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SciA: Nov 27

Fri, Nov 28 Listen
This week the root cause of ageing revealed in DNA; nitrogen fixing enigma microbe in the oceans; X-rays from sticky tape!; Carbon Dixoxide on another planet; water movement in the brain reveals personality; tattoos secret chemical idenity helps fight crime.

SciA: 20 Nov 08

Fri, Nov 21 Listen
This week 4,600 year-old genetic evidence of first nuclear family; NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander - goodbye?; Europe space research future; Proto-eyes predicted by Darwin control one of largest biomass movements on Earth - plankton in the oceans; and stem cell organ growth and transplant breakthrough.

SciA: 13 Nov 08

Fri, Nov 14 Listen
On this week's Science in Action, saving one of the world rarest animals - the Ethiopian Wolf- from rabies; a revolutionary new view -minerals 'evolved' with life on Earth; New planets pictured orbiting a star - could there be life? Could 2000 year old Indian farming traditions be a way to protect biodiversity?The oldest lava flow in the solar system - you could be standing on it; and how to give a Blue Whale's a health check - with a toy remote control helicopter.

SciA: 6 Nov 08

Fri, Nov 7 Listen
We look at the future of science research in America after the election of President Elect Barak Obama; African science policy makers meet in London; New cell division mechanism discovered and finally, why do we remember angry faces more than happy ones?

SciA: 31 Oct 08

Fri, Oct 31 Listen
In the week before the US presidential elections we examine the positions of both candidates on science policy. The Indian Ocean Tsunami was unprecedented – or was it? We look at new evidence for earlier similar catastrophes and ask what we can learn from these. And a hand whisk and a piece of paper - could such a cheap device really be a substitute for a medical centrifuge?

SciA: 24 Oct 08

Fri, Oct 24 Listen
India’s first mission to the moon; will termites help produce efficient biofuel?; California’s race to find new fuel efficient vehicles; why a cup of coffee may help you to see others in a new warmer light. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 17 Oct 08

Fri, Oct 17 Listen
Western chimps on the brink of extinction; Out of Africa, did ancient humans cross the Sahara; Quantum, the ultimate in secrecy; Iconic experiments spark new debate on origin of life. Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 10 Oct 08

Fri, Oct 10 Listen
The 2008 Nobel Prizes – some very old work being rewarded. Can a strong religious belief help you cope with pain? Two new genomes for malaria parasites – are we closer to finding a cure? The oldest fossil footprints ever found. Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 03 Oct 08

Fri, Oct 3 Listen
Pathway in the brain linked to obesity in mice; snow on Mars; how human pollution of African Great Lakes could be causing new species of fish to evolve; fusion steel and how it could mean safer buildings; spin off technology from the Large Hadron Collider experiment at CERN; on Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 26 Sep 08

Fri, Sep 26 Listen
How conservationists accidentally spread a fungus that’s wiping out amphibians; a new, safe way to make stem cells; the oldest rocks on the planet; and the sensitive hearing of polar bears. Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 19 Sep 08

Mon, Sep 22 Listen
Prions crossing the species barrier in the test tube; A dark matter disk in our galaxy; sound masking – how the brain picks out particular sounds in a noisy atmosphere; upside down rainbows; how bacteria can cross the placental barrier between a mother and her unborn baby; Science in Action with Sue Broom

SciA: 12 Sep 08

Fri, Sep 12 Listen
Special Edition from CERN where this week scientists have turned on the biggest physics experiment ever - the Large Hadron Collider - hoping to recreate conditions when the universe was just a billionth of a second old.

SciA: 5 Sep 08

Fri, Sep 5 Listen
The realities of climate change - the Arctic ice is melting and cyclones are getting stronger and more frequent; bumblebees and how they avoid predatory crab spiders; why flies are so hard to swat; the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is about to be switched on; in Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 29 Aug 08

Fri, Aug 29 Listen
Scientists could be closer to a cure for deafness; the science of ageing - we’re still a long way off understanding how and why we age; a first for science found in amber bought off eBay; a new way of growing crops with reduced fertilizers; female lemurs in Madagascar are getting more aggressive because of climate change. All on Science in Action with Jon Stewart.

SciA: 22 Aug 08

Fri, Aug 22 Listen
A new study of 53 cities in the developing world reveals that farmers in and around the vast majority of these urban areas use polluted wastewater to irrigate their crops. One of the researchers Liqa Raschid-Sally of the International Water Management Institute discusses the issues with Jon Stewart. Also in the programme, space scientists contemplate the biosafety risks of bringing a sample from Mars to Earth… new research suggesting that birds who sing the fanciest songs are also the most...

