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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...
16 January 2014
Crowd funding programmes have raised money for Hollywood films, but now it could even be used to monitor carbon dioxide...
15 January 2014
Simon Cotton looks back at the history of one of our favourite painkillers, paracetamol
14 January 2014
Have you stuck to your New Year's Resolutions? We investigate the psychology of willpower and how long it takes to...
14 January 2014
Hearing loss is distressing, but researchers are starting to unpick the genetic causes behind some of these problems.
13 January 2014
There's not that many bugs around this time of year, but those that are seem to collect by by kitchen light. Why...
10 January 2014
How is the scale of coronal mass ejection (CME) measured? How does evolution work? What causes magnetic field flips?...
10 January 2014
Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham meet astronaut Chris Hadfield.