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Comets - the bringers of life

Comets, why they could help scientists explain the origins of the solar system

Comets, why they could help scientists explain the origins of the solar system. A report on comets and how some of the material they carry could have helped form our Sun and even bring water to the earth. Also in the programme, what makes drug addicts slaves to their habits and the unlikely start of the world's largest network of science museums.

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大象传媒 World Service Archive

This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project

Space

The eclipses, spacecraft and astronauts changing our view of the Universe

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry

A pair of scientific sleuths answer your perplexing questions. Ask them anything!

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