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Who owns our Genes?

Who owns the human genes in samples held in laboratories worldwide?

• 23 mins

Engineering lessons from Earthquakes

Engineers will visit Taiwan to study the aftermath of this week's earthquake

• 24 mins

How do Animals reach the right Size?

Discovery of a gene that regulates cell size and growth rate in animals

• 23 mins

Outbreak of Parasitic Liver Disease in China

Devising new strategies to diagnose and predict alveolar echinococcosis (AE)

• 23 mins

Claims and Counter Claims over Crop Genes

Disputes about ownership of crop genes continue despite Monsanto's climb-down

• 23 mins

Inserting new Brain Cells to combat Disease

Will adding new brain cells be the answer to Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's?

• 23 mins

Eavesdropping on Elephants

Eavesdropping on elephant conversations in the wild

• 23 mins

Saving Lives and Livelihoods in natural Disasters

How successful are attempts at "natural disaster reduction"?

• 24 mins

Malaria Researchers offer new Hope with Genome Maps

The malaria parasite's genome has been mapped – twice

• 23 mins

Understanding different Pain Responses

Separating chronic pain from the ordinary pain response that protects us

• 23 mins

New Clue in the study of Auto-immune Diseases

The protein causing joint arthritis in mice is identifed

• 23 mins

Keeping one step ahead of the Flu Virus

How vaccine developers keep one step ahead of the ever-mutating influenza virus

• 23 mins

How many genes does an Organism Need?

Counting the vital genes in tiny organisms refined by two billion years of evolution

• 23 mins

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