麻豆约拍

What chemicals came first?

The birth of the Earth and how the chemicals necessary for life on earth were made

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Comets - the bringers of life

Comets, why they could help scientists explain the origins of the solar system

• 27 mins

Could mosquitos transmit the malaria vaccine?

A progress report on the latest antimalarial and transmission-blocked vaccines

• 28 mins

Jupiter's moons

The scientific success of the previously troubled mission to Jupiter

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Waging war on drug resistant bacteria

The war against drug resistant bacteria

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Treating cancer

Should medical science be changing its approach to treating cancer?

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Our first words

How humans learn their first words

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The discovery of Hydrogen-3+

A report on the discovery of Hydrogen-3+

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The micro metropolis

The microbial metropolis, why bugs love living with each other

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Music enters the science age

The development of musical instruments using science

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Anti-Sense - shooting the messenger

A look at anti-sense medicine, which cancels out the effect of harmful genes

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Aggressive symbiosis

A look at why viruses that do animals no harm are so dangerous to humans

• 26 mins

Genetic screening

How genetic screening can help predict our future and the moral choices it may throw up

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The struggle to control parasites

Why the drugs used to treat parasites may not be so effective in the future

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The coffee trade

Report on coffee, its trade, health implications and history

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The first cloned sheep

Scientists have cloned a lamb using a single cell from a sheep udder

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Viruses with an overcoat

The genetic manipulation of plants and how viruses with 'overcoats' can produce proteins

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Considering memory

A consideration of memory

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Down Under - the geology of Australia

The ancient landscape of Australia

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Rats - a special report

A special report on rats

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Was there life on Mars?

Was there ever life on Mars?

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The DNA family tree

How DNA analysis is showing just how closely related we are to apes

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Malaria - a disaster waiting to happen

Why malaria continues to be a disaster, a century after it was discovered

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The direction of the Universe

New theories on the direction of the Universe

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The electron's 100th anniversary

Celebrating the 100th anniversary of John Joseph Thompson's announcement

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Gamma Rays

Gamma ray bursts, what they are and what they can tell us

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Mitochondria and bacteria

How mitochondria have developed over millions of years with the help of bacteria

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World Ocean's day

A report on the sea to mark World Ocean's day

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From a dwarf to a giant

The Japanese astronomer who saw a dwarf sun turn into a giant, the first person to do so

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Plant extinction by 2050?

Scientists predict a quarter of all plants will be extinct by the year 2050

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