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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Helping children with brain damage

Helping brain damaged children to remember

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Artificial antibodies

The use of artificial antibodies or mini antibodies to combat disease

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Hope for a Malaria vaccine

A new lead in the hunt for a malaria vaccine

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Asteroid Matilda

An asteroid called Matilda. which had a close encounter with the Mir spacecraft

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The life of the ostracoda

Why a conference will be discussing the ostracoda, a small crustacea with 70,000 species

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Dengue fever

Man against mosquito, who will win the fight against dengue fever?

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Sutra Medieval Hospital

Why waste could hold clues as to the day to day practice of a hospital 800 years ago

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A sub-atomic particle

The discovery of a new kind of sub-atomic particle

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Science festival in Leeds

Reporting from the Science festival in Leeds

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Eradicating Polio

Whether science can eradicate the polio virus

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Saturn - the Cassini space probe

A look a the planet Saturn, the mysterious ringed world with 19 moons

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The story of asprin

The healing powers of willow tree bark and the origins of asprin

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The Saturn mission's 'super chute'

A look at the parachute which will help the Cassini probe complete its mission to Saturn

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The Black Sea

Situated between Asia and Europe, the Black Sea is dying

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The headless frog embryo

British scientists have created a headless frog embryo, and what it means for genetics

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NASA ends the Pathfinder Mission

After losing the signal of the rover on Mars NASA officially ends the Pathfinder mission

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Genetic causes of deafness

How a Costa Rican family are helping scientists understand deafness

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The Copernicus theory

Predicting the future using Copernicus theory

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Animal navigation research

A breakthrough in research on animal navigation

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Ancient dung and the key to life on Earth

Droppings of fossilised faeces in Scotland point to the first signs of life on Earth

• 27 mins

The shrinking transistor

The shrinking of the transistor, or Moore's Law

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Princeton University

Report from Princeton University, New Jersey

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Brazil - the rainforest

The programme follows a biological survey of the Brazilian rainforest

• 23 mins

The fish with fingers

New evolutionary theories on finger and toe development

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Disposable electronics

Why electronics may no-longer be just silicon based

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Bush babies

The discovery of 17 species of bush babies in Africa

• 29 mins

The nerves of mummies

A look at the study of the nerves of ancient mummies

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Ancient Roman letters home

How some letters to home from Roman soldiers are finally being read

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