Science In Action Episodes Episode guide
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Ethical Debates fired by Human Cloning Project Proposed in USA
If human cloning becomes possible, could it be regulated effectively?
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Enzyme that makes Cancer Cells 'immortal'
How cancer cells keep reproducing because their genes are protected by telomerase enzyme
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Engraved Symbols are Key to ancient Thinking
New evidence of how humans might have evolved abstract thought many thousands of years ago
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Engineering lessons from Earthquakes
Engineers will visit Taiwan to study the aftermath of this week's earthquake
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Endangered Amphibians
More than one third of the world's amphibian species are endangered
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Emerging infectious Diseases
The incidence of emerging infectious disease is increasing
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Ebola Fever Outbreak in Zaire
How infectious is the ebola virus and where did it come from?
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Eavesdropping on Elephants
Eavesdropping on elephant conversations in the wild
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Eat Less, Live Longer
The biochemistry behind "Eat less, live longer!"
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Earthquake warning for the Himalayan region
Warning of giant earthquakes for the Himalayan region
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Early Forest inhabitants of South America
Ancient South American forest dwellers' culture excavated in painted cave
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Early Bird is 115 million years old
Spanish bird fossil is the first specimen with alulae or wing flaps for slow flight
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Earliest modern Asian human discovered in China
New link in the fossil record of modern humans spreading around the world from Africa
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Earliest Human Ancestor Found in Ethiopia
Our earliest ancestor is now Ardipithicus ramidus with bones dated 4.4 million years old
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Earliest Animal Embryo Fossils found in China
Fossils from China that pre-date the Cambrian explosion are exciting palaeontologists
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Dyslexia is not the same in all Languages
The part of the brain affected by dyslexia depends on culture and language
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Double Trouble for Mars explorers
Two glitches in Mars exploration, in orbit and on the surface
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Donating Blood Could be Good for your Heart
How donating blood might reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering iron levels
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Dolly, Polly, Molly and Beyond
First there was Dolly; now there are Polly and Molly, sheep with a human gene. What next?
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Dolly the Cloned Sheep makes History
How Dolly the sheep has become the first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell
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Dolly has a Little Lamb – called Bonny
Dolly, the first cloned sheep, gives birth to a lamb conceived naturally
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Does Monkeys' immune Response hold the key to HIV?
How primates deal with SIV could teach us about HIV
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Does Insulin influence Longevity?
Insulin might have a role in helping us to live longer
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Do yeast cells hold the secret of Eternal Youth?
Sirtuin proteins seem to affect ageing in widely different organisms
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Do tree lizards show evolution in action?
The leg-length of lizards marooned on islands could hold a key to evolutionary processes
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Do Power Lines affect our Health?
Power workers' occupational study shows increase in brain cancers but not leukemia
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Diverse Origins of Modern Man
Early human evolution involved multiple hominid species in Asia as well as Europe
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Dispute over ancient Skull settled with a CAT scan
Ancient skull was one of our earliest hominid ancestors
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Dispute over Amino Acids in Martian Meteorite
New report claims amino acids in a Martian meteorite are of earthly origin
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Discovery of ancient 'Hobbit' Species in Indonesia
Remains of a possible human-like "Hobbit" species found on island of Flores, Indonesia