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'Eat less and live longer' is the Lab Rats' Message
Will we choose to live to eat – or eat less to live longer?

Making Oxygen on Mars
How DNA extracted from teeth is being used to trace the thousands of people in Argentina who have disapeared.

Genetically Modified Food Debate reignites in UK
Genetically modified food debate is re-ignited in Britain

How many Fathers does a Child need?
The more fathers you have, the better your chances of survival, report anthropologists

Space Mirrors that could Light up the Earth
A 25-metre giant space mirror to reflect light from the Sun back to Earth

Can we Predict Earthquakes?
How easy is it to predict earthquakes? Somewhere between "difficult" and "impossible"

Genetic Engineering and Weapons of Mass Destruction
Advances in genetic engineering could create new weapons of mass destruction

What Men really Want – and Why
Is the popular idea of men's taste in women an evolutionary response or a cultural one?

In Answer to Your Questions
Listeners' questions answered by the Science in Action experts

What's the Speed of the Universe got to do with Everything?
Galaxies are flying apart faster than we thought but why on Earth is this important to us?