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Solar Max

Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth

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Build Me a Brain

Scientists connect cultures of living human neurons to robots to see how the brain works

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Quorum Sensing

Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other?

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Plate Tectonics and Life

Plate tectonics: the force that shaped the Earth - and shaped the life on it

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Forecasting Earthquakes

Can we ever reliably predict earthquakes to justify the cost of forecasting them?

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Oxytocin

Can taking the hormone oxytocin make people more sociable, trusting and loving?

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Crossrail: Tunnelling under London

How 26 miles of precision engineered tunnels are created through London's erratic geology

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The Story of SARS, Part One

Meet the medical staff who fought to contain the spread of this pandemic

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The Story of SARS, Part Two

Kevin Fong explores the personal and medical impact of SARS ten years on

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CERN and Science in Africa

The impact of the search for the Higgs boson on science teaching in Africa

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Raising Allosaurus

Can scientists bring extinct animals back from the dead?

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E-cigarettes

Do e-cigarettes really help smokers quit and are they safe?

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Deep Down Inside

How deep brain stimulation is treating Parkinson's and depression

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Noel Sharkey

Professor Noel Sharkey on the strengths and limititations of robots and AI

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The Future of Navigation

How robust is GPS and what are the consequences of the system's weaknesses?

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Alan Watson

Professor Alan Watson has spent 40 years trying to unravel the mysteries of cosmic rays

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Fracking for Shale Gas

What does fracking involve and what impact does it have on the environment?

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01/10/2013 GMT

Explorations in the world of science.

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Ashes to Ashes

Can ash trees be saved from the deadly ash dieback fungus?

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Ashes to Ashes

Could an emerald coloured beetle wipe out ash trees in Europe?

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Russell Foster

Professor of circadian neuroscience Russell Foster on how light controls our wellbeing

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Joanna Haigh

The professor who studies the sun and the impact of its radiation on the Earth's climate

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Mike Benton

Jim al-Khalili discusses digging up dinosaurs in remote places with Professor Mike Benton

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Jenny Graves

Prof Jenny Graves on the evolution of sex genes from fauna to the male Y chromosome

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Nirvana by Numbers

Did the number zero come out of religious culture in ancient India?

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Gut Microbiota

The important relationship between microbes that live in our gut and our health

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The Power of the Unconscious

The crucial role of our unconscious, and how scientists are harnessing its powers

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Self-Healing Materials

The new materials that can self-mend, from concrete cracks to car paint scratches

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The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part One

Join polar scientists on an expedition to part of Antarctica last explored 100 years ago

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The Return to Mawson's Antarctica - Part Two

Could changes in the water underneath the ice have consequences for the world's oceans?

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