Science In Action

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

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British Society for the Advancement of Science Festival
World science celebrated at Festival of the British Society for the Advancement of Science
12 Sep 1997,28 mins
Donating Blood Could be Good for your Heart
How donating blood might reduce the risk of heart disease by lowering iron levels
29 Aug 1997,28 mins
Plants Use Electricity to Forecast Storms
Electric currents enable plants to predict storms and prepare to for a growth spurt
22 Aug 1997,28 mins
Fossil Evidence of Cannibalism
Early hominids and our ancestors ate each other until relatively recently
18 Aug 1997,28 mins
The Sound of Quantum Mechanics
The first sounds of quantum theory recorded in superfluid helium-3
08 Aug 1997,28 mins
Showing off on the Nano-Guitar
Ten-micron-long guitar carved from crystaline silicon by an electron beam
01 Aug 1997,28 mins
It's Another Foggy Morning on Mars
Pathfinder's robot, Sojourner, sends weather reports and rock analyses from Mars surface
25 Jul 1997,29 mins
How to Avoid Disaster when Installing a Computer System
Think carefully before you computerise and avoid the sins of pride and credulity
18 Jul 1997,29 mins
Pathfinder is Sending Photos from the Surface of Mars
Mars Pathfinder is sending pictures of an ancient riverbed and a meteor impact crater
11 Jul 1997,29 mins
The Prehistoric World of Boxgrove Man
When elephants, lions, panthers and wolves roamed southern England
03 Jul 1997,28 mins
Cannabis may not be such a soft Drug after all
Rats' extreme withdrawal symptoms from cannabis provide new insights into the drug
27 Jun 1997,28 mins
Breathing in your Medicine
New drug inhalers could replace injections for many medicines
20 Jun 1997,28 mins
Are Women's superior social Skills in their Genes?
Might social skills be influenced by a gene that is turned on in girls and off in boys?
13 Jun 1997,28 mins
Alzheimer's Researchers find a new Way to study the Brain
Mice with an added human gene enable researchers to study amyloid protein in the brain
30 May 1997,28 mins
Peer Review System shows Sexism, says Swedish Report
Claims that peer review system treats women scientists unfairly finds echoes in UK and USA
23 May 1997,28 mins
Antarctic Penguins contract Poultry Virus
Did humans or birds carry a serious poultry virus to the Antarctic?
16 May 1997,28 mins
The Perils of Prospecting for Gold
Prospecting for gold after the Bre-X scandal: how not to be fooled by 'salted' samples
09 May 1997,28 mins
Do tree lizards show evolution in action?
The leg-length of lizards marooned on islands could hold a key to evolutionary processes
02 May 1997,28 mins
Did this Dinosaur have Feathers, Frills or Bristles?
The palaeontological jury is still out on whether dinosaur Sinosauropteryx had feathers
25 Apr 1997,28 mins
Secrets of Gamma-Ray Bursts in Space
Astronomers locate the origin of mysterious gamma-ray bursts but what exactly is it?
18 Apr 1997,28 mins
The Geologist, the Creationist and Noah's Ark
A geologist challenges a creationist under consumer law in an Australian court
11 Apr 1997,28 mins
New Evidence in the Nature versus Nurture Debate
The brains of mice living in an enriched environment show definite advantageous changes
04 Apr 1997,28 mins
Dinosaurs were declining before an Asteroid hit
Volcanic-induced climate changes may have been the main cause of dinosaur extinction
27 Mar 1997,28 mins
Hale-Bopp is brightest Comet for 20 Years
Where and when to see Hale-Bopp and what makes the comet glow so brightly
14 Mar 1997,29 mins
Looking into the Hearts of Stars in the Laboratory
How plasma experiments create 'very hot, very exotic states of matter' in the laboratory
07 Mar 1997,29 mins
Dolly the Cloned Sheep makes History
How Dolly the sheep has become the first animal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell
28 Feb 1997,28 mins
Influenza Epidemic of 1918 carried by Pigs
Genetic investigation of original autopsy specimens shows 1918 influenza carried by swine
21 Feb 1997,28 mins
Has HERA created a new particle?
Exciting results from the HERA 'atom smasher' but no one knows exactly what they mean yet
21 Feb 1997,28 mins
Space Walk to Work on the Hubble Space Telescope
Astronauts' first space walk to install new instruments in Hubble is a success
14 Feb 1997,28 mins
A Refit for the Hubble Space Telescope
Astronauts will install new instruments to enable Hubble to see more and deeper into space
07 Feb 1997,28 mins