Science In Action - A head-count for the next Century

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Science In Action

A head-count for the next CenturyA head-count for the next Century

Released On: 03 Aug 2001

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The collapse of the Twin Towers
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America mourns the thousands who died in the September 11 attacks
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Nasa probes send reports back from a comet and an asteroid
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The Geology of Super-cyclones
What rocks tell us about super-cyclones
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"Burying" carbon dioxide on the sea floor to slow down global warming is a bad idea
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Dan Goldin bids farewell to Nasa
Dan Goldin, head of Nasa, has resigned
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Why Drug Tests should be Colour Blind
Grouping subjects by genetic markers in drug trials is more accurate than skin colour
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Will the Patriot Act be bad for American science?
Can America protect against bio-terrorism without harming science?
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Will Bushmen get a share of Slimming Drug Profits?
South African Bushmen in negotiations to protect their ownership of indigenous knowledge
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Study finds Cloned Cows to be Normal
Study shows cloned cattled healthy and normal after four years
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Human Cloning Report under Scrutiny
Debate over cloned human embryo article
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What does it take to Win a Nobel Prize?
How does the Nobel Prize committee select the winners from so many outstanding candidates?
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Keeping up with the Clones
Is cloning technology moving too fast for legislation to keep up?
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Answers to Listeners' Questions
Studio guests help answer your science questions
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How to prevent Antibiotic Resistance
Strategies to prevent the increase in antibiotic resistance
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Piglets are the latest Clones
Do two litters of cloned piglets bring the possibility of xenotransplantation closer?
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Will Biobots deliver our Medicine?
Introducing biobots 鈥� tiny molecular motors that may provide future medical solutions
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Engraved Symbols are Key to ancient Thinking
New evidence of how humans might have evolved abstract thought many thousands of years ago
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Mount Nyiragongo erupts in the DRC
Eruption of volcano Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Saving Limbs with Gene Therapy
Gene therapy encourages growth of blood vessels in diseased limbs
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New Method to produce Stem Cells
More like a teratoma than an embryo? New method for producing stem cells is tested
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Pacific Currents that drive El Ni帽o events
Ocean currents in the Pacific Ocean where El Ni帽o events start
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New Drug in the War against Malaria
A new drug against the parasite that causes malaria
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Scandal of crematorium owner who failed to cremate 300 bodies, hiding them instead
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