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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The Gamma Ray Skies

What causes the cosmic explosions of gamma rays observed by scientists?

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Human microbes

In a new series, Geoff Watts investigates the bacteria flourishing on our bodies.

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08/06/2011

Sue Broom meets the scientists using GM technology to control animal disease.

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15/06/2011

Roland Pease reports from Japan on the lessons learnt from the recent tsunami.

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22/06/2011

What's wrong with earthquake science? Roland Pease investigates.

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29/06/2011

How a meteorite that landed on Earth 100 years ago is helping astronomers explore Mars.

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Ageing and Telomeres

Is there a test for how long you will live? Controversies in cutting edge ageing research.

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02/11/2011

Did CERN scientists really break the universal speed limit? Roland Pease investigates.

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09/11/2011

Exploring Antarctica's subglacial lakes for new lifeforms and future sea level rise clues.

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16/11/2011

Vivienne Parry explores the crucial role the hormone leptin plays in the body.

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