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Explorations in the world of science.
World Service,·1470 episodes
How genetic screening can help predict our future and the moral choices it may throw up
03 Feb 1997,·27 mins
A look at why viruses that do animals no harm are so dangerous to humans
27 Jan 1997,·26 mins
A look at anti-sense medicine, which cancels out the effect of harmful genes
20 Jan 1997,·27 mins
The development of musical instruments using science
18 Dec 1996,·27 mins
The microbial metropolis, why bugs love living with each other
16 Dec 1996,·27 mins
A report on the discovery of Hydrogen-3+
10 Dec 1996,·27 mins
How humans learn their first words
02 Dec 1996,·27 mins
Should medical science be changing its approach to treating cancer?
25 Nov 1996,·27 mins
The war against drug resistant bacteria
18 Nov 1996,·27 mins
The scientific success of the previously troubled mission to Jupiter
11 Nov 1996,·27 mins
A progress report on the latest antimalarial and transmission-blocked vaccines
04 Nov 1996,·28 mins
Comets, why they could help scientists explain the origins of the solar system
25 Oct 1996,·27 mins
The birth of the Earth and how the chemicals necessary for life on earth were made
21 Oct 1996,·27 mins
Extinction and the anniversary of the Smithsonian Institute
14 Oct 1996,·27 mins
A progress report on the human genome project which hopes to map the DNA of man
07 Oct 1996,·27 mins
How depression could be treated through transcranial magnetic stimulation
30 Sep 1996,·27 mins
It's been 150 years since the discovery of the gas giant planet Neptune
17 Sep 1996,·27 mins
Volcanic crisis in Montserrat in the Caribbean
16 Sep 1996,·27 mins
A report on the discovery of some well-preserved Pterodactyl skeletons
09 Sep 1996,·27 mins
Using music as guide to threading our way through our own minds
24 Jun 1996,·28 mins
Report on the latest discovery into the causes of cancer
10 Jun 1996,·26 mins
Scientists are learning more about the process of programmed cell death
03 Jun 1996,·26 mins
How the theory of natural selection is becoming important in healing
23 May 1996,·27 mins
A new strategy for tackling all allergies
20 May 1996,·27 mins
The European Space Agency approves a satellite to map cosmic microwaves
13 May 1996,·27 mins
The insights afforded by the use of ultrasound scans on an unborn foetus
06 May 1996,·27 mins
A report on the effects of radiation on people's DNA, 10 years after Chernobyl
29 Apr 1996,·28 mins
Can life be made to survive in a box, the programme looks at the Ecotron project
22 Apr 1996,·27 mins
From traditional bamboo to commercial material, and the latest metal that is untouchable
15 Apr 1996,·27 mins
Training astronauts in domestic duties aboard a space shuttle
09 Apr 1996,·27 mins
