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Lunar
Leonids
 Dr.
Tony Phillips
For most stargazers, this year's quarter
Moon during the Leonid meteor shower will be a blazing nuisance... |
The
Youngest Pulsar Yet
 Imagine
the Universe
A hot, spinning, highly-magnetized infant
no more than ten miles across, born in a massive star explosion
about 700 years ago. |
Riding
a Magnetic Bubble
 Dr.
Tony Phillips
Scientists are experimenting with miniature
magnetospheres as an innovative form of space transportation. |
Wheels
in the Sky
 Patrick
Berry
Long before the ISS was actually
underway, a space station where people live and work existed
in the minds of science fiction writers. |
Spaceships
of the Future
 Stuart Carter
The furthest we have been
is the Moon. If we want to travel into deep space we'll need
a new breed of spacecraft. |
The
Great Telescope Race
 Nigel
Henbest
Astronomers around the world
are competing to build the world's most powerful telescope.
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Exploring
The Invisible Universe
 Marshall
Space Flight Centre
NASA's Chandra
X-ray telescope will help scientists understand the mysteries
of the universe. |
Are
We Alone?
 Sir
Martin Rees,
Astronomer Royal
Martin Rees discusses one of the most
fascinating questions in science. |
Worlds Around
Other Suns
 Kevin
Apps
Kevin Apps looks at the discovery of
planets beyond our solar system. |
The Real
Armageddon
 Lawrence
Krauss
Lawrence Krauss considers
the future of the universe and the prognosis for life within
it. |
Alien Contact
 Seth
Shostak
SETI researcher Seth Shostak
predicts how we'll react to the first phone call from ET. |
Life Off
Earth
 Heather
Couper
The discovery of alien life
is just around the corner, predicts Heather Couper. |
The
Hubble Decade
 Nigel
Henbest
Nigel Henbest investigates
the greatest discovery machine in the history of science |
Recipe
for the Universe
 Sir
Martin Rees,
Astronomer Royal
Our whole Universe is governed by just six numbers, set at the
time of the Big Bang. |
Seasons of
the Sun
 Leslie
Mullen
Predicting what the Sun will
do next has effects on power distribution, orbiting spacecraft
and even the weather. |
Water on
the Space Station
 Dr
Tony Philips
Rationing and recycling will be an essential
part of life on the International Space Station. |
Breathing
Easy on the Space Station
 Patrick
Barry
Life support systems on the ISS provide
oxygen, absorb carbon dioxide, and manage emissions. It's all
part of breathing easy in space.
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on the Space Station
 Patrick
Barry
In this article we take a
look at Microbes on the Space Station and how they will be kept
in check. |
Constructing
the Space Station
 Patrick
Barry
Building a structure for living
in space poses a different set of design challenges than building
homes on the ground |
Image
of the Cosmos
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Scientists have captured
the first focused hard x-ray images of the cosmos. |
Terraforming
Mars
 Dr
Tony Philips
Artificial greenhouse
gases could provide the means to make Mars a more comfortable
place for humans to live. |
The
Alignment of Planets
 Ron
Kozcor
In ancient times heavenly
alignments foretold doom. Nowadays they set the schedule for
space exploration. |
Nature's
Tiniest Space Junk
 Dr
Tony Philips
Scientists are monitoring
tiny but hazardous meteoroids that swarm around our planet. |
Martian
Life - The NASA Cover Up?
 Heather
Couper and Nigel Henbest
Did the
Viking spacecraft discover Life on Mars in 1976? |
Unmasking
the Face on Mars
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Revealing the Face
on Mars for what it really is: a mesa... |
Planet
Hunters
 Stuart Carter
A new breed of astronomers
is scanning the skies. The Planet Hunters... |
Distant
Wanderers
 Bruce
Dorminey
Are we approaching a time
when finding life on other planets could become a reality? |
Saturn's
Rings
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Four hundred years
after they were discovered, Saturn's breathtaking rings remain
a mystery. |
The
Edge of Sunshine
 Gil
Knier
How far away from
our sun can photovoltaics work? |
Water
on Mars
 Trudy
E Bell
New data suggests
that the long story of water on Mars isn't over yet. |
Gravity
on the Brain
 Karen
Miller
A ball-catching
experiment in space has revealed that human brains have a built-in
model of gravity. |
The
Stuff Between The Stars
 Patrick
Barry
The cosmos is laced
with tiny specks of dust that decide the fate of young stars
and planets. |
Lost
in Space
 Dr
Tony Phillips
In an alien
world where up and down have no meaning. It can be difficult
feeling Lost in Space. |
A
Day in the Life of a Space Walker
 Karen
Miller
Jim Reilly tells
what it's like to do construction work in the far-out environment
of space. |
The
First Starlight
 Patrick
Barry
Scientists have
found some of the first-born stars in our Universe |
Space
Power
 Linda
Voss
What advances are
required to send explorers throughout the solar system? |
Rocket
Ride
 Trudy
E. Bell
New safe and
fast technologies to propel explorers across the solar system. |
Space
Scents
 Karen
Miller & Dr Tony Phillips
Sending
flowers into space to find new perfumes |
The
Archaeology Mission
 Dr
Tony Phillips
A thousand
years from now NASA's Deep Space 1 probe could make some archaeologist
very happy. |
Danger
in Space
 Stuart Carter
In this article
we take a broader look at the history of space disasters over
the last four decades. |
Men
in Space?
