Chemical weapons, 30,000 year old virus, Maternal health Ethiopia
Destroying Syria’s chemical weapons, A 30,000 year-old virus comes back to life, Community-based approaches to Ethiopian maternal health
Chemical weapons
Disposing of Syria’s chemical weapons is a difficult task, both politically and technically. The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), responsible for the decommissioning, has kitted out a special ship, the MV Cape Ray to hydrolyse "priority" toxic substances. Hamish de Bretton Gordon, a chemical weapons expert from SecureBio, explains why destroying chemical precursors on dry land is not an option and whether the job will be done on time.
Tracking turtles
Satellite tags have finally given researchers insight into the "lost years" of loggerhead turtles. After many failed attempts, researchers have worked out how to attach the tiny tags to the months-old animals during the uncertain period when they leave US coastal waters and head out into the Atlantic Ocean.
The data suggests the loggerheads can spend some time living in amongst floating mats of Sargassum seaweed, in the Sargasso Sea
Composing in Colour
The composer, Neil Harbisson, has a rare medical condition which has left him unable to distinguish colour. Instead his world is black and white. But technology has come to his aid. Through a device called an eyeborg, surgically attached to his skull, he is able to translate colours into sound. Neil Harbisson hears colours, and recently, collaborating on the Vodafone First project, he put on a first ever colour-composed concert in Barcelona. Harbisson joins Click to describe his unique talent.
(Photo: A special ship, the MV Cape Ray. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP/ Getty Images)
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Chemical weapons
The difficult challenge ahead of disposing of Syria’s chemical weapons
Duration: 05:39
30,000 year-old virus
An ancient virus comes back to life
Duration: 07:02
Ethiopian maternal health
Community-based approaches to reduce maternal and newborn mortality
Duration: 05:57
Reducing sugar intake
People are now being advised to halve the amount of sugar in their diet
Duration: 03:35
Animal navigation
How animals find their way home
Duration: 08:45
Tracking turtles
Satellite tags have given researchers insight into the "lost years" of loggerhead turtles
Duration: 05:51
TBC: Bering Land Bridge Refuge
Early American settlers may have used the Bering land bridge as a stopover
Duration: 04:16
Composing in Colour
The musician, Neil Harbisson, describes his use of a special device to compose in colour
Duration: 07:19
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- Sun 9 Mar 2014 14:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service Online
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