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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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The Cutty Sark, before the blaze that destroyed much of her in May 2007.
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Nobel Prizes for Science 2008
The Nobel prizes for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry were all announced this week.
Geoff reviews the winners and asks whether there were any losers.
Conservation of jargon?
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress is taking place this week in Barcelona.ÌýOver 8000 delegates are attending.
Â鶹ԼÅÄ environment correspondent Richard Black argues that their important message would be clearer if they used less jargon.
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Quantum cryptography
Perfect secrecy has come a step closer with the launch of the world’s first computer network protected by unbreakable quantum encryption.ÌýÌý
The network was demonstrated at a scientific conference in Vienna and connects six locations acrossÌýthe cityÌýand in the nearby town of St Po"lten. Roland Pease was there.
Conserving the Cutty Sark
In May 2007 a fire broke out in the Cutty Sark leading to fears that she could not be saved.
Now nearly 18 months later Geoff goes to see how the conservation of the ship is progressing.
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