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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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After the Volcano

Tracey Logan asks if scientists are ready for the next Icelandic volcanic eruption.

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Nanoparticles

Richard Hollingham asks if legislation to control nanoparticles is adequate.

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Artificial Meat

Would you eat artificial meat, grown in the lab? Geoff Watts investigates.

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The end of Moore's Law?

Is it the end of the road for the computer revolution? Roland Pease investigates.

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Epigenetics

Do our children inherit the impact of our life experiences as well as our genes?

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Climate Change 30 Years On

Peter Evans asks why it has taken so long for climate change to be generally recognised.

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Brain Scanning

Peter Evans investigates recent advances in brain scanning technology.

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Superconductors

Peter Evans asks if high-temperature superconductors are delivering what was expected.

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Carl Linnaeus

Peter Evans pays tribute to Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, born 300 years ago.

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Ageing

Peter Evans on how the study of the ageing process has opened up a new field of medicine.

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