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Science In Action Episodes

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    Gene Editing Human Embryos

    Using gene editing to 鈥榝ix鈥� gene implicated in heritable heart disease.

  2. The Biggest Explosions in the Universe

    The biggest explosions in the Universe captured in unprecedented detail

  3. Plastic Planet

    Quantifying all our plastic waste reveals a large, and growing, environmental problem.

  4. Caterpillar Cannibals

    Tomato plants can make caterpillars resort to cannibalism

  5. Restricting Traffic in Jakarta

    Measuring traffic in Jakarta, shows the high occupancy vehicle policy actually worked.

  6. Neonicotinoids Harm Bees

    Prolonged exposure to neonicotinoid pesticides harms wild bees and honeybees

  7. Why Bird Eggs are not all 鈥楨gg-shaped鈥�

    Surprising evolutionary pressures on the shape of bird eggs

  8. The Quantum Space Age Takes Off

    A Chinese satellite mission brings us one step closer to unbreakable encryption

  9. Oldest Homo Sapiens Found

    A discovery of the oldest Homo sapiens remains shakes up ideas of human evolution

  10. More Gravitational Waves Detected

    Gravitational waves detected from two massive black holes colliding 3 billion years ago

  11. Giant Hurricanes at Jupiter鈥檚 Poles

    Unprecedented insights into Jupiter鈥檚 atmosphere are provided by NASA鈥檚 Juno spacecraft.

  12. African Astronomers Recycle Old Telecoms Dishes

    Ghana鈥檚 first radio telescope, built from an old telecommunication dish, is up and running

  13. A Strangely-Formed Exoplanet

    Atmospheric elements in a distant exoplanet hints at an unusual planet formation

  14. Counting Birds from Space

    For the first time, individual albatrosses can be monitored from satellites

  15. The Earliest North Americans

    Can a few broken bones and some rocks be evidence of North Americans 130,000 years ago?

  16. How to Survive Without Air

    The naked mole-rat shows off its breath taking super-powers

  17. Enceladus: Could this moon harbour life?

    The Cassini spacecraft finds hydrogen on Saturn鈥檚 most famous moon

  18. When Britain First Ripped Away from Europe

    Underwater geology reveals how 450,000 years ago Britain tore away from Europe

  19. Martian Atmosphere Blew Away

    Direct measurement of the Martian atmosphere shows it was lost in space due to solar wind

  20. Most Complicated Earthquake Ever Observed

    Satellite data reveals the complexity of New Zealand鈥檚 November 2016 earthquake

  21. Volcanic Hydrogen Redefines the Habitable Zone

    Hydrogen from volcanoes may mean previously dismissed exoplanets are habitable

  22. Unravelling the Mysteries of the Lut Desert

    The Lut Desert in Iran is the hottest place on Earth, yet there is water and life there

  23. Evidence of the Earliest Life on Earth

    Microfossils that are 3.77 to 4.28 billion years old have been found in rocks in Canada

  24. 7 Exoplanetary System Found

    A system of 7 Earth-sized planets orbiting a nearby star have been discovered.

  25. Reduction in Arctic Ice

    The sea ice in the Arctic should be increasing right now, but it's not - we ask why?

  26. Clueless about Martian Atmosphere

    NASA鈥檚 Curiosity Rover still can鈥檛 unravel the mystery of water on early Mars

  27. How Bird鈥檚 Beaks Evolved

    Birds display an incredible diversity of beak shapes and sizes, but how did they evolve?

  28. Making Metallic Hydrogen

    It鈥檚 taken 80 years, but metallic hydrogen has finally been made in the lab

  29. Ice Crack Will Shut Down Antarctic Base

    Ice-sheet crack in Antarctica might threaten the safety of the Halley VI Ice Station

  30. Huge Area of Peatland Found in Congo

    A massive, environmentally important peatland has been discovered in northern Congo

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