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Who is your Scientist of the Millennium?

The panel discuss listeners' nominees for scientist of the millennium

• 24 mins

Predicting Future Science

Looking forward into a new millennium, possible scientific breakthroughs of the future

• 23 mins

Shaking Hands with an ancient Ancestor

Three-million-year-old arm and hand bones are discovered in South Africa

• 23 mins

Predicting Rainfall using the Stars

The farmers in Peru who consult the stars before planting their potatoes

• 23 mins

Face to face with a Roman lady in London

The forensically reconstructed head of a Roman lady discovered in London goes on show

• 23 mins

Interview with Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the cloned Sheep

Interview with Professor Ian Wilmut, creator of Dolly the cloned sheep

• 23 mins

Locating the gene for Testicular Cancer

The gene associated with testicular cancer has been located on the X chromosome

• 23 mins

Looking for an Aids vaccine in Africa

Update on research into an Aids vaccine in Africa

• 23 mins

Looking forward to sustainable Space Travel

Sustainable space travel will have to be safe and much cheaper than today

• 23 mins

Super-fast Microchip that uses Magnetic Fields

A super-fast microchip that uses magnetic fields to power its processing

• 23 mins

A fresh Start in the GM food Debate

A conference to make a fresh start in the debate about genetically modified foods

• 25 mins

Where does all the Flood Water go?

Why is a flood plain not like a bath? It can contain several different water levels

• 23 mins

Hope for a Leishmaniasis Vaccine

Hope for a vaccine against leishmaniasis disease that affects 12 million people worldwide

• 23 mins

First success for the Stand Up and Walk project

Stand Up and Walk is a EU project to help paralysed people walk again

• 23 mins

Meteorite that fell to Earth in the Yukon

What do you do when you find a fresh meterorite? Put it in the freezer, of course

• 23 mins

Monsanto's gift of a large Sequence of Rice Genes

Monsanto's gift to the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project

• 26 mins

Genetically modified Fish on the Menu?

Concerns surounding genetically modified fish

• 26 mins

Secrets of the Dinosaur Heart

This Thescelosaurus heart suggests at least some dinosaurs were warm-blooded

• 26 mins

The Expanding Universe

We live in a universe that will go on expanding for ever, say scientists

• 25 mins

Why are Mosquitoes attracted to pregnant Women?

Research into malaria mosquitos' tastes in the Gambia

• 26 mins

Prehistoric Body Painters in Zambia

Human ancestors were making art 350,000 years ago

• 26 mins

Cheaper drugs for HIV patients in Africa

Five drug companies cut cost of drugs for HIV patients in Africa

• 26 mins

South Africans call for more proof that HIV causes Aids

Some South African scientists want more proof that HIV causes Aids

• 26 mins

Foetal gene therapy trials on Monkeys

Foetal gene therapy demonstrated in macaque monkeys

• 26 mins

Commerce and Science at odds in the race for the Human Genome

The high-stakes race between commerce and academic researchers to map the human genome

• 26 mins

Once there was Water on Mars

NASA announces "possible evidence for water that has flowed on Mars"

• 26 mins

Telomeres and the Ageing Process

Does the decay of the teleomeres on the ends of our chromosomes cause ageing?

• 26 mins

Human Genome Decoded –Ìýthe Ethics and the Medicine

Ethical and medical fall-out from the announcement that the human genome has been decoded

• 26 mins

Transgenic Plants and World Agriculture report

Survey of the best scientific information about genetically modified crops

• 26 mins

Indian Space Agency looks towards the Moon

India's plans for an unmanned Moon mission

• 26 mins