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Discovery

American Association for the Advancement of ScienceAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science

Released On: 20 Feb 1995

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New treatments for Aids, and Russian chemist Dr Vil Mirzayanov

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Discovery
American Association for the Advancement of Science
New treatments for Aids, and Russian chemist Dr Vil Mirzayanov
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New Aids Treatment
A radical new Aids treatment: Natural gas hydrates reserves
27 mins
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Saving the Mary Rose
The salvage of King Henry VIII's ship, the Mary Rose, which sank in 1545
27 mins
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Underwater Laboratory
A proposal to build a laboratory on the seamounts of the Azores
27 mins
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The top quarks
Understanding the 54 top quarks, the fundamental building blocks of life
27 mins
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The great extinction debate
Are we overthinking the extinction of the dinosaurs?
27 mins
Discovery
Symmetry
Why symmetry in art and science is so appealing to us
28 mins
Discovery
The melting of Antartica
How the melting ice sheets of Antartica may not be down to global warming
28 mins
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The origins of language
How monkeys are helping us understand how humans evolved to talk
29 mins
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Polio vaccine
How a polio vaccine with an unlimited shelf life could help eradicate the disease for good
28 mins
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Complex molecular systems - and a new metal
A new metal which could be cast itself into shape
28 mins
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The laser scanning opthalmoscope
Scientists unveil a retina laser scanning opthalmoscope
28 mins
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The ancestors of vertebrates
Research which suggests conodonts are the early meat-eating ancestors of vertebrate
28 mins
Discovery
Childhood leukemia and radiation
A look at the causes of childhood leukaemia
28 mins
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Nitric oxide - the new wonder drug
How nitric oxide, once considered poisonous, could be a future wonder drug
28 mins
Discovery
Human history - it's all in the genes
Can human history be hidden in the genes?
28 mins
Discovery
Repairing the brain
Report on a new centre for brain repair, which has just opened at Cambridge University
28 mins
Discovery
Artificial body parts - the six million dollar human
Could bionic limbs emerge from science fiction to science fact?
28 mins
Discovery
Stem cells and the brain
How medical researchers are aiming to create a brain cell bank
28 mins
Discovery
Ants in the city
The rules that run colonies of ants and what they can teach us about cities
28 mins
Discovery
The wonder of extremophiles
The wonder of extremophiles, micro organisms which live in extreme conditions
28 mins
Discovery
Depression
Depression and attempts to identify the causes of it
27 mins
Discovery
Recreating the Earth's magnetic field
How two geophysicists have recreated the Earth's core using a supercomputer
27 mins
Discovery
The Galaxy's New Black Hole
The discovery of a new black hole, a collapsed star which can swallow light
27 mins
Discovery
The abalone and family planning
How the abalone's evolution might help with the development of contraception
28 mins
Discovery
The link between red hair and skin cancer
The reason why red-haired people are prone to skin cancer
27 mins
Discovery
100 Years of X-Rays
Special edition commemorating 100 years of X-rays, discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen
27 mins
Discovery
Hope for an Aids vaccine
Report on a promising new clue towards a vaccine and even a treatment for Aids
27 mins
Discovery
Scientists at MIT
Reporting from Cambridge, Massachusetts and talking to scientists who work there
27 mins
Discovery
Space and the search for infrared
The launch of a European rocket from French Guiana
27 mins
Discovery
Meteorites and the origin of life
Could meteorites explain the origin of life?
27 mins

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