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Leading Edge Episodes

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    Nuclear Power, Science and Politics and Near Death Experience

    Is the nuclear power option sustainable?

  2. Larynx Transplant and The First Fish Embryo

    Geoff Watts discusses the future of the larynx transplant procedure.

  3. Science and the Recession

    How has and will science be affected by the current global economic crisis?

  4. Ecstasy: The A to B of drugs

    The difficulties of assessing drug damage to the brain.

  5. Funding Science in the Recession

    Can funding science help the recession?

  6. Childhood Stress

    Geoff Watts reports on the effects of childhood stress on the immune system.

  7. Darwin鈥檚 Sacred Cause

    Geoff Watts talks to the authors of a new book marking the bicentenary of Charles Darwin.

  8. Face Recognition in Chimps

    Chimps share our ability to recognise faces. But what鈥檚 going on in their brains?

  9. Anamorphic Art and Genes That Make You Eat More

    Geoff Watts discusses art and maths of anamorphosis.

  10. Student Astronauts

    Reporter Anna Lacey auditions for Leicester University's astronaut course.

  11. The Secret of Ageing

    Scientists have unravelled the mechanism that drives ageing in mice.

  12. European Space Research

    Geoff Watts talks to UK Science minister Lord Drayson.

  13. Who Should We Trust?

    As banks collapse and interest rates drop, how do we know who to trust?

  14. Recreating Woolly Mammoths

    Geoff Watts investigates the creation of mammoth clones from the frozen bodies of mice.

  15. US Elections

    As America goes to the polls, what will a new administration mean for American science?

  16. Lusi Eruption and Selective memory

    What caused the devastating mud volcano in East Java, in October 2006?

  17. Alarming Decline in West African Chimpanzees

    Geoff Watts discovers whether the chimps can be saved from extinction.

  18. Nobel Prizes for Science 2008

    A report on the winners of this years Nobel prizes for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry.

  19. Brain Pathway and Obesity

    Geoff Watts reports on new ideas on how to treat the global epidemic of obesity.

  20. Endurance-enhancing Drugs

    Scientists have created what they believe is the world's first endurance-enhancing drug.

  21. Physics in Crisis?

    Geoff Watts talks to particle physicist Professor Brian Cox.

  22. Martian Rocks, Kidney Stones and Climate Change

    Geoff Watts reports on a planned mission to collect the first rock samples from Mars.

  23. Corals in Danger and Avian Flu

    Geoff Watts reports on the state of the world's corals, now sadly under serious threat.

  24. The Royal Society Summer Exhibition

    Geoff Watts gets an insight into phantom limb syndrome at the Royal Society Exhibition.

  25. Euro 2008 and What to do about Whales

    Euro 2008 may have been affected by the new football designed for the tournament.

  26. Life鈥檚 Building Blocks - From the Stars

    Does life on Earth have an extraterrestrial origin?

  27. Mars Mission

    Including a report on how the wine industry is coping with climate change.

  28. Hydrogen Biofuels

    Geoff Watts examines a revolutionary process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen.

  29. The Earliest Americans

    Geoff Watts reports on the discovery of human fossil faeces from a cave in Oregon.

  30. The Brain's Calorie Counter

    Geoff Watts examines new research into a so-called 'calorie counting' area of the brain.

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