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World Service,05 May 2005,22 mins

More solar Radiation reaches Earth

Science In Action

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Two reports that more solar radiation is reaching Earth than before as the "global dimming" effect has ceased, and what this means for global warming. Researchers use a PET scanner to gather the first physiological evidence of how acupuncture works. Charles Townes, Nobel physics laureate and writer on science and religion, has won the 2005 Templeton Prize that "honors a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension". Can the conditions in Pleistocene Siberia 10,000 years ago be re-created?

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