Science In Action

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

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Why do some People lose out on Sleep?
What causes disordered sleep patterns?
02 Sep 1999,23 mins
What's that Insect eating Everything in Sight?
Why farmers everywhere need the services of insect taxonomists
26 Aug 1999,23 mins
A Plant Gene to overcome salty Soil
A gene for salt tolerance could enable crops to grow on irrigated land with salt build-up
20 Aug 1999,24 mins
Total Eclipse visible from UK to Bay of Bengal
Excitement in the eclipse's zone of totality
13 Aug 1999,23 mins
Oxygen from the Primeval Slime
Cyanobacteria were at work 2.5 billion years ago, making oxygen
05 Aug 1999,23 mins
What this Lunar Crash Landing might reveal
Lunar Prospector is about to be crashed into the Moon
25 Jul 1999,23 mins
Chandra X-ray Observatory tunes into big Cosmic Events
Chandra X-ray Observatory is launched to record the most violent events in the universe
22 Jul 1999,23 mins
The future of Genetically Modified Trees
Will "new improved" genetically modified trees help feed the world and fuel industry?
15 Jul 1999,23 mins
Will this Study be a breakthrough for Alzheimer's disease?
Is there a treatment in sight for Alzheimer's Disease?
08 Jul 1999,24 mins
Rosetta space craft will tail a Comet
Scientists are sending Rosetta to tail a comet through space for two years
01 Jul 1999,23 mins
How Mesoamericans put the Bounce into Rubber Balls first
Ancient Mesoamericans and their sacred ball games played with bouncing rubber balls
24 Jun 1999,24 mins
Chimpanzee Groups have Traditions, too
Different behaviours are transmitted down the generations of chimpanzees in the wild
17 Jun 1999,24 mins
Will Spies ever use DNA to send Messages?
Using specially-coded DNA to send secret messages
10 Jun 1999,23 mins
What causes the Signs of Age?
Looking for clues to the causes of ageing at a cellular level
03 Jun 1999,23 mins
Ancient Ancestors and Modern Science in Nairobi
Meeting our earliest ancestors and the Aids-immune prostitutes helping doctors in Nairobi
27 May 1999,23 mins
Sleeping with the Light off is good for our Eyes
Babies who sleep with the light on may be more likely to grow up to be near-sighted
13 May 1999,24 mins
What should we do with the last stocks of Smallpox?
Should the two remaining stocks of smallpox be destroyed?
06 May 1999,23 mins
What did Dinosaurs sound like?
Cyber paeleontologists reconstruct the roars of dinosaurs using fossil measurements
29 Apr 1999,23 mins
Our first Meat-eating Ancestor?
A 2.5-million-year-old addition to the human family tree has been found in Ethiopia
22 Apr 1999,22 mins
The biggest Bacteria in the World
Discovering the biggest bacteria in the world – so big they are visible with the naked eye
15 Apr 1999,23 mins
Policing the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
A new monitor network will be able to detect clandestine nuclear tests
08 Apr 1999,23 mins
The Human Cloning Debate
Debating the worldwide ethics of human cloning
01 Apr 1999,24 mins
Who owns new Plant Genes?
The debate about regulation of plant gene ownership in Africa and Asia
18 Mar 1999,23 mins
A drop of Vinegar could replace the Smear Test
The acetic acid in a drop of vinegar might become the new cervical cancer screening test
11 Mar 1999,23 mins
'Eat less and live longer' is the Lab Rats' Message
Will we choose to live to eat – or eat less to live longer?
04 Mar 1999,24 mins
Making Oxygen on Mars
How DNA extracted from teeth is being used to trace the thousands of people in Argentina who have disapeared.
25 Feb 1999,23 mins
Genetically Modified Food Debate reignites in UK
Genetically modified food debate is re-ignited in Britain
18 Feb 1999,23 mins
How many Fathers does a Child need?
The more fathers you have, the better your chances of survival, report anthropologists
11 Feb 1999,23 mins
Space Mirrors that could Light up the Earth
A 25-metre giant space mirror to reflect light from the Sun back to Earth
03 Feb 1999,23 mins
Can we Predict Earthquakes?
How easy is it to predict earthquakes? Somewhere between "difficult" and "impossible"
28 Jan 1999,23 mins