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Science In Action Episodes

  1. Antarctic Ocean fertilizer experiment

    A controversial experiment is fertilizing the Antarctic Ocean with iron sulphate

  2. Answers to Listeners' Questions

    Studio guests help answer your science questions

  3. Another way CO2 acts on the global Climate

    Another dangerous side-effect of rising carbon dioxide levels

  4. Another Planet only 50 Light Years away

    Another planet orbiting the star 47 Ursae Majoris is only 50 light years away

  5. Another moon of Jupiter shows traces of Water

    Galileo finds traces of a hidden ocean on a third moon of Jupiter

  6. Ancient Chinese Drug used in Battle against Malaria

    How do artemisinins, known to Chinese medicine, act against malaria?

  7. Ancient ceremonial Site in the Egyptian Desert

    Prehistoric ceremonial stones discovered in the Nabta Playa desert are 7,300 years old

  8. Ancient Ancestors and Modern Science in Nairobi

    Meeting our earliest ancestors and the Aids-immune prostitutes helping doctors in Nairobi

  9. Anatomy of a Meteorite Crater

    An expedition to the Wabar meteroite craters in the Empty Quarter of Saudi Arabia

  10. An Asteroid called Damocles

    Should we worry about Asteroid 5335, Damocles?

  11. An 'ethical' Advance in Stem Cell Research?

    An advance in stem cell research that could help avoid current ethical issues

  12. Americans and Russians get together in Space

    American space shuttle Atlantis docks with Russian shuttle Mir

  13. American Crematorium Scandal

    Scandal of crematorium owner who failed to cremate 300 bodies, hiding them instead

  14. America Mourns Victims of September 11

    America mourns the thousands who died in the September 11 attacks

  15. Alzheimer's Researchers find a new Way to study the Brain

    Mice with an added human gene enable researchers to study amyloid protein in the brain

  16. All at sea over CO2 Storage

    "Burying" carbon dioxide on the sea floor to slow down global warming is a bad idea

  17. Albert Einstein 鈥� the first Science Superstar

    Why Albert Einstein was "the world's first science superstar"

  18. Aids Vaccine Trial fails

    Disappointment over failure of Aids vaccine trial

  19. Ageing at a cellular Level

    Investigating what indicates ageing at a cellular level

  20. Aerosols cause Global Warming, too

    Industrial aerosols found to be causing as much Arctic warming as greenhouse gasses

  21. Advantages of growing Rice Varieties together

    Growing mixed varieties of rice together is shown to prevent disease and increase yield

  22. Adult Stem Cells surprise Scientists

    Does a new report about adult stem cell behaviour bring therapeutic cloning closer?

  23. Adult Skin Cells transformed into Stem Cells

    Adult skin cells are transformed into embryonic stem cells in the lab by adding four genes

  24. AAAS meeting 鈥� Special Edition

    Report from the American Association for the Advancement of Science Conference

  25. A Step forward in the search for an HIV Treatment?

    Will the TRIM5 alpha protein help scientists find a treatment for HIV-Aids?

  26. A Refit for the Hubble Space Telescope

    Astronauts will install new instruments to enable Hubble to see more and deeper into space

  27. A Possible Common Vertebrate Ancestor

    Could a tiny eel-like fossil creature be the ancestor of all vertebrates?

  28. A Plant Gene to overcome salty Soil

    A gene for salt tolerance could enable crops to grow on irrigated land with salt build-up

  29. A New Star Bursts into our Skies

    A massive burst of radiation in space has revealed the existence of a magnetar

  30. A Meeting of Thousands of Scientific Minds in Maryland

    More than 5,000 gather for the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting

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