Science In Action Episodes Episode guide
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Dinosaurs were declining before an Asteroid hit
Volcanic-induced climate changes may have been the main cause of dinosaur extinction
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Dinosaur Protein is related to a modern Chicken
Protein found in a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil is related to that of the modern chicken
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Dinosaur Blood Vessels in fossil Bones
Tyrannosaurus rex fossils that may contain the remains of soft tissue
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Digital Map of the Heavens
First results from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
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Digital Compass will show you the Way ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½
Computerised compass uses light to register magnetic readings and record them
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Did we all start from this Single Cell?
Proteins show that choanoflagellates could be our closest single-cell ancestor
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Did this Dinosaur have Feathers, Frills or Bristles?
The palaeontological jury is still out on whether dinosaur Sinosauropteryx had feathers
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Did the Ingredients of Life come from the Deep?
Deep-sea hydrothermal vents could hold the chemical key to the origin of life
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Did the Building Blocks of Life arrive by Meteorite?
New analysis of the Murchison meteorite and its amino-acids
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Did Siberian Volancoes cause prehistoric mass Extinction?
Why did 90% of species die out at the end of the Permian period, 250 million years ago?
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Did Neanderthals overlap with modern Man?
Neanderthal man survived thousands of years longer in Malta than previously thought
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Did Humans catch the Sars virus from Animals?
Was the Sars virus passed to humans from animals in the recent epidemic?
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Did Deforestation make Burma's Cyclone worse?
Could Burma's missing mangrove forests have saved lives in the recent cyclone?
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Did an Asteroid cause this Extintion Event?
Did an asteroid cause the Permian-Triassic extinction event 250 million years ago?
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Did a smaller jaw Muscle mean a bigger Brain?
Did early human ancestors develop bigger brains because of defective muscle gene?
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Destination Mercury
Messenger is about to set off for Mercury, which it will orbit and observe for a year
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Designer Baby created to save his Sister
How baby Adam Nash was created in Chicago to save his sister Molly's life
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Desert Locusts form deadly Swarms
Why are locusts gathering in vast swarms across the Sahel region of Africa?
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Demond Morris's Naked Man
What makes the human male so special and different?
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Delays Loom for Russian Mars 94 Project
Mars 94's uncertain launch date reflects the funding crisis in the Russian space programme
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Deep Impact set for Comet Collision
Nasa's Deep Impact moves into position for its controlled collision with comet Temple 1
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Decoding the Woolly Mammoth's DNA
Sequences of woolly mammoth DNA have been reconstruced from ancient hair
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Deaf Nicaraguan Children invent their own Sign Language
Deaf Nicaraguan children invented a sign language by themselves
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Deadly Poison Ricin discovered in London
Bioterrorism fears after deadly poison ricin is discovered in London
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Darwin's Evolution versus Creationism
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is still causing some people problems
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Dan Goldin bids farewell to Nasa
Dan Goldin, head of Nasa, has resigned
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Cow Kidneys and the Future of Therapeutic Cloning
Cloned cow kidneys bring therapeutic cloning a step closer
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Could this Newly-discovered Planet support Life?
Is there life on planet MOA-2007-BLG-192-Lb, recently discovered beyond our solar system?
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Could this new Planet support Life?
Could the planet Gliese 581C support extraterrestrial life?
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Could this be Dinosaur DNA?
DNA extracted from 80-million-year-old fossil bone might belong to a dinosaur