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Quorum Sensing
Can we beat bacteria by stopping the bugs from talking to each other?
Build Me a Brain
Scientists connect cultures of living human neurons to robots to see how the brain works
Solar Max
Astronomer Lucie Green looks at the dangers a solar superstorm could pose to us on Earth
Amoret Whitaker
Forensic entomologist Amoret Whitaker on insects and their role in solving crimes
Alan Watson
Around a million cosmic rays pass through us every night but where do they come from?
On The Trail of the American Honeybee
Dr Adam Hart explores the impact of migratory bee-keeping in the United States
On the Trail of the American Honeybee 1/2
How honeybees and their keepers travel vast distances pollinating America's crops
Deep Sea Vents
Are newly discovered deep ocean ecosystems threatened by deep sea mining?
After Sandy
How can science protect New York from future super storms?
The Crying Game
Why do we cry and why are emotional tears a uniquely human trait?
