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Science In Action Episodes

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    Cold Winter, Warm Climate

    A warming Arctic is causing extremely cold winters in North America and Western Europe

  2. Will Cape Town Run Out of Water?

    Cape Town is warning that taps will be turned off in July if rains don’t come soon

  3. Reversing Systemic Bias Against Women Scientists in the Media

    Addressing the bias against women quoted in popular science articles

  4. The Secrets of Hummingbird Flight Revealed

    Slow motion videos of hundreds of hummingbirds reveal their remarkable manoeuvrability

  5. The Birth of Space Science

    60 years ago, the pioneering US Explorer 1 satellite launched the age of space science

  6. The Earliest Modern Humans Outside Africa

    The earliest Early Modern Human (Homo sapiens) fossil found outside Africa

  7. African Swine Fever

    The viral African swine fever is spreading through Europe, threatening pork production

  8. Oil Spill in East China Sea

    The potential environmental disaster of the oil tanker accident in the East China Sea

  9. The Galaxy's Most Peculiar Flickering Star

    Oddly flickering Tabby’s star not caused by alien technology, but more likely to be dust

  10. The Best Science of 2017

    Roland looks back through some of the best science stories of 2017

  11. Early Warning for Landslides

    Plans to develop an early warning system for landslides in the Western Ghats in India

  12. California Forest Fires

    What are the conditions causing the catastrophic wildfires in Southern California?

  13. Nuclear Fallout in the Pacific

    Radioactivity lingers in the Marshall Islands 65 years after the US tested nuclear bombs

  14. Semi-synthetic Life

    Scientists add man-made molecules to DNA of bacteria, creating a semi-synthetic organism

  15. Interstellar Asteroid

    The first asteroid from outside the Solar System has been detected

  16. Predictable Patterns in Earthquake Activity

    A new hypothesis has linked earthquake occurrence to cycles in Earth’s rotation

  17. Science on Trial

    What is the danger to scientific discourse when scientists sue other scientists?

  18. Hidden Secrets of the Great Pyramid

    Particle physics has helped reveal a tantalising void in the Great Pyramid in Giza

  19. Catastrophic Decline in Flying Insects

    Research in Germany suggests flying insects have declined by 75% over the past 30 years

  20. Detecting a β€˜Bling Nova’

    Gravity waves, gamma rays and light detected from two neutron stars merging 130 mya

  21. Watching the Earth β€˜Breathe’

    NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) measures how carbon moves around the Earth

  22. Nobel Prizes for Science 2017

    The excitement, reaction and explanation of the 2017 Nobel Science Prizes

  23. Understanding the Natural World

    Special discussion at New Scientist Live 2017 on nature and the state of our planet

  24. Mexican Earthquake

    Why is Mexico so susceptible to Earthquakes?

  25. Hurricanes and Global Warming

    Does the number and intensity of this year’s hurricanes have any link to global warming?

  26. North Korean Nuclear Bombs

    What we know and don’t know about North Korea’s nuclear programme

  27. Forecasting Hurricane Harvey

    How good are we at predicting extreme weather events?

  28. Preventing Flood Damage in South Asia

    Floods in Asia have killed over 800 people. How can we prevent such casualties in future?

  29. The Algae that Changed the Earth

    Three billion years ago, life was suddenly transformed and plants and animals took over

  30. Risk of Lethal Heat Waves

    As Europe endures a heat wave, study predicts future heat-related deaths will increase.

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