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Leading Edge brings you the latest news from the world of science. Geoff Watts celebrates discoveries as soon as they're being talked about - on the internet, in coffee rooms and bars; often before they're published in journals. And he gets to grips with not just the science, but with the controversies and conversation that surround it.
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"If what interests you are new and exciting ideas, it's science you should be turning to. And whether it's the Human Genome Project or the origins of the Universe, Leading Edge is the place to hear about them."
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| The study of snowflakes could help scientists make local alterations in the weather. |
Grow your own climate
Could analysing the particles inside raindrops and snowflakes allow us to alter the weather?
Cindy Morris of the French Institute of Agronomy believes it just might.
Hair today, jail tomorrow
Geoff speaks to researchers at the University of Utah who’ve found that the chemical make up of your hair can show where you’ve been.
Their work could have important implications in the field of forensics.
Space junk
Will space travel ever be safe?
Marcus Chown ponders the real and increasing threat of space junk.
The Mary Rose
Raised from the seabed nearly thirty years ago, Henry VIII's favourite ship is a remarkable record of Tudor naval life.
But preserving its artefacts needs the latest science, as Roland Pease reports.
Microscopic engineering
Geoff visits scientists at Harvard University who’ve been working at the molecular and cellular level to develop “biohybrids”.
Among other things, these combinations of living and non-living tissue could be used to patch a hole in the heart or test new medicines.
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