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Scorpion's Sting Help Fight CancerJim Olsen and his team from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre in Seattle have found a way to use scorpion venom to make a ‘paint’ which shows up cancer cells. This means that surgeons can be more certain that they are taking out an entire tumour, which can limit the damage to healthy tissu...Science Update - Sea Levels and Foxy FoxesThis week, Susanne and Bob look into the sex lives of Arctic Foxes and the effect of melting Polar ice sheets.Deadly Snails Kill PainChris talks to Dr Bruce Livett about using the venom of cone shells to cure pain.Snakes - Venom, Antivenom and Medicinal UsesWe spoke to Gavin Laing, of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicne, about why snake venom is so potent, how we could use it as medicine and how to make antivenom for those who do get bitten!Spider Venom on Apples - Natural InsecticidesRobyn Williams, from ABC Radio National's 'The Science Show' speaks to Glenn King about finding natural alternatives for insecticides - in the venom of deadly spiders!Kitchen Science: Making Tea from NettlesBen finds out how to avoid being stung and make a great cup of tea at the same time.
Octopus Arm ControlHow does an Octopus keep track of all eight arms? Does it have one brain for each arm? |
Can your kids read your mind?As a new dad, Dr Chris may feel like his baby can read his mind. And now researchers in Italy have shown that he may actually be right. One of the unique characteristics that makes us human is our ability to “mind-read”, or represent in our own heads what someone else might be thinking. Experts thi...Satnav receives environmental thumbs upWhat's best for the environment, a well thumbed map and some common sense, or a satnav? To find out, Tiawanese researchers Wen-Chen Lee and Bar-Wen Cheng from the National Yunlin University of Science and Technology recruited 32 drivers and asked them to navigate to a series of pre-determined locati...Key gene in lung cancer cocktailLung cancer has a very poor survival rate, which is often due to the fact that the disease isn’t diagnosed until it has spread around the body, making treatment difficult. Now a team of researchers in the US have found that faults in a gene called LKB1 may be responsible for causing lung cancer cell...A rash of new anti-HIV drugsA cluster of new anti-AIDS drugs are expected to be approved for general use later this year, giving hope to patients who have developed drug-resistant forms of the virus. This is because the new agents hit different parts of the virus compared with existing anti-HIV drugs, which means that there sh...
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- Karen W. - 1st Oct 07
I was really fascinated with spider venom used as a natural pesticide that has to be the way to go.... - Lazy_Genius - 1st Oct 07
Although just because it is natural doesn't mean that it is going to be environmentally harmless. Each chemical should be taken on its merits whe... - daveshorts - 1st Oct 07
yes thats true, The guy seemed a little fuzzy on how it would effect friendly species too... - Lazy_Genius - 1st Oct 07
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