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Risky Business
Peter Evans examines current theories about risk-taking.
Acid Oceans
Peter Evans investigates the effect greenhouse gases are having on our oceans.
Human Evolution
Peter Evans explores new findings which have implications for evolutionary theory.
A Theory of Everything
Frontiers this week looks at the latest candidates for a 'Theory of Everything'.
The Nature of Frontiers
Peter Evans explores the nature of a frontier, with the frontier makers themselves.
Cilia
Peter Evans looks at the microscopic attachments that have suddenly taken centre stage.
Artificial Life
Peter Evans investigates a new, yet controversial field of synthetic biology.
SETI
Frontiers looks to the heavens this week, and asks: are we alone?
Carbon in Forests
Peter Evans looks at the latest research about the greenhouse effect.
Human Cooperation
Peter Evans eavesdrops on an experiment involving students and a pot of money.
The New Antibiotics
Peter Evans hears from scientists looking for new ways to defeat the super-bugs.
Time Perception
Could we be losing touch with time as it should be perceived?
The Solar System
Peter Evans looks at the extraordinary new space missions.
Anthropogenic Climate Change
Peter Evans discusses climate change with climatologist Professor Bill Ruddiman.
Stem Cells
Peter Evans investigates the current state of stem cell research.
Clean Coal
Peter Evans asks whether coal can ever be a clean fuel.
Vegetative State
Peter Evans discusses new research into vegetative state.
Mars Rovers
Peter Evans looks at the extraordinary success of NASA's Mars Rovers.
Dinosaurs
Peter Evans meets dinosaur hunters discovering new species of the creatures every week.
Invisibility Cloaks
No longer stuck in the realm of fantasy, the invisibility cloak is to become a reality.
Amusia
Peter Evans meets people with amusia and finds out what's happening in their brains.
Geo-engineering
Peter Evans meets the scientists devising schemes to rebalance the Earth's climate.
Neanderthal DNA
Andrew Luck-Baker describes scientists' efforts to sequence Neanderthal DNA.
Digital Medicine
Philip Ball takes a look at a new wave of medical inventions.
Hubble Space Telescope
Andrew Luck-Baker meets the astronauts preparing to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Green Ships
Gareth Mitchell examines attempts to introduce green technology to the shipping industry.
Scientific Evidence
Serious criminal cases seem to increasingly hinge on scientific evidence.
Disgust
Claudia Hammond investigates new research connecting moral revulsion with physiology.
Mission to Mars
Next year, Russian cosmonauts will simulate a mission to Mars. Richard Hollingham reports.
Energy Harvesting
Gareth Mitchell meets the scientists trying to harvest energy from unlikely sources.
Antarctica
Gabrielle Walker joins scientists to look at the effects of climate change.