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Music and the Mind
Using music as guide to threading our way through our own minds
Flying with Pterodactyls
A report on the discovery of some well-preserved Pterodactyl skeletons
Volcanic crisis in Montserrat
Volcanic crisis in Montserrat in the Caribbean
The planet Neptune
It's been 150 years since the discovery of the gas giant planet Neptune
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
How depression could be treated through transcranial magnetic stimulation
Human Genome Project
A progress report on the human genome project which hopes to map the DNA of man
Extinction, creation and biodiversity
Extinction and the anniversary of the Smithsonian Institute
What chemicals came first?
The birth of the Earth and how the chemicals necessary for life on earth were made
Comets - the bringers of life
Comets, why they could help scientists explain the origins of the solar system
Could mosquitos transmit the malaria vaccine?
A progress report on the latest antimalarial and transmission-blocked vaccines
Jupiter's moons
The scientific success of the previously troubled mission to Jupiter
Waging war on drug resistant bacteria
The war against drug resistant bacteria
Treating cancer
Should medical science be changing its approach to treating cancer?
Our first words
How humans learn their first words
The discovery of Hydrogen-3+
A report on the discovery of Hydrogen-3+
The micro metropolis
The microbial metropolis, why bugs love living with each other
Music enters the science age
The development of musical instruments using science
Anti-Sense - shooting the messenger
A look at anti-sense medicine, which cancels out the effect of harmful genes
Aggressive symbiosis
A look at why viruses that do animals no harm are so dangerous to humans
Genetic screening
How genetic screening can help predict our future and the moral choices it may throw up
The struggle to control parasites
Why the drugs used to treat parasites may not be so effective in the future
The coffee trade
Report on coffee, its trade, health implications and history
The first cloned sheep
Scientists have cloned a lamb using a single cell from a sheep udder
Viruses with an overcoat
The genetic manipulation of plants and how viruses with 'overcoats' can produce proteins
Considering memory
A consideration of memory
Down Under - the geology of Australia
The ancient landscape of Australia
Rats - a special report
A special report on rats
Was there life on Mars?
Was there ever life on Mars?
The DNA family tree
How DNA analysis is showing just how closely related we are to apes
Malaria - a disaster waiting to happen
Why malaria continues to be a disaster, a century after it was discovered
The direction of the Universe
New theories on the direction of the Universe