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Bioscience to bioweapons; Synthetic diamonds; Stem cell transplants
Could the same knowledge used to save lives create viruses to use as weapons of terror?
Animal research; Astronaut selection; Show us your instrument
Publication of the annual government statistics on scientific research on animals.
2D supermaterials; Inside an MRI; Antarctic architecture
Dr Adam Rutherford explores supermaterials, brain scanning and Antarctic architecture.
Crash risk; Mary Rose bacteria; History of Science; Greenwich telescope
With seven disasters last month, Adam Rutherford asks if trains crash more often in summer
Lab-grown leather; Goal line technology; Bacteria outrage; Marine buoy
New goal line technology kicks in this month - Adam Rutherford looks at how Hawk-Eye works
Universal flu vaccine; Science games; AllTrials; Penguin camera
Search for a universal flu vaccine, and the scientists using online games for research.
Artificial reefs; Scanning beehives; Ape feet; NMR
The science of artificial reefs, and why our feet are more ape-like than we thought.
Research bias; Sniffer dogs; Lasers; Roadkill
Alice Roberts looks at research bias, training sniffer dogs, mapping roadkill and lasers
Fukushima ice wall; Martian menus; Science practicals; Eye tracker
Will the proposed ice wall at Fukushima nuclear plant finally fix their radioactive leaks?
Stem cell news; Science practicals; Phantom head; Sewage power
Is this week's new stem cell research a breakthrough for regenerative medicine?
Chemical weapons; Crowd-sourcing weather; Fingerprint ID; Dino drill
Adam Rutherford asks how difficult it is to destroy chemical weapons.
Fracking FAQs; Fingerprint ; Lipstick forensics; Snake hook
Adam Rutherford tackles the subject of fracking in the UK, sorting myth from science fact.
Menopause; IPCC; Fracking ; Particle accelerator; Zombie chemicals
Adam Rutherford explores the science behind the menopause and the uncertainty of science.
US shutdown; Nobels; New climate science; Airport heart attack headlines
With the US government on lockdown, Dr Adam Rutherford considers the risks for science.
Genetics and education; Golden Rice inventor; Chimp Chatter and Lightning Lab
Robert Plomin on why Michael Gove's advisor is right to highlight genetics in education.
Nuclear Waste; Exoplanets; BBC time and pips, Synthetic Biology Olympics
Adam Rutherford asks how radioactive waste from Hinkley C nuclear plant will be dealt with
Moon dust; Electro-ceuticals; Soil and climate change; Dogs' tails
Dust in space - Dr Lucie Green on the LADEE Moon Mission and the perils of moon dirt.
Personal genome; Solar cells and music; Asteroids; Alfred Russel Wallace
Dr Lucie Green on putting your sequenced DNA, your personal genome, on the internet.
DNA to ID typhoon victims; Volcanic ash; Hope for red squirrels; Robogut
How DNA matching techniques can help identify those who perished in Typhoon Haiyan.
Bird Atlas; Flywheels; Energy capture; Science lessons for MPs
The citizen science army who've logged 19 million birds for the new UK Ireland Bird Atlas.
Therapeutic hypothermia; Cameras on Gaia; Methane; Wine microbiota
Adam Rutherford toasts microbial 'terroir', the fungi and bacteria that make grapes unique
Badger culls; Douglas Mawson; Plastics; Uptalk
The global march of valley-girl 'uptalk' - now men too are upwardly inflecting.
Horsemeat; NanoSims; Early bacteria; Crystallography
Scientists are ready to form the vanguard in the fight to protect UK food from criminals.
Antimicrobial soap; GAIA; Stone-age jellybones; Antarctica
The voyage to map a billion stars - the GAIA satellite camera is launched into space.
Bacteriophages; Breath-detecting disease; Our bees electric and DNA Barcoding
Bacteriophages as a tool to fight infections; bees and their electric sensing for nectar
Ancient Human Occupation of Britain
Who lived in Britain thousands of years ago, and how do we know?
Antarctica weather and climate change; GM Fish Oils; Melanin Fossils; Time Travel
The astrophysicists, the poker game, and the search for time travellers in our midst.
Personal genetics kits; Persister cells; Earthquake mapping; Scorpions
Personal genetics kits - useful service or unregulated, irresponsible and gimmicky?
Higgs Boson; Neutrinos; Antarctic echo locator; Rainforest fungi; Alabama rot
Tiny particles and the huge and hugely expensive experiments needed in order to find them.
Neanderthals; Plague; Wind Tunnel; Music Timing; Stem Cells
Adam Rutherford asks: What did the Neanderthals ever do for us?
Engineering for floods; Neanderthal genes; Switching senses; Genes in Space game
Adam Rutherford asks architects and engineers how to protect homes against floods.
