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15 February 2014
Competition and collaboration between the UK and US drives innovation and discovery, explains David Willetts, UK...
14 February 2014
We take a look at the genetics of smell. Plus, contagious cancer, gene therapy for blindness, and a slimy gene of the...
14 February 2014
Do scientists resort to propaganda to defend climate change? How do we deal with evolution unbelievers? How do we...
13 February 2014
A young, physically healthy giraffe called Marius in a zoo in Copenhagen was put down. We try to understand why.
12 February 2014
How do you pack up 4 million museum items for refurbishment? Cambridge University's museum of zoology is getting a...
12 February 2014
Hayley Birch discovers the compound that links explosive anaesthetics, plastics and ripe bananas: Ethene
11 February 2014
We're chewing over the topic of food footprints: How green is your lunchbox? What's the environmental impact...
10 February 2014
Does the colour of your snot signify the severity or stage of your cold?
10 February 2014
We meet a prototype Exo Mars rover on location at Airbus Defence & Space in Stevenage, reports on Urthecast aboard...
07 February 2014
How does acid produce stem cells? Why do carpets creep across the floor? Where does dust come from? What's special...
06 February 2014
Doctors are trying to bring Michael Schumacher out of a medically induced coma. But why are medically induced comas...
05 February 2014
Lactose intolerance leads to unpleasant and antisocial symptoms. Lars Öhrström finds out why
04 February 2014
How are objects smaller than the wavelength of light making such large waves in the fields of health, optics, and...
03 February 2014
What causes deodorant stains on clothes, and how best to get rid of them?
31 January 2014
How does light accelerate in a less-dense medium? How do climbing plants twist around a stake? Why would stainless...
31 January 2014
In this episode of the eLife podcast we discuss ants, rats, sharks and rays, and the pathogen that causes corn smut in...
30 January 2014
Purple tomatoes might soon be making their way onto our dinner plates as the genetically modified fruit is being...
29 January 2014
Simon Cotton investigates tetrahydrogestrinone (THG), a designer steroid that sparked a sporting scandal
28 January 2014
Live on location at the Cambridge Science Centre, the team answer questions like, is watching the Exorcist a...
27 January 2014
Polio has not been seen in Britain since the 80's, but the disease is still endemic in three countries. Can it be...
24 January 2014
How do GM and cloning differ? Will lightning fry a swimmer? Why does beetroot make urine red? How do comets come by...
22 January 2014
Brian Clegg meets a simple organic compound with a reputation for being something of a bruiser
21 January 2014
Why is the UK investing in space weather forecasts, does the Sun cause climate change and how can solar storms affect...
20 January 2014
New Zealand adventures with sheep, finding the Huntington's gene, developing new therapies for the brain and...