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Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1470 episodes
A report on IVF and fertility
11 Jun 1998,·28 mins
A report on the progress being made to treat thalassaemia
03 Jun 1998,·29 mins
A brief history of atom smashing
21 May 1998,·28 mins
Dark matter - have astronomers witnessed its existence?
14 May 1998,·28 mins
Report from a children's ward in Ghana and sickle cell disease
07 May 1998,·28 mins
The Montserrat volcano eruption
30 Apr 1998,·28 mins
The Infrared Space Observatory or ISO, an astronomer's dream
16 Apr 1998,·28 mins
Too much fruit sugar could be damaging vital body proteins such as collagen
09 Apr 1998,·28 mins
A new US solar observing satellite which will explore the Sun's outer rim
02 Apr 1998,·28 mins
Inside the brains of astronauts and dolphins
26 Mar 1998,·28 mins
An eclipse of the sun viewed from Aruba in the Caribbean
19 Mar 1998,·28 mins
Oceanographer Dr Tim Jickells on an Antarctic research expedition
12 Mar 1998,·28 mins
A journey to the centre of our galaxy using infrared light
05 Mar 1998,·28 mins
The discovery of a dwarf galaxy at the middle of our own Milky Way
02 Mar 1998,·28 mins
The 150th anniversary meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
16 Feb 1998,·28 mins
How some letters to home from Roman soldiers are finally being read
05 Feb 1998,·28 mins
A look at the study of the nerves of ancient mummies
29 Jan 1998,·28 mins
The discovery of 17 species of bush babies in Africa
28 Jan 1998,·29 mins
Why electronics may no-longer be just silicon based
22 Jan 1998,·28 mins
New evolutionary theories on finger and toe development
15 Jan 1998,·28 mins
The programme follows a biological survey of the Brazilian rainforest
11 Jan 1998,·23 mins
Report from Princeton University, New Jersey
08 Jan 1998,·28 mins
The shrinking of the transistor, or Moore's Law
22 Dec 1997,·28 mins
Droppings of fossilised faeces in Scotland point to the first signs of life on Earth
08 Dec 1997,·27 mins
A breakthrough in research on animal navigation
01 Dec 1997,·28 mins
Predicting the future using Copernicus theory
24 Nov 1997,·28 mins
How a Costa Rican family are helping scientists understand deafness
17 Nov 1997,·28 mins
After losing the signal of the rover on Mars NASA officially ends the Pathfinder mission
10 Nov 1997,·28 mins
British scientists have created a headless frog embryo, and what it means for genetics
03 Nov 1997,·28 mins
Situated between Asia and Europe, the Black Sea is dying
27 Oct 1997,·28 mins
