Science In Action

The BBC brings you all the week's science news.

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Tracking Poverty
Identifying Africa’s poor regions using satellites reveal places where help is needed most
18 Aug 2016,26 mins
Nerve Recovery in Brain Machine Interface Patients
Paraplegic patients using robotic legs and training on a BMI showed some nerve recovery
11 Aug 2016,26 mins
Sun-tracking Sunflowers
Could the internal clocks in sunflowers be the reason they track the sun across the sky?
04 Aug 2016,26 mins
Record Temperatures in Kuwait and US
Kuwait City hits 54 degrees
28 Jul 2016,26 mins
Smashing into the Moon
Space ballistics explain one of the Moon’s huge craters
21 Jul 2016,26 mins
Wildfires – What can Science Tell Us About Them?
Can science help us to understand wildfires like the fire in Alberta, Canada?
14 Jul 2016,26 mins
Robotic Ray
A miniature robotic ray built from heart cells is able to swim & spin when guided by light
07 Jul 2016,26 mins
Antarctic Ozone Hole Is Finally Closing
The ozone hole is Antarctica is slowly healing after ban of chlorine-based chemicals
30 Jun 2016,26 mins
Electric Wind on Venus
The discovery of a strong electric wind on Venus could explain why Earth’s twin is so dry
23 Jun 2016,26 mins
Mapping the Ocean Floor
What’s being done about mapping the topography under the oceans?
16 Jun 2016,26 mins
Fast Storage of CO2 in Volcanic Rock
Volcanic rock converts carbon dioxide quickly, effectively locking away the greenhouse gas
09 Jun 2016,26 mins
The Peppered Moth Mutation
The mutation that caused the peppered moth to go black is identified and dated to 1819.
02 Jun 2016,26 mins
Tracking Individual Cells From Early Embryo To Adult
New technique to track individual cells from early embryo to adult using genetic barcodes
26 May 2016,26 mins
Farming and Air Pollution
Does agriculture add more particulate air pollution than all other human activities?
19 May 2016,26 mins
Arctic Warming Could Be Changing Bird’s Shape
Earlier ice melt in the Arctic could be changing the size and shape of Red knot shorebirds
12 May 2016,26 mins
Impact of Recent El Niño
Will the recent El Niño be followed by a strong La Niña event?
05 May 2016,26 mins
Dealing with Resistance to Bt Crops
Fast-track evolution in the lab deals with growing resistance of insects to Bt crops
28 Apr 2016,26 mins
Why Birds Survived Dinosaur Extinction
Beaks rather than teeth could be the reason why birds survived dinosaur extinction
21 Apr 2016,26 mins
Zika Causes Birth Defects
The CDC in the US confirms that Zika virus causes birth defects
14 Apr 2016,26 mins
Coral Bleaching Killing Great Barrier Reef
Huge Amount of Coral Bleaching Killing Off Great Barrier Reef
07 Apr 2016,26 mins
Damaged Embryos Repair Themselves
Eight Day Old Damaged Mouse Embryos Can Replace Faulty Cells With Healthy Ones
31 Mar 2016,26 mins
Zika entry into Brazil
Scientists use genetics to determine Zika virus entry into Brazil
24 Mar 2016,26 mins
Mosul Dam warning
The Mosul Dam is in danger of collapsing according to reports
17 Mar 2016,26 mins
Plastic Eating Bacteria
Could plastic eating bacteria eat away at the millions of tonnes of plastic waste?
10 Mar 2016,26 mins
Diet, death and climate change
Diet, death and climate change; how less fruit and veg will cause 500,000 global deaths
03 Mar 2016,26 mins
Hacking Zika Transmission
Bacteria could be used as Trojan horses to control mosquitoes
25 Feb 2016,26 mins
Predicting the Next Financial Crisis
Predicting the next financial crisis – scientists call for a global warning system
18 Feb 2016,26 mins
Hearing the Universe for the First Time
Hearing the universe for the first time – scientists detect gravitational wave signal
11 Feb 2016,26 mins
Virus Test in a Suitcase
Virus test in a suitcase – can pocket-sized sequencers help monitor disease outbreaks?
04 Feb 2016,26 mins
Zika Virus: What Do We Know?
What do we know about the Zika virus and how can we find out more?
28 Jan 2016,26 mins