposite sex?

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Latest Arguments in the GM Crop Debate

New arguments in the debate around genetically modified crops

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The Maths of Forest Fires

New mathmatical model for predicting forest fires

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Did the Ingredients of Life come from the Deep?

Deep-sea hydrothermal vents could hold the chemical key to the origin of life

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A New Star Bursts into our Skies

A massive burst of radiation in space has revealed the existence of a magnetar

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What ancient Astronomers tell us

Cross-checking our facts with clay tablets written by Babylonian astronomers

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Will a new DNA Vaccine combat Malaria?

A 'DNA vaccine' made from the DNA of the malaria parasite itself is being tested

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Monkeys can count, naturally

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

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The Risks of Maternal Malaria

Research into maternal malaria that affects only pregnant women

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The Science and Ethics of Stem Cell Culture

Culturing embryonic stem cells is a medical breakthrough and an ethical minefield

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Anatomy of a Meteorite Crater

An expedition to the Wabar meteroite craters in the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia

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International Space Station lifts off

Successful launch of the International Space Station's first module, now in orbit

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Search for an HIV vaccine gets a Boost

New HIV vaccine research programme announced for Africa

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How is the Cloning of Human Cells Regulated?

The ethical debate continues as new regulations about human cloning take effect in the UK

• 28 mins

What's the Speed of the Universe got to do with Everything?

Galaxies are flying apart faster than we thought but why on Earth is this important to us?

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In Answer to Your Questions

Listeners' questions answered by the Science in Action experts

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What Men really Want –Ìýand Why

Is the popular idea of men's taste in women an evolutionary response or a cultural one?

• 24 mins

Genetic Engineering and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Advances in genetic engineering could create new weapons of mass destruction

• 23 mins

Can we Predict Earthquakes?

How easy is it to predict earthquakes? Somewhere between "difficult" and "impossible"

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Space Mirrors that could Light up the Earth

A 25-metre giant space mirror to reflect light from the Sun back to Earth

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How many Fathers does a Child need?

The more fathers you have, the better your chances of survival, report anthropologists

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