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19th Oct 2003

How does the Nose Work ?

Blood test for cancer and how DNA repairs itself, coffee and your sperm, coffee prevents colon cancer, underwear that can save your life, bathroom lost to meteorite and special guests Dr. Ruth Welters discussing the recent GM crop field trial results, and Dr. Peter Brennan "what is a smell, and how does your nose work ?"

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Blood Test For Cancer & How DNA Is Repaired

Scientists in Israel recently announced that they had come up with a blood test that could predict a person's risk of developing lung cancer, particularly if that person is a s...

Sperm And Coffee

The last week has seen a handful of discoveries about sperm. Coffee speeds up sperm, cannabis makes them speed up and burn out quickly, and overweight men suffer from sperm DNA...

Coffee Can Prevent Colon Cancer

Good news this week for coffee drinkers because German researchers have tracked down a chemical in coffee that may help to prevent colon cancer- the second leading cause of dea...

Underwear To Die For (but it Could Save your Life)

Soon sufferers of heart conditions could be wearing super-smart electronic underwear that will call an ambulance when they need one. German researchers have developed bras and ...

Meteoric Bathroom

American Roy Fausset returned to his New Orleans home on 23rd september to find that a meteorite had demolished his recently-renovated bathroom. It seems to be the season for n...

Gm Crop Field Trial Results Announced

After a three years of farm-scale trials looking at the environmental impact of GM crops the results are finally out this week. These were the biggest trials carried out anywhere in th...

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If you put mount Everest at the bottom of the deepest part of the ocean, it's top would poke out of the surface of the water

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Birds are cold-blooded

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There are sharks in the sea around Britain

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Penguins and polar bears live together on the North pole

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A triangle in which all of the sides are the same length is called an isosceles triangle

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The frisbee the flying dish that people throw to each other travels at over 70 miles per hour

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Cacti store water inside themselves so they can live in dry conditions

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Light from the sun takes 2 days to reach the earth

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A Tsunami is a type of volcanic eruption

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You can smell a skunk from 2 miles away

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