Science In Action Episodes Episode guide
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Latest Arguments in the GM Crop Debate
New arguments in the debate around genetically modified crops
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Lasting Trauma of Witnesses to War
What we can learn about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from WW2 veterans
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Lasting deadly Impact of Iraqi Chemical Weapon Attack 10 Years Ago
Increases in cancers and genetic damage evident 10 years after chemical attack on Halabja
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Last year in Science – and a preview of 2009
Looking back at the past year in science – and forward to 2009
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Large Hadron Collider starts up – special report
The successful start-up of the Large Hadron Collider – a special report from CERN
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Lakes under the Antarctic
Lakes beneath the Antarctic ice are discovered to be interconnected
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Lake Found under the Antarctic Ice
Lake Vostok discovered 4 km under the Antarctic ice sheet, below the Russian base
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Keeping up with the Clones
Is cloning technology moving too fast for legislation to keep up?
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Keeping one step ahead of the Flu Virus
How vaccine developers keep one step ahead of the ever-mutating influenza virus
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Junk DNA probably isn't Rubbish
"Junk DNA" might not be rubbish after all
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Italy's Baby Dinosaur is a double First
This dinosaur is a new species and the first dinosaur ever to be found in Italy
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It's Nine Years to Pluto
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft due to be launched on its nine-year journey to Pluto
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It's Another Foggy Morning on Mars
Pathfinder's robot, Sojourner, sends weather reports and rock analyses from Mars surface
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Is this the oldest Bacteria in the World?
Growing a living bacteria from a spore that scientists claim is 250 million years old
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Is this the first Synthetic Genome?
Artificial genetic sequence has all the information to build and run a simple bacterium
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Is this the Asteroid that killed the Dinosaurs?
Hidden crater in Mexico might hold the secret of the dinosaur's extinction
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Is this First Image of a Planet outside our Solar System?
Does Hubble's picture really show a runaway planet outside our solar system?
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Is this Cancer's weak spot?
Is this protein enzyme cancer's weak spot?
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Is there Liquid on Titan?
Can radio telescopes "see" lakes of liquid hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Titan?
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Is there a Black Hole at the Centre of our Galaxy?
Discovering whether there is a black hole at the centre of our galaxy
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Is the Yangtze River Dolphin now extinct?
The Yangtze River dolphin is probably extinct
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Is the Universe younger than we thought?
The Universe might only be 12 billion years old, suggests new research
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Is the sixth Extinction Event already underway?
The sixth mass extinction in geological time is already underway, claim scientists
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Is the Ozone Layer on the mend?
First evidence that the ozone layer might be healing
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Is the Indonesian fossil 'hobbit' really a modern human?
Was the Indonesian fossil 'hobbit' from a separate branch of human evolution?
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Is the Higgs boson Particle really out there?
Will scientists at CERN discover the Higgs boson particle?
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Is the fossil Tiktaalik the Missing Link?
Is Tiktaalik the missing link between fish and tetrapod amphibians?
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Is the Chinese Microraptor the missing link?
Is the Chinese microraptor the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds?
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Is Obesity all in our Brains?
Does a "blip" in our brain function cause obesity?
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Is Hydrogen the Fuel of the Future?
Sugar, water and a pinch of plutonium – a new recipe for manufacturing hydrogen