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Geoff Watts meets the meteorite hunters who are uncovering the secrets of the formation of our solar system. Show more
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Geoff Watts travels back in time and beneath the waves in search of a lost city under the Mediterranean, and Sir John Franklin's ships beneath the North West Passage. Show more
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Geoff Watts meets Lord May, President of the British Science Association, and visits a 'Pestival' of insect art London's South Bank. Show more
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Geoff Watts explores genomic medicine, biomedical science and the future of gene sequencing with his guests including Jane Rogers, Professor Sir John Bell and Lord Paul Drayson. Show more
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As international science journalists meet in London, Geoff Watts examines progress towards greater public engagement with science. Show more
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Geoff Watts meets Richard Holmes, winner of the 2009 Science Book Prize, and hears how history and biography can reveal the workings of science. Show more
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Geoff Watts investigates life on the edge in extreme polar environments, and the perils facing scientists who study it. Show more
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Geoff Watts looks into the science of seasonality in plants, animals and ourselves. Show more
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Drug researcher, Professor Valerie Curran explains the difficulties of assessing drug damage to the brain and how long term effects are problematic to interpret. Show more
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Geoff Watts reports on the latest stories from the world of science and technology. Incuding, scientists have gained new understandings of the gene which triggers weight gain in some people. Show more
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Researchers have uncovered an important new effect that insulin has on the body that could lead to a greater resistance to chronic disease and increased longevity. Show more
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Tiny fragments that could be the pre-cursors to genetic material have been found in a carbon-rich meteorite. Does this mean that life on Earth has an extraterrestrial origin? Show more
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Geoff Watts reports on the latest stories from the world of science and technology. Geoff Watts reports on a new study linking increased global rainfall to human activity. Show more
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Geoff Watts reports on the latest stories from the world of science and technology. What might Gordon Brown's leadership might mean for science and research? Show more
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Geoff Watts reports on the latest stories from the world of science and technology. Scientists in Norway have worked out why elder siblings have a higher IQ than their younger brothers and sisters. Show more
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Geoff Watts visits the Royal Society to see some of the science on display. Including why listening to trees can help the timber industry, and a tiny computer designed to measure how you are moving. Show more
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How did Britain become separated from mainland Europe? Geoff Watts speaks to geologists at Imperial College London who believe that a huge megaflood less than 12,000 years ago was the cause. Show more
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Geoff Watts talks to Professor Jonathan Tennyson of University College London about the discovery of a distant giant planet that appears to have significant amounts of water in its atmosphere. Show more
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Geoff Watts accompanies a group of Danish scientists to Greenland. Using satellite tagging technology, they are hoping to solve the mystery of the migratory habits of the walrus. Show more
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Jonathan Stewart visits the Great Barrier Reef and hears from scientists how this incredible living structure is providing key evidence in the debate about climate change. Show more
