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Depression
Depression and attempts to identify the causes of it
Recreating the Earth's magnetic field
How two geophysicists have recreated the Earth's core using a supercomputer
The Galaxy's New Black Hole
The discovery of a new black hole, a collapsed star which can swallow light
The abalone and family planning
How the abalone's evolution might help with the development of contraception
The link between red hair and skin cancer
The reason why red-haired people are prone to skin cancer
100 Years of X-Rays
Special edition commemorating 100 years of X-rays, discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen
Hope for an Aids vaccine
Report on a promising new clue towards a vaccine and even a treatment for Aids
Scientists at MIT
Reporting from Cambridge, Massachusetts and talking to scientists who work there
Space and the search for infrared
The launch of a European rocket from French Guiana
Meteorites and the origin of life
Could meteorites explain the origin of life?
Sprites in the sky
A report on the electrical phenomena known as sprites that appear during thunderstorms
Sir John Maddox
A report on the influence of Sir John Maddox, editor of the scientific journal Nature
This year's most essential science books
Experts help compile a list of science reading from texts published throughout 1995
Science and a look ahead
What the year ahead might bring in science
Hope for an HIV vaccine
Why a live virus is probably our best hope for a vaccine against Aids
Finding the sleep switch
Sleep and the mysteries of the master switching centre of the brain
A view into the past
A journey back in time with the Hubble space telescope
Life on Mars
Life on Mars, in this case the form of bacteria buried beneath the surface of the planet
AAAS 1996
A report from the AAAS 1996 where scientific breakthroughs are being discussed
Breaking the unbreakable
Research shows quarks may be composed of even smaller particles
Cancer and cachexia
Scientists believe they have found the cause of wasting in cancer and Aids patients
Cosmic fireworks
NASA scientists have observed a series of gamma ray bursts
Out of Africa
The out-of-Africa theory, evidence that all non-Africans had a common ancestor
Gene therapy - hope to hype
Has progress on the development of gene therapy stalled?
Building Stonehenge
A report on how Stonehenge may have been built earlier than had been at first thought
Prion Proteins
German scientists have discovered how abnormal prion proteins could lead to brain damage
Domestic duties in Space
Training astronauts in domestic duties aboard a space shuttle
Traditional and non-traditional materials
From traditional bamboo to commercial material, and the latest metal that is untouchable
Life in a box versus life in space
Can life be made to survive in a box, the programme looks at the Ecotron project
Chernobyl - ten years on
A report on the effects of radiation on people's DNA, 10 years after Chernobyl
Ultrasound scanning
The insights afforded by the use of ultrasound scans on an unborn foetus