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Science In Action Episodes

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    Nobel Prize 2022: The science behind the winners

    We meet the winners behind this week’s Nobel Prize announcements

  2. The final moments of DART

    Reflections on NASA’s latest mission as it hits an asteroid 11 million km from earth

  3. Should we mine the deep sea?

    A new license for deep sea mining could change the way we harvest rare earth minerals.

  4. Science and the causes behind Pakistan’s floods

    A new report demonstrates the impact of global warming on flooding in Pakistan.

  5. The genetics of human intelligence

    A single gene mutation may have propelled a major leap in human brain development

  6. The China heatwave and the new normal

    The record-breaking heatwave in China and its connection to extreme weather elsewhere

  7. Surprises from a Martian Lake Bed

    The latest analysis of Nasa’s perseverance discoveries confounds scientists’ expectations

  8. Deadly drought

    The gloomy predictions for East Africa’s long running drought

  9. Icelandic volcano erupts again

    Science in the heat of Iceland's new volcanic eruption.

  10. Synthetic mouse embryos with brains and hearts

    Researchers make synthetic mouse embryos with brains and beating hearts from stem cells

  11. The first galaxies at the universe's dawn

    James Webb Space Telescope expands our view of the universe ever deeper back in time

  12. Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere

    Heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere - how and why more frequent and more extreme?

  13. First images from the James Webb Space Telescope

    A sensational new view of the universe from the James Webb Space Telescope.

  14. Long Covid β€˜brain fog’

    New insights into the cause of Long Covid β€˜brain fog’

  15. Extreme heat death risk in Latin America

    New study reveals risk of death as temperatures rise in Latin American cities

  16. Monster microbe

    Gigantic bacterium discovered in the Caribbean. It’s the size and shape of an eyelash.

  17. Thirty years after the Earth Summit

    Thirty years on, we ask what has the Earth Summit in Rio achieved?

  18. Body scan reveals HIV's hideouts

    A medical scan which reveals where HIV and other viruses hide in the body.

  19. Should we worry about the latest Omicron subvariants?

    Two recent subtypes of the Omicron virus are much better at evading our immune defences.

  20. Heat death by volcano and other stories

    New insights into Tonga’s cataclysmic volcanic eruption revealed

  21. Death in the rainforest

    Climate change may have doubled the death rate of rainforest trees over the last 50 years

  22. Portrait of the monster black hole at our galaxy’s heart

    Astronomers image the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way galaxy

  23. Mekong Delta will sink beneath the sea by 2100

    Vietnam’s vast Mekong Delta is set to sink beneath the sea by the end of the century

  24. The Indian subcontinent’s record-breaking heatwave

    The Indian subcontinent is roasting in a prolonged heatwave. Is climate change to blame?

  25. Climate techno-fix would worsen global malaria burden

    Solar geoengineering to curb climate change could worsen global malaria burden.

  26. How β€˜magic mushroom’ chemical treats depression

    Brain scanning study reveals how psilocybin can help people with severe depression

  27. Tsunami detective in Tonga

    What really happened in the cataclysmic eruption of the volcano Hunga Tonga in January?

  28. Radioactive Red Forest

    Are Russian troops in forests around Chernobyl receiving a dangerous dose of radiation?

  29. Warming world

    Extreme temperatures recorded in Antarctica and the Arctic.

  30. Covid in the sewers

    Could novel forms of the virus be lurking in wastewater?

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