Sir Martin Evans isÌýthe scientist who was awarded the NobelÌýPrize for medicine in 2007 for his part in the identification ofÌýembryonic stem cells. Listen to the highlights of his programme below.
Science in the classroom
The UK's science exam results are falling andÌýUniversity science departments are closing.ÌýWe look at what is happening to the health of science in our classrooms, and how we need scientists if we are to thrive in a high-tech world.
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Boom
Sir Martin and the Today team look at what you canÌýdo with aÌýcontemporary chemistry set. Has modern safety cultureÌýtaken the fun out of science?
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Embryonic Stem Cells
Professor Sir Martin Evans andÌýÌýProfessor Roger Pederson, professor of regenrative medicine at Cambridge University, tell usÌýabout stem cell research.
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Icey science summit
Sir Martin takesÌýTodayÌýthrough his trip to Sweden to a gathering of international scientists at a hotel made of ice.
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Breast cancer treatment
Why does the UK haveÌýone of the lowest breast cancer survival rates in the western world?
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Gwyneth Lewis
AÌýspecial contribution from the poet Gwyneth Lewis, on C.P Snow's influential Rede Lecture of 1959, "The Two Cultures".
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Nuclear power plants
The government wants to build more nuclear power stations. How safe are they?ÌýHasÌýthe damage caused by Chernobyl been exaggerated?
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Sir Martin Evans
Sir Martin Evans talks through the ideas and issues he hoped to cover in his New Year's Eve programme.
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