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Cosmic inflation; LISA; Photonic radar; Bird stress camera; Water research; Taxidermy
Gareth Mitchell explores the compelling new evidence for the Big Bang Theory.
Fracking; Purple GM tomatoes; Bionic humans; Shark attacks
Gareth Mitchell is ed by BBC School reporters to get their take on the week’s science.
Calorie Restriction; Moon Age; Mars Yard; IPCC.
Tracey Logan unpicks new research on calorie restriction.
Whales; Dark Matter; Falling; Arty brains
Tracey Logan asks whether killing whales for science can be justified?
Sperm and egg; Dogs; Automatic Facebook; Invasive species
Tracey Logan finds out how a sperm recognises an egg.
Y chromosome; Everest avalanche; Aphid survey; Longitude
Adam Rutherford finds out, when it comes to chromosomes, what's the point of the Y.
Mice & Men; Fuel from CO2; fRMI; Insect calls
How can you get jet fuel from thin air? Just add water, carbon dioxide and sunlight.
Colin Pillinger; Fire? Artificial DNA
The first living organism is created using artificial DNA with man-made genetic letters
Antarctic melt; brain enhancing devices, atomic clocks and anti-bat moth sounds
Adam Rutherford discusses the irreversible melting of the Antarctic Western Ice shelf.
Longitude Prize 2014; Dementia; Matter from light; Coastal deposition
Adam Rutherford discusses the launch of the Longitude Prize 2014.
Women scientists; Mapping the ocean floor; Amplituhedron
Tracey Logan and modern women scientists discuss past inspirational ladies of science.
Moving Mountains; Invasive Species; Football Stickers
China is taking the tops off mountains to build cities. What are the risks?
Turing test; World Cup exo-skeleton; Plant cyborgs; Music hooks
Big Science - the first World Cup kick is to be made using a mind-controlled robotic suit.
Antarctic Invaders; Patents; Longitude Challenges for Water and Antibiotics
Adam Rutherford finds out why Antarctica isn't such a pristine environment after all.
Longitude Prize Winner; Solar cells; New species; Fiji fisherwomen; Physics questions
Dr Adam Rutherford learns about this year's Longitude Prize challenge.
Informed consent, El Nino, Gravitational Waves, Cloud cover
Can we be used in experiments without our consent? Adam Rutherford investigates.
Behavioural profiling at airports; Light and colour in art; Hadrian's Wall; Cassini
Adam Rutherford questions the science behind behavioural profiling at airport security.
A special programme on plants and their pollinators, poisons and pests
Adam visits Kew Gardens to root amongst the foliage and reveal the latest in plant science
Science's fascination with the face
Adam discusses the ethics and privacy issues surrounding facial recognition programmes.
ExpeRimental; Rosetta; MOOCs
Alice Roberts indulges in some science experiments for kids, including Bubblecano!
New dinosaur; GM chickens; Lightning; Rosetta; Diatoms
Professor Alice Roberts reveals Laquintasaura, a new dinosaur found in South America.
Anaesthesia; Chilean earthquakes; Strange weather; Jellyfish
Will quantum physics bring us any closer to understanding how anaesthetics work?
TB in the New World; Trusting Wikipedia; Shipwreck of the London; @LegoAcademics
Adam Rutherford discovers that TB was introduced to the Americas from seals and sea lions.
Manipulating mouse memory; London pollution; Nature of knowing; Snail fur
Adam Rutherford shines a light on how the mouse brain processes memory.
Bardarbunga volcano; Geology in Minecraft; Synthesising opioids; Ammonia
Adam Rutherford talks to researchers in Iceland studying the erupting Bardarbunga volcano.
Jack the Ripper; Future of Scottish science
Examining the latest Jack the Ripper ID, and debating the future of Scottish science.
European ancestry; Cern is 60; Graphene plasters; Penguins
How most present-day Europeans derive from at least three ancestral populations.
Cosmic inflation latest; Indian space success; Science and language; Wax Venus
Claims of evidence for cosmic super-expansion just after the Big Bang are questioned.
Women, Science and the Royal Society; Open Access Research
Adam Rutherford asks the Royal Society about the decline in awards to female scientists.
Nobel Prizes 2014; Gauge; Genetics and Diabetes; UK Fungus Day
Adam Rutherford hosts a post-match analysis of the 2014 Nobel Prizes for science.
Ebola; Ada Lovelace Day; Space Weather
What can science tell us about the virus at the centre of the current Ebola outbreak?
