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Science In Action Episodes

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    Hayabusa 2’s Rovers Land on Asteroid

    Two rovers on the Japanese space mission Hayabusa 2 land safely on the asteroid Ryugu

  2. Dickinsonia – The Earliest Known Animal

    558-million-year-old fat reveals that Dickinsonia was the earliest known animal

  3. The Path of Hurricane Florence

    Why Hurricane Florence is headed for the US Eastern seaboard and the impacts of landfall

  4. The True Cost of the Brazil Museum Fire

    The cost to science of the fire which destroyed Brazil’s National Museum

  5. Devastating Floods in Kerala

    The monsoon dropped a month’s rain in just two days, causing extreme flooding in SW India

  6. Fungal Threat to World’s Favourite Banana

    The Cavendish banana is globally threatened by a fungal disease. Can genetics save it?

  7. Weed-killer – β€˜Roundup’, Science and the Law

    US jury rules on herbicide, Roundup’s link to cancer, does the science agree?

  8. Nasa's Solar Probe Launch

    Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe hopes to β€˜touch the Sun’ in 2025

  9. Drought and the Mayans

    Measuring the extent of the drought that contributed to collapse of Classic Maya Society

  10. Water on Mars

    Scientists have used radar technology to discover water beneath the surface of Mars

  11. Heatwaves and Droughts

    How the current Northern hemisphere heatwaves and droughts link to global warming

  12. New Neutrino Source Found

    Flaring blazar is a new astrophysical source of nature’s ghost particles

  13. Bringing Back the Northern White Rhino

    Scientists create hybrid embryos of extremely rare northern white rhino

  14. Japanese Space Mission Hayabusa 2 Reaches Asteroid

    Japanese space mission Hayabusa 2 successfully reaches boulder strewn asteroid - Ryugu

  15. Hazard Mapping the Guatemalan Volcano

    Understanding the risks and hazards of volcanic eruptions

  16. Antarctic Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise

    The rate of sea level rise from melting ice sheets in Antarctica has trebled

  17. Selling Dinosaurs to Private Collectors

    Does the science of palaeontology suffer when dinosaur fossils are sold privately?

  18. The Dunes of Pluto

    There are dunes on Pluto, but they are grains of frozen methane, not sand

  19. New Pill To Monitor Your Gut

    A new device has been developed to detect processes inside your gut in real-time

  20. Human Activity Threatens Conservation

    Human activity threatens conservation through roads, urbanisation and grazing

  21. Origin of Deadly Amphibian Fungus Found

    Traced to the Korean peninsula and spread by trade, over 700 species have been infected

  22. The β€˜Greatest Glasshouse’ in the World

    Re-opening of Kew glasshouse provides a home for thousands of endangered plants.

  23. Geothermal Activity and Earthquakes

    Could a geothermal project have caused an earthquake in South Korea?

  24. Smelly Socks in Malaria Fight

    Kenyan childrens’ socks give clues to mosquito biting

  25. New Planet Hunting Mission

    NASA's new planet hunting mission is about to launch

  26. Tracing the Novichok Trail

    How scientists are tracing the novichok trail in the UK using β€œhotzone” forensics

  27. The Rise of Novichok Agents

    A history of chemical weapons and the rise of novichok agents

  28. Can Science Save the Northern White Rhino?

    IVF and stem cell treatments could help save the northern white rhino. Only two remain.

  29. Physicist Stephen Hawking (1942 - 2018)

    Celebrating Cosmologist Stephen Hawking’s work

  30. Russia’s New Nuclear Age

    How credible is Putin’s claim that Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile?

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