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Why Some Oceans Could do with a Dose of Iron

Global warming and experiments with carbon dioxide absorption in the ocean

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Is this the oldest Bacteria in the World?

Growing a living bacteria from a spore that scientists claim is 250 million years old

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Unexpected side-effect of Insecticide Resistence in Mosquitos

Insecticide-resistant mosquitos can't spread lymphatic filariasis

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Meet our genetic Adam and Eve

What do "mitochondrial Eve" and "Y-chromosome Adam" tell us about our origins?

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How Neural Impulses can move a Robot Arm

ReHarnessing monkeys' neural impulses to make simple movements with a robot arm

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Towards a Blood Test for BSE and CJD

Have Swiss scientists discovered the basis for a simple blood test for BSE and CJD?

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No change at UN Climate Change talks

Disappointment over failure of Europe and the USA to agree at UN climate change conference

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Is the Chinese Microraptor the missing link?

Is the Chinese microraptor the evolutionary link between dinosaurs and birds?

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Another moon of Jupiter shows traces of Water

Galileo finds traces of a hidden ocean on a third moon of Jupiter

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Why Black Holes light up the Universe

Black holes may be producing as much light as all the stars in the universe put together

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Top Science Stories of the Year 2000

Special edition of programme looking back at the scientific highlights of the year 2000

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Functional Genomics – a new Science

New science of functional genomics is about discovering what genes are active when

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Scientists create deadly Mouse Virus by mistake

Australian geneticists create a deadly mousepox by mistake and raise international concern

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How to keep Light still

Harvard scientists report bringing pulses of light to a standstill in a cold sodium cloud

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Mighty Clash we call an Earthquake

The geology behind the powerful earthquake that has hit India and Pakistan

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Testing for drug-resistant Malaria Parasites

Identifying drug-resistant strains of the mosquito parasite plasmodium that causes malaria

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Working towards an HIV vaccine for Nigeria and Africa

Researchers are working to formulate an oral HIV vaccine especially for Nigeria and Africa

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Setting a Herpes Virus to attack a malignant Cancer

Modified coldsore virus that selectively attacks malignant melanoma cells on the skin

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Did an Asteroid cause this Extintion Event?

Did an asteroid cause the Permian-Triassic extinction event 250 million years ago?

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Why Foot-and-Mouth worries European Farmers

How the British outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has spread to Europe

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President Bush declares CO2 not a pollutant

President says carbon dioxide – the main greenhouse gas – is not a pollutant

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Foot-and-mouth Disease is still Spreading

Foot-and-mouth disease is still spreading in Europe, despite the slaughter of farm animals

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Promising new Cell Transplant Technique to treat Diabetes

Promising new treatment for diabetes involves transplanting islet cells that make insulin

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The surprising Keystone role of the Kangaroo Rat in Arizona

Results of 25-year experiment about "keystone species" in Chihuahuan Desert in Arizona

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Could a Brain Implant stop Alzheimer's?

Could implants in the brains of monkeys hold the key to a cure for Alzheimer's?

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Trunk calls – how Elephants know who's calling

How elephant families know who's calling and how to react

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Feathered Dinosaur fossil in China

A feathered dinosaur, 130 million years old, discovered in China

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Are Aerosols to blame for the drop in Hydroxil Radicals?

Levels of hydroxil radicals in the atmosphere are falling, and why we should be worried

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Tracking Human Migration by Goat DNA

What goat genetics tell us about human migration

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Threats to Bio-weapons Protocol

Scientists and medics in London discuss threats to the international bio-weapons protocol

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