 Sir
Martin Rees
Follow up
to Danger in Space that ponders the dangers of men travelling
into space. |
Quaoar
 Ron
Kozcor
Hubble has measured
the diameter of a distant world more than half the size of Pluto |
The
Great Dark Spot
 Dr
Tony Phillips
The Cassini
spacecraft has photographed a dark cloud on Jupiter twice as
big as Earth itself. |
Human
Time Bomb?
 Stuart Carter and Nigel Henbest
Should
Space Shuttle Columbia have launched at all? |
Popcorn
Supernovas
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Studying
the remains of some uncomfortably close supernova explosions. |
Astrophotography
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Astronauts
onboard the ISS are capturing some amazing photos of the night
sky. |
A
Star With Two North Poles
 Dr
Tony Phillips
The effects
of the Sun's magnetic field going haywire can be felt around
the solar system. |
Making
A Splash On Mars
 Dr
Tony Phillips
A dash
of salt might help to explain why liquid water could exist on
Mars. |
Ancient
Planet
 Ron
Kozcor
Some 13 billion
years ago in a distant cluster of stars, a planet formed. |
Harvesting
Mars
 Karen
Miller
Using carbon dioxide
- the main gas in Mars' atmosphere - to harvest rocket fuel
and water from the red planet. |
How
Astronauts Get Along
 Karen
Miller
Six months in
a tiny spaceship with the same crewmates can drive anyone to
distraction. |
Revenge
of the Magnetar
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Scientists
have discovered a few solar flares each year that are not like
the others... |
Black
Hole Sound Waves
 Ron
Kozcor
Sound waves are
rumbling away from a black hole in the Perseus cluster. |
Solar
Superstorm
 Ron
Kozcor
The most potent
disruption of Earth's ionosphere in recorded history could happen
again. |
The
Sun Goes Haywire
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Solar maximum
is years past, yet the sun has been remarkably active lately.
Is the sunspot cycle broken? |
Membranes
on Mars
 Karen
Miller
Thin membranes
could help people go to Mars and clean the air here on Earth. |
Mars
Mice
 Karen
Miller
In 2006 a group
of mice-astronauts will orbit Earth to learn what its like to
live on Mars. |
The
Fruit Fly in You
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Sending
fruit flies to the ISS to learn what space travel does to the
genes of astronauts. |
Can
People Go To Mars?
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Space radiation
between Earth and Mars poses a hazard to astronauts. |
Microscopic
Astronauts
 Dr
Tony Phillips
It's unavoidable:
Humans can't go to space without taking trillions of microbes
with them. |
Resilient
Rockets
 Patrick
Barry
New NASA technology
protects the insides of scorching-hot engines |
James
Cook - Transit of Venus
 Dr
Tony Phillips
In 1769
Captain James Cook was enthralled by a Transit of Venus. |
Blue
Moon
 Dr
Tony Phillips
On July
31st, you should look, because there's going to be a Blue Moon... |
The
Last Moon Experiment?
 Dr
Tony Phillips
A science
experiment left behind on the moon is still running today. |
Shields
Up!
 Dr
Tony Phillips
A breeze
of interstellar helium atoms is blowing through the solar system... |
Solar
Cycle 2004
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Something
strange happened on the sun last week: all the sunspots vanished... |
In
Search of GravitoMagnetism
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Gravity
Probe B has left Earth to measure a subtle yet long-sought force
of Nature. |
Soldering
Away
 Patrick
L Barry
Research aboard
the space station is adapting a tried-and-true repair tool,
the soldering iron, to weightlessness.. |
A
Breeze from the Star Signs
 Dr
Tony Phillips
NASA spacecraft
are monitoring an interstellar wind coming from the constellation
Ophiuchus. |
Sights and Sounds of Titan
 Dr
Tony Phillips
The European
Space Agency's Huygens probe has landed on Saturn's giant moon
Titan. |
Space
Teamwork
 Karen
Miller
Teamwork as important
as oxygen, fuel and radiation shielding to an astronaut |
Moon
Solar Flares
 Dr
Tony Phillips
The biggest
solar proton storm in 15 years erupted on the moon on 20th January
2005 |
Rainbows
on Titan
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Saturn's
moon Titan is wet, according to the ESA's Huygens probe, but
Titan's "water" is not like Earth's. |
Blue
Skies On Saturn
 Dr
Tony Phillips
NASA's
Cassini spacecraft has discovered another world with blue skies:
Saturn. |
Mars
Via The Moon
 Trudy
E Bell
Why colonize the
Moon before going to Mars? NASA scientists give their reasons.
