Science In Action

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

World Service,1472 episodes

Episodes

ListGrid

New Mystery Meson upsets Particle Theorists
Discovery of a new mystery meson subatomic particle
21 Nov 2003,22 mins
Seach for Planets cancelled
Scientists protest at ESA's cancellation of the Eddington mission to look for new planets
17 Nov 2003,22 mins
Increasing Longevity – in Worms
Scientists increase longevity of worms by blocking hormones that cause ageing
07 Nov 2003,22 mins
Spot the Solar Flares
The Sun is producing massive solar flares causing magnetic storms
31 Oct 2003,22 mins
Concorde's Last Flight
Last flight of Concorde, the supersonic passenger aircraft
24 Oct 2003,22 mins
First Chinese Astronaut
China's first manned space flight, Shenzhou 5, is a success
17 Oct 2003,22 mins
Is there Liquid on Titan?
Can radio telescopes "see" lakes of liquid hydrocarbons on Saturn's moon Titan?
03 Oct 2003,22 mins
Why more CO2 means more acidic Oceans
How oceans are becoming more acidic as they absorb increased quantities of man-made CO2
27 Sep 2003,22 mins
Why the Month you were born Matters
How could the month of your birth affect the rest of your life?
18 Sep 2003,22 mins
How Babies recognise Language
Babies can recognise language very early, using the left hemisphere of their brain
12 Sep 2003,22 mins
Mystery of the first Americans
Why the first people to reach the Americas weren't ancestors of today's native Americans
05 Sep 2003,22 mins
The Red Planet seen from Earth
Scientists are taking advantage of how close Mars is now to Earth
29 Aug 2003,22 mins
Ancient Chinese Drug used in Battle against Malaria
How do artemisinins, known to Chinese medicine, act against malaria?
21 Aug 2003,22 mins
The state of Coral Reefs
Study of 40,000 years of coral reefs connects their decline to human intervention
14 Aug 2003,22 mins
Astronomers ignite Climate Change Controversy
Paper on global warming causes academic and political controversy
07 Aug 2003,22 mins
Is the Ozone Layer on the mend?
First evidence that the ozone layer might be healing
01 Aug 2003,22 mins
The role of Frog Eggs in Stem Cell Research
Frog eggs could help scientists facing restrictions on use of human embryonic stem cells
25 Jul 2003,22 mins
Did we all start from this Single Cell?
Proteins show that choanoflagellates could be our closest single-cell ancestor
11 Jul 2003,22 mins
New Recipe for Cleaner Fuel
Beds of recyclable zeolite crystals can be used to eliminate sulphur compounds from fuels
07 Jul 2003,22 mins
'Child Mortality should be a Global Concern'
How and why 10 million children die unnecessarily each year
26 Jun 2003,22 mins
Secrets of the Y Chromosome
New map of the Y chromosome shows it carries more genes than expected
20 Jun 2003,22 mins
Flight or Fight?
How the brain's amygdala helps us recognise danger and respond
05 Jun 2003,22 mins
Should Museums return ancestral Human Remains?
Requests for repatriation of human remains from scientific collections raise concerns
01 Jun 2003,22 mins
How Video Games can be Good for You
Improve your multi-tasking and visual skills with video games
30 May 2003,22 mins
Overfishing could soon cause Extinctions
Only 10% of world's large fish stocks remain, warns new report
15 May 2003,22 mins
Understanding the Mosquito's Defences
Gene for insecticide resistance in mosquitos identified
09 May 2003,22 mins
What are the Consequences of making Eggs?
Making eggs from stem cells could raise ethical and legal problems
02 May 2003,22 mins
Has Genetics really revolutionised Agriculture and Medicine yet?
Genetic engineering – improving lives or making companies richer?
25 Apr 2003,22 mins
The race to identify the Sars Virus
The virus detectives who are on the case of the SARS coronavirus
08 Apr 2003,23 mins
Does Monkeys' immune Response hold the key to HIV?
How primates deal with SIV could teach us about HIV
20 Mar 2003,23 mins