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17 February 2011
For this month's Cafe, Graham Fraser discusses the prevalence and causes of Alzheimers disease as well is his...
17 February 2011
Graham Fraser from the Medical Research Council explains the potential causes of alzheimers disease and how his team...
16 February 2011
Salbutamol podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
14 February 2011
Is it possible to walk in a straight line if one is blind or blindfolded? Are blind people better at it? Find the...
14 February 2011
In this NewsFlash, the fossil evidence that the famous human ancestor Lucy - Australopithecus afarensis - had arched...
13 February 2011
How do magnets multiply? What keeps an aeroplane in the air? How do wild animals avoid incest? It's open season on...
11 February 2011
This week, the causes of asthma, a new way to "K.O." MRSA, what is lupus and can it be controlled, how do...
11 February 2011
Valentines Day is here and this month on Naked Oceans we reveal some of the unusual mating habits of ocean animals. How...
11 February 2011
Fewer than one third of patients who suffer a heart attack attend rehabilitation sessions, despite evidence that this...
10 February 2011
This week in the Planet Earth Podcast - how the Romans recycled glass, dinosaur colour, and what Europe's gravity...
10 February 2011
How do you go about finding a mate if you can't go and look for one? This is the problem corals, which are rooted...
09 February 2011
Sulfuric acid podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
07 February 2011
What does the future hold for us? Is the future bright, shining and brimming with opportunity, or a dark, dystopian...
07 February 2011
Which is better for the environment: an e-card or a traditional paper card? We have the answer for you in this (not...
07 February 2011
In this NewsFlash, we meet the new species of malaria-carrying mosquito, explore new artificial arteries and find out...
06 February 2011
This week we're getting inside the workings of the next generation of chips that are set to pack a bigger...
06 February 2011
Dr. Robert Mullins explains how we go from a computer chip to a fully working computer...
04 February 2011
This week, how stimulating the brain can help you to think outside the box, why corks in the bed can cure cramps, the...
04 February 2011
We all know chameleons can change their colour at will, but how do they do it? And is it really because of camouflage?
02 February 2011
Sulfur hexafluoride podcast from Chemistry World - the magazine of the Royal Society of Chemistry
31 January 2011
Some hand washes claim to kill 99.99% of all germs. What do these advertising slogans really mean? Would two hand...
31 January 2011
This month we look back at Diamond's scientific highlights of 2010 to reveal how microbes are eroding away our...
31 January 2011
In this NewsFlash, we find out why our model of the circadian clock might be wrong, how the bacteria that live inside a...
30 January 2011
Leprosy goes under the microscope this week as we uncover the origins of one of the oldest known human diseases,...