Science View Episodes Episode guide
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Legumes
There are 900 genera in the legume family and not all of them can fix nitrogen in the soil
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Powers of Science
What are the benefits and limits of science?
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Genetics and Patenting
Discussion on the patenting of human genes
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What Fascinates us about Science?
What do you love about science?
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Climate Change
Climate change has occurred because of the increases in the emission of greenhouse gases
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Millennium Bug
The plausibility of failures on non-Millennium-compliant systems
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Human Physiological Variations
Temperature, hormone levels and blood pressure all vary over the course of a day
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Pollution
Pollution controls - and the lack of enforcement that surrounds laws
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Clean Energy Adoption
How developing countries are adopting clean technologies
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Biomedical Engineering
Predicting advances in bio-engineering and micro surgery - by 2018 - are we there yet?
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The Limits of Science
Science cannot provide the answers to everything
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Scientific Metaphors
Scientists should be cautious about using metaphors to describe scientific concepts
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Unweaving the Rainbow
Richard Dawkins discusses his book Unweaving The Rainbow
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Women in Scientific Research
Working in scientific research in Russia
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Sex Differences
The biological and evolutionary reasons for differences between the sexes in the workplace
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Definition of Health
Has the definition of health changed over time?
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Galileo and the Worlds of Science and Religion
The legacy of duality created by Galileo in the spheres of science and religion
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Nuclear Fusion
How does nuclear fusion use inertial and magnetic confinement for energy?
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Public Misconceptions of Science
A discussion of the public mistrust of new areas of science such as genetic engineering
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Economics and Science
The economics of science and the value of pursuit of knowledge
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Sustainable Future
Simon Levin Professor of Ecology at Princeton describes his vision of a sustainable future
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Salt Consumption
An examination of the link between excessive salt consumption and high blood pressure
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Ethics in Biomedical Engineering
Who should have access to complex equipment such as life support machines?
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Candle in a Bell Jar Experiment - Busted
The editor of The New Scientist challenges received scientific wisdom
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The European Space Agency
Robotic telecommunications satellites, and weather and space observation
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Congestion
The growth of congestion and the deteriorating environment and air pollution it causes
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Drugs and the Brain
The effect of drugs and prescription medicines on the brain
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Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Under what conditions could nuclear contamination occur?
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Malaria
Malaria kills one to two million people a year, with 90% of deaths occurring in Africa
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Biotechnology
Scientists' attempts to replicate nature in biotechnology