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Plate Tectonics and Life

Earthquakes are feared for their destructive, deadly force. But they are part of a geological...

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Frontiers: Biofuels

Gaia Vince asks if we can ever run our vehicles on biofuels derived from algae or bacteria? She...

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Whatever happened to biofuels?

Whatever happened to biofuels? They were seen as the replacement for fossil fuels until it was...

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Quorum Sensing

Bacteria need to talk to each other to cause disease. Geoff Watts explores whether we can stop...

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19/06/2013

England's chief medical officer recently warned that within twenty years, the spread of...

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Build me a Brain

Roland Pease delves into the wetter side of computing and asks what brain cells in a dish can...

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Build Me a Brain

When President Obama recently complained, that although "we can identify galaxies light years...

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Frontiers: Forensic Phonetics

Rebecca Morelle looks at some of the new research in this growing area of forensics, including...

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Forensic Phonetics

Many crimes are planned, executed and sometimes gloated over using mobile phones. And the move to...

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Frontiers: Human Genome

A decade ago, the Human Genome Project revealed that only 1% of our DNA codes for the proteins...

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05/12/2012

A decade ago, the Human Genome Project revealed that only 1% of our DNA codes for the proteins...

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Frontiers: Brain Machine Interfaces

Can reading the mind allow us to use thought control to move artificial limbs?Neuroscientist...

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Brain Machine Interfaces

Can reading the mind allow us to use thought control to move artificial limbs? Neuroscientist...

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Frontiers: Anthropocene

Gaia Vince explores the idea that humans have begun a new phase in our planet’s history,that our...

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Anthropocene

Humanity's impact on the Earth is so profound that we're creating a new geological time period....

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Frontiers: Why do women live longer than men?

In the UK today, male life expectancy is 78 years old, whereas women will on average live four...

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Frontiers: Future of Particle Physics

Finding the Higgs boson on July 4th was the last piece in physicists' Standard model of matter....

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Future of Particle Physics

Finding the Higgs boson on July 4th was the last piece in physicists' Standard model of matter....

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Why do women live longer than men?

In the UK today, male life expectancy is 78 years old, whereas women will on average live four...

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Oxytocin

The hormone oxytocin is involved in mother and baby bonding and in creating trust. Linda Geddes...

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