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LEADING EDGE
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Thursday 21:00-21:30
Leading Edge brings you the latest news from the world of science. Geoff Watts celebrates discoveries as soon as they're being talked about - on the internet, in coffee rooms and bars; often before they're published in journals. And he gets to grips with not just the science, but with the controversies and conversation that surround it.
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ThursdayÌý12ÌýJulyÌý2007
An artist’s impression of a transiting exoplanet, named 'HD 189733b'. (credit: ESA - C.Carreau)
An artist’s impression ofÌý 'HD 189733b', thought to have water in its atmosphere.
Credit: ESA - C.Carreau

Giant Watery Planet

Geoff Watts talks to Professor Jonathan Tennyson of University College London about the discovery of a distant giant planet that appears to have significant amounts of water in its atmosphere. He finds out whether this planet could be a candidate in the search for extra terrestrial life.



Storm Chasing

Professor Stephen Mobbs and Dr Alan Gadian of the National Centre for Atmospheric Science talk to Geoff from the Black Forest in Germany where they are studying severe weather in an area they describe as a natural "cloud laboratory", to make better predictions about our climate.



Robot Physiotherapists

Jon Stewart reports on two new robots that have been designed to help victims of stroke.



As Marshes Warm…

Geoff Watts visits the Chesapeake Bay on the East Coast of the United States to talk to Dr Pat Megonial of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Centre about the effect global warming might have on coastal marsh land.

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