SciA: 15 Aug 08

Fri, Aug 15 Listen
During the Olympic games, the Chinese authorities are drastically cutting the air pollution from Beijing’s factories and vehicles. It is a unique chance to study the global warming impact of brown cloud pollution, says Professor V Ramanathan. He tells Science in Action about his experiment which is flying autonomous mini-aircraft to make measurements of the reduced Olympic brown cloud. Jon Stewart also hears about the latest development towards invisibility cloaks and microscopes with perfect...

SciA: 08 Aug 08

Fri, Aug 8 Listen
About half of the world’s primate species face extinction within a few decades – a gloomy headline coming this week from the congress of the International Primatological Society. Zoologist Adrian Barnett tells us some of the details but also raises the spirits with new insights into what features make for a sexy gorilla. Also the latest forecasts for the weather as the world warms this coming century – more extreme rainstorms and floods. Plus a potential breakthrough in criminal forensics –...

SciA: 01 Aug 08

Fri, Aug 1 Listen
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, scientists in California have published research into what they believe is the creation of the world’s first endurance-enhancing drug – but for what purpose? We explore how the very first stars might have come into being a billion years after the Big Bang; What can a beer-drinking nocturnal mammal found in the jungles of Malaysia tell us about human evolution? And we listen in on the amazing sound of humpback whales in Alaska as they go hunting for fish...

SciA: 25 July 2008

Fri, Jul 25 Listen
How the Eocene epoch may be able to help us understand our own current greenhouse effect. This week’s Fact File is about the real science behind the fictional warp drive. How much sleep is enough? An innovation that assists in quickly and easily discovering tiny particles of common explosives on hands and clothes that could be used in airports. Plus the sounds that have been picked up from our atmosphere by Earth orbiting satellites.

SciA: 18 Jul 08

Fri, Jul 18 Listen
Presented by Jon Stewart. This week, a gene that evolved to protect people in sub-Saharan Africa from malaria increases the carrier's risk of HIV infection by 40%; We hear why rice absorbs arsenic from contaminated soil; Grant Sonnex reports on salmon migration to Alaska; scientists may have found the part of the brain which causes the development of obsessive compulsive disorder; and could climate change lead to an increase in cases of kidney stones?

SciA: magazine 11 07 2008

Fri, Jul 11 Listen
Scientists think they’ve come a step closer to being able to predict earthquakes; researchers warn that coral reefs are under severe threat – the repercussions could be huge; an experiment to try to determine if the stones that were used to build the pyramids in Egypt were made or carved and looking at cook books, a computation neuroscientist has discovered that patterns repeat themselves when plotting ingredients listed in recipes books onto graphs.

SciA: magazine 04 07 2008

Fri, Jul 4 Listen
Diamonds from the dawn of time – do they contain the earliest evidence of life on Earth?; new evidence on the causes of sudden infant death syndrome; sensory illusions and the treatment of phantom limb pain; the fast and furious life of a unique chameleon; and the nano-pot that boils quicker.

SciA: 27 Jun 08

Fri, Jun 27 Listen
Ozone is depleting more quickly than previously thought. However in this case it might actually be a good thing. We look at the latest research into tropospheric ozone and how it relates to the ozone hole. Also in the programme Gorilla psychology, stinky whales and fish with feet.

SciA: 20 Jun 08

Fri, Jun 20 Listen
Pulling facial expressions; ASTRONET – European astronomy in the future; could the genetic building blocks for life have come from the Stars?; risk taking in humans and bees; Professor Jeffrey Sachs’ global view on biodiversity and sustainable development; can a robot teach your children to speak a foreign language? All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 13 Jun 08

Fri, Jun 13 Listen
Wine growing in a changing climate; robofish; the world’s oldest viable seed; seeing the light from inside a star; single file electrons for more efficient electricity; the origin of allergies. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 06 Jun 08

Fri, Jun 6 Listen
A new planet; a new microscope; predator protection in the whelk; bloodsucking bugs help vets at London Zoo; the huge sea creatures of Antarctica. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 30 May 08

Fri, May 30 Listen
NASA’s Phoenix Mars mission; gardening in a changing climate; biofuel sugarcane grown alongside forests; first Greenlanders were Asian; Alan Alda – the secret scientist. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 23 May 08

Fri, May 23 Listen
Life discovered at new depths, the imminent touchdown of the Phoenix mission, the first witnessing of the very beginning of a supernova, the elusive sociable lapwing, and could nanotubes cause cancer? All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 16 May 08

Fri, May 16 Listen
Lungless frogs, misrepresented sloths and a new study taking a novel approach to find out if there's a "gay gene". All this and more on Science in Action with Sue Broom.

SciA: 08 May 08

Fri, May 9 Listen
Mangroves protect villages from extreme weather, the duck-billed platypus genome is sequenced, metals made in space, new predictions for the history of the Sahara desert, and the technological frustrations of climate prediction. All on Science in Action with Jon Stewart.

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