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Mission to Mars

Next year, Russian cosmonauts will simulate a mission to Mars. Richard Hollingham reports.

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Energy Harvesting

Gareth Mitchell meets the scientists trying to harvest energy from unlikely sources.

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Antarctica

Gabrielle Walker joins scientists to look at the effects of climate change.

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Coral Reefs

Andrew Luck-Baker visits the Pacific islands of Palau to witness a mass spawning.

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Medicines for Children

Graham Easton reveals why medicines for children lag behind adults.

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Amphibian Collapse?

One third of amphibians globally are threatened with extinction. Sue Broom investigates.

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Nanofoods

Sue Broom talks to the food industry who are manipulating foods at the nano scale.

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The First Forests

How the first forests transformed the planet 380 million years ago.

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Lunar Transient Phenomena

Andrew Luck-Baker explores the mystery of patches of bright light over areas on the Moon.

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X-Rays for Peace

Adam Hart-Davis visits the SESAME X-ray project in Jordan.

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Desalination

Gareth Mitchell asks whether or not desalination is the answer to global water shortages.

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Algae

Richard Hollingham investigates the scientific and environmental uses of algae.

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Alcohol

Sue Nelson goes behind the headlines to find out how alcohol affects our health.

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Bioprecipitation

Richard Hollingham investigates if bacteria in the atmosphere can influence the weather.

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Origins of Childhood

Andrew Luck-Baker asks why humans, unlike other primates, have such a long childhood.

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Stem Cells

Sue Broom catches up on progress in stem cell research.

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Synthetic Biology

Richard Hollingham investigates the questions raised by synthetic biology.

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The Placenta

Sue Broom visits the UK's first specialist placenta clinic in Manchester.

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Dark Matter

Sue Nelson joins scientists down a mine on their search for the elusive dark matter.

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Population Growth and Global Warming

Geoff Watts explores the relationship between global warming and a changing population.

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GM Crops

Is now the time right for Europe to allow widespread cultivation of GM crops?

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DNA Analysis of Asylum Seekers

Gerry Northam explores proposals to check asylum seekers' credentials using DNA analysis.

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Earthquakes in Southeast Asia

Roland Pease reports on the continuing threat of earthquakes in southeast Asia.

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Acts of Creation

What will it mean to us once scientists are eventually able to recreate life from scratch?

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Carbon Detectives

Richard Hollingham meets the scientists trying to track our carbon emissions.

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Future Vaccines

Geoff Watts looks past failures and future hopes for vaccine development.

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Hydrogen for Transport

Gareth Mitchell asks what happened to hydrogen cars.

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Muscle Wastage

Vivienne Parry reports on new research into tackling muscle wastage.

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Graphene - the new wonder material

Roland Pease reports on a new form of carbon that looks set to transform technology.

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Cancer Treatment

Is a new personalised drug for skin cancer set to revolutionise cancer medicine?

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