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World Service,14 Aug 1998,28 mins

The Priomordial Slime

Discovery

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A look back to 400 million years ago when algae learnt to reproduce out of water. Scientists are looking at the evolution of land plants from slime. Also in the programme, the reason folic acid is so successful in preventing spina bifida in newborns and putative proof of global warming, or is it?

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