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This week, playing bingo on an inflatable space station, a new way to attack the cause of Alzheimer's and mending a broken heart with stem cells.  Also, using bananas to speed up fruit ripening, leeches out of water and chemical tricks to stop smoking and iron out wrinkles.  Plus, in Kitchen Science we vibrate our way to a fountain in a cup!

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News

(c) NASA

Bouncy Space Station

Las Vegas based space company Bigelow Aerospace have just this week successfully launched their second inflatable spacecraft into Earth orbit. Bigelow Aerospace intend to launch the worlds first commercial inflatable space station by the year 2010 called Sundancer which will hold a crew of three an...

(c) Melinda @ Wikipedia

New Alzheimer's Drug goes on Trial

A new class of drug designed specifically to combat Alzheimer's Disease has entered clinical trials in the US this week. Dubbed CTS-21166, the drug was the brain child of Purdue researcher Professor Arun Ghosh. Unlike existing treatments for Alzheimer's, most of which aim to boost levels of the neur...

(c) John Lanoue

Galaxy Zoo

Ever wanted to take part in astronomy research, but don’t have a telescope? Well now you can get a chance to look through some of the most beautiful astronomical images taken and make a contribution to science in a project called galaxy zoo. A galaxy is a cluster of billions of stars swirling thro...

(c) National Science Foundation

Stem cells get to the heart of angina

Researchers in the US have found that patients with angina who received injections of their own stem cells into the diseased heart muscle showed considerable improvements in their symptoms. Cardiologist Douglas Losordo and his colleagues recruited 24 patients aged 48-84 with severe (grade 3 or 4) an...


Questions

What prevents venomous animals from being killed by their own venom?


What is the surface of the Sun made of?


Why does tea leave a stain in a cup only in a ring around where the surface of the tea was?


Why do bannanas ripen other fruit?


What shoud I do with leeches in my pond?


What are flames made of?



Kitchen Science

(c) Dave Ansell
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Cup Fountain

Make a fountain, and some fascinating patterns with a polystyrene cup and a piece of carpet.


Interviews

(c)  Tomasz Sienicki @ wikimedia

Want to Quit Smoking and Iron Out Wrinkles? Chemistry can help!

We spoke to Chemistry World's Richard Van Noorden about how chemistry can help us quit smoking and hide the signs of aging.

(c) Kate Whitley, Wellcome Images

The Wellcome Collection

We sent Ben Valsler to visit the newly opened Wellcome Collection in London, a place where science and art go hand in hand...

(c) Traroth

Fit Fathers, Unfit Daughters

Is 'survival of the fittest' a bit too simple? We spoke to Loeske Kruuk, whose studys show that, in Red Deer, fit fathers may not mean fit daughters.

(c) Ernest F

Science Update - Babies!

This week, Chelsea looks at making music from babies' cries, and Bob explores how babies can spot different languages, even before they can talk!


Fact or Fiction

The waste produced by one chicken in its lifetime can supply enough electricity to run a 100W lightbulb for 30 hours
TrueTrue
A pearl is an entombed parasitic worm
TrueTrue
Sound travels 14 times faster in water than air
TrueTrue
There are over 1000 chemicals in a cup of coffee
TrueTrue
Deer mice lack a collarbone
TrueTrue




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