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Science In Action Episodes

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    The True Cost of the Brazil Museum Fire

    The cost to science of the fire which destroyed Brazil鈥檚 National Museum

  2. Devastating Floods in Kerala

    The monsoon dropped a month鈥檚 rain in just two days, causing extreme flooding in SW India

  3. Fungal Threat to World鈥檚 Favourite Banana

    The Cavendish banana is globally threatened by a fungal disease. Can genetics save it?

  4. Weed-killer 鈥� 鈥楻oundup鈥�, Science and the Law

    US jury rules on herbicide, Roundup鈥檚 link to cancer, does the science agree?

  5. Nasa's Solar Probe Launch

    Nasa鈥檚 Parker Solar Probe hopes to 鈥榯ouch the Sun鈥� in 2025

  6. Drought and the Mayans

    Measuring the extent of the drought that contributed to collapse of Classic Maya Society

  7. Water on Mars

    Scientists have used radar technology to discover water beneath the surface of Mars

  8. Heatwaves and Droughts

    How the current Northern hemisphere heatwaves and droughts link to global warming

  9. New Neutrino Source Found

    Flaring blazar is a new astrophysical source of nature鈥檚 ghost particles

  10. Bringing Back the Northern White Rhino

    Scientists create hybrid embryos of extremely rare northern white rhino

  11. Japanese Space Mission Hayabusa 2 Reaches Asteroid

    Japanese space mission Hayabusa 2 successfully reaches boulder strewn asteroid - Ryugu

  12. Hazard Mapping the Guatemalan Volcano

    Understanding the risks and hazards of volcanic eruptions

  13. Antarctic Ice Melt and Sea Level Rise

    The rate of sea level rise from melting ice sheets in Antarctica has trebled

  14. Selling Dinosaurs to Private Collectors

    Does the science of palaeontology suffer when dinosaur fossils are sold privately?

  15. The Dunes of Pluto

    There are dunes on Pluto, but they are grains of frozen methane, not sand

  16. New Pill To Monitor Your Gut

    A new device has been developed to detect processes inside your gut in real-time

  17. Human Activity Threatens Conservation

    Human activity threatens conservation through roads, urbanisation and grazing

  18. Origin of Deadly Amphibian Fungus Found

    Traced to the Korean peninsula and spread by trade, over 700 species have been infected

  19. The 鈥楪reatest Glasshouse鈥� in the World

    Re-opening of Kew glasshouse provides a home for thousands of endangered plants.

  20. Geothermal Activity and Earthquakes

    Could a geothermal project have caused an earthquake in South Korea?

  21. Smelly Socks in Malaria Fight

    Kenyan childrens鈥� socks give clues to mosquito biting

  22. New Planet Hunting Mission

    NASA's new planet hunting mission is about to launch

  23. Tracing the Novichok Trail

    How scientists are tracing the novichok trail in the UK using 鈥渉otzone鈥� forensics

  24. The Rise of Novichok Agents

    A history of chemical weapons and the rise of novichok agents

  25. Can Science Save the Northern White Rhino?

    IVF and stem cell treatments could help save the northern white rhino. Only two remain.

  26. Physicist Stephen Hawking (1942 - 2018)

    Celebrating Cosmologist Stephen Hawking鈥檚 work

  27. Russia鈥檚 New Nuclear Age

    How credible is Putin鈥檚 claim that Russia has developed a nuclear-powered cruise missile?

  28. Cold Winter, Warm Climate

    A warming Arctic is causing extremely cold winters in North America and Western Europe

  29. Will Cape Town Run Out of Water?

    Cape Town is warning that taps will be turned off in July if rains don鈥檛 come soon

  30. Reversing Systemic Bias Against Women Scientists in the Media

    Addressing the bias against women quoted in popular science articles

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