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Philip Ball takes a look at a new wave of medical inventions.
Hubble Space Telescope
Andrew Luck-Baker meets the astronauts preparing to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
Green Ships
Gareth Mitchell examines attempts to introduce green technology to the shipping industry.
Scientific Evidence
Serious criminal cases seem to increasingly hinge on scientific evidence.
Disgust
Claudia Hammond investigates new research connecting moral revulsion with physiology.
Mission to Mars
Next year, Russian cosmonauts will simulate a mission to Mars. Richard Hollingham reports.
Energy Harvesting
Gareth Mitchell meets the scientists trying to harvest energy from unlikely sources.
Antarctica
Gabrielle Walker joins scientists to look at the effects of climate change.
Coral Reefs
Andrew Luck-Baker visits the Pacific islands of Palau to witness a mass spawning.
Medicines for Children
Graham Easton reveals why medicines for children lag behind adults.
Amphibian Collapse?
One third of amphibians globally are threatened with extinction. Sue Broom investigates.
Nanofoods
Sue Broom talks to the food industry who are manipulating foods at the nano scale.
The First Forests
How the first forests transformed the planet 380 million years ago.
Lunar Transient Phenomena
Andrew Luck-Baker explores the mystery of patches of bright light over areas on the Moon.
X-Rays for Peace
Adam Hart-Davis visits the SESAME X-ray project in Jordan.
Desalination
Gareth Mitchell asks whether or not desalination is the answer to global water shortages.
Algae
Richard Hollingham investigates the scientific and environmental uses of algae.
Alcohol
Sue Nelson goes behind the headlines to find out how alcohol affects our health.
Bioprecipitation
Richard Hollingham investigates if bacteria in the atmosphere can influence the weather.
Origins of Childhood
Andrew Luck-Baker asks why humans, unlike other primates, have such a long childhood.
Stem Cells
Sue Broom catches up on progress in stem cell research.
Synthetic Biology
Richard Hollingham investigates the questions raised by synthetic biology.
The Placenta
Sue Broom visits the UK's first specialist placenta clinic in Manchester.
Dark Matter
Sue Nelson joins scientists down a mine on their search for the elusive dark matter.
Population Growth and Global Warming
Geoff Watts explores the relationship between global warming and a changing population.
GM Crops
Is now the time right for Europe to allow widespread cultivation of GM crops?
DNA Analysis of Asylum Seekers
Gerry Northam explores proposals to check asylum seekers' credentials using DNA analysis.
Earthquakes in Southeast Asia
Roland Pease reports on the continuing threat of earthquakes in southeast Asia.
Acts of Creation
What will it mean to us once scientists are eventually able to recreate life from scratch?
Carbon Detectives
Richard Hollingham meets the scientists trying to track our carbon emissions.
Future Vaccines
Geoff Watts looks past failures and future hopes for vaccine development.