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Childhood leukemia and radiation

A look at the causes of childhood leukaemia

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Nitric oxide - the new wonder drug

How nitric oxide, once considered poisonous, could be a future wonder drug

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Human history - it's all in the genes

Can human history be hidden in the genes?

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Repairing the brain

Report on a new centre for brain repair, which has just opened at Cambridge University

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Artificial body parts - the six million dollar human

Could bionic limbs emerge from science fiction to science fact?

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Stem cells and the brain

How medical researchers are aiming to create a brain cell bank

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Ants in the city

The rules that run colonies of ants and what they can teach us about cities

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The wonder of extremophiles

The wonder of extremophiles, micro organisms which live in extreme conditions

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Depression

Depression and attempts to identify the causes of it

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Recreating the Earth's magnetic field

How two geophysicists have recreated the Earth's core using a supercomputer

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The Galaxy's New Black Hole

The discovery of a new black hole, a collapsed star which can swallow light

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The abalone and family planning

How the abalone's evolution might help with the development of contraception

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The link between red hair and skin cancer

The reason why red-haired people are prone to skin cancer

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100 Years of X-Rays

Special edition commemorating 100 years of X-rays, discovered in 1895 by Wilhelm Rontgen

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Hope for an Aids vaccine

Report on a promising new clue towards a vaccine and even a treatment for Aids

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Scientists at MIT

Reporting from Cambridge, Massachusetts and talking to scientists who work there

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Space and the search for infrared

The launch of a European rocket from French Guiana

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Meteorites and the origin of life

Could meteorites explain the origin of life?

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Sprites in the sky

A report on the electrical phenomena known as sprites that appear during thunderstorms

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Sir John Maddox

A report on the influence of Sir John Maddox, editor of the scientific journal Nature

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This year's most essential science books

Experts help compile a list of science reading from texts published throughout 1995

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Science and a look ahead

What the year ahead might bring in science

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Hope for an HIV vaccine

Why a live virus is probably our best hope for a vaccine against Aids

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Finding the sleep switch

Sleep and the mysteries of the master switching centre of the brain

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A view into the past

A journey back in time with the Hubble space telescope

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Life on Mars

Life on Mars, in this case the form of bacteria buried beneath the surface of the planet

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AAAS 1996

A report from the AAAS 1996 where scientific breakthroughs are being discussed

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Breaking the unbreakable

Research shows quarks may be composed of even smaller particles

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Cancer and cachexia

Scientists believe they have found the cause of wasting in cancer and Aids patients

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Cosmic fireworks

NASA scientists have observed a series of gamma ray bursts

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