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Moon
Fountains
 Trudy
E Bell
Electrified fountains
and
other strange things on the Moon. |
Moon
Dust Madness!
 Trudy
E Bell
When humans return
to the Moon they will have to be careful what they inhale... |
Prospecting
for Lunar Water
 Patrick
L Barry
Settling alien
worlds is thirsty work... |
Friday
the 13th, 2029
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Asteroid
2004 MN4 will come scarily close to Earth on April 13, 2029,
but it will not hit. |
A
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Moon
 Patrick
L Barry
NASA plans to
put a laser in orbit around the Moon to map its surface for
future explorers. |
Approaching
Mars
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Earth and
Mars will have a breathtaking close encounter in October 2005 |
A
New Kind of Solar Storm
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Going to
the Moon? Be careful. A new kind of solar storm can take you
by surprise |
Spectacular
Conjunction
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Mercury,
Venus and Saturn are converging for a spectacular close encounter
this weekend. |
A
Forcefield for Astronauts
 Patrick
L Barry
Researchers are
reviving an old but wild idea to protect astronauts from space
radiation |
Abandoned
Spaceships
 Patrick
L Barry
Getting a clear
pictures of Apollo relics on the Moon |
10th
Planet
 Dr
Tony Philips
Astronomers
have found a new planet in the outer reaches of the solar system. |
Radioactive
Moon
 Patrick
L Barry
How much radiation
awaits lunar colonists? A new NASA mission aims to find out. |
Mars
Doubles In Brightness
 Dr
Tony Philips
The red
planet, already intense, is about to get much brighter. |
How
is a Rocket Like a Guitar
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Guitars and rockets have a lot in common, but
what's good for a musician might spell trouble for an astronaut. |
New
Moons for Pluto
 Dr
Tony Phillips
The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed that Pluto appears to have not just one, but three moons.. |
What
Was the Star of Bethlehem?
 Nigel
Henbest
A comet, a close approach of Jupiter and
Saturn or a lunar occultation of the giant planet? |
The Challenger Admission
 Victoria Matthews
Space shuttle design flaws have had disastrous consequences for the American space program. |
Baby Universe
 Jo Locke
A picture of our universe from the first moments of its existence helps explain why it looks the way it does. |
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Learning from
Lightning
 NASA
Sensors in space are revealing the inner
workings of severe storms in an effort to improve forcasts of
deadly weather. |
The Fury
of Hurricanes
 NOAA
Hurricanes continue to wreck havoc,
costing millions of dollars in damage each year. |
Storm of the
Century
 NASA
Hurricane Floyd was responsible for the largest
peacetime evacuation in the history of the US. |
Electric
Skies
 Earle
Williams
Earle Williams talks to
FirstScience about his work and experiences of lightning. |
The Age of El
Nino
 John
Weier
The answer to predicting El
Nino's effects may lie in algae. |
Super-Thunderstorms
on Jupiter
 Cornell
The secret behind Jupiter's turbulant
atmosphere is out. |
Chasing Tornadoes
 Josh
Wurman
Josh Wurman talks to FirstScience
about his fascination with tornadoes. |
The Solar
Weather Technique
 Piers
Corbyn
Piers Corbyn discusses his unique way
of predicting weather. |
Great
Eruptions
 Steve
Self
Steve Self uncovers the ancient flood-basalt
eruptions which might have contributed to the death of the dinosaurs. |
Worlds
in Eruption
 Duncan
Copp
Terrestrial volcanoes are dwarfed by
the monsters recently discovered on other worlds. |
Weird Weather
 Paul
Simons
Paul Simons reports on the strange but
true wonders of weather. |
Dynamic
Pulsating Eruptions
 Stephen
Sparks
Volcanologist Steve Sparks
unlocks the mysteries of explosive volcanoes. |
Ocean Forces
Threaten Our Climate
 John
Gribbin
Powerful forces beneath
the ocean waves may wreak havoc on our climate, driven by global
warming. |
Earth's Fidgeting
Climate
 Patrick
L.Barry
Is human activity warming
the Earth or are natural climate changes to blame? |
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Contrary
Thermometers
 Patrick
L.Barry
How can the globe be warming,
and yet not warming at the same time? |
Flowing
Sand in Space
 Steve
Price
Scientists are sending sand
into Earths orbit to learn more about how soil behaves during
earthquakes. |
Continents
in Collision
 Patrick
L.Barry
Earth's massive continents
are on the move |
Heart of the
Hurricane
 Patrick
L.Barry
Scientists are peering
into the centre of storms in ways that were never before possible,
in a bid to understand what happens at the heart of a hurricane.
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The
Greening of Mars
 Dr
Tony Phillips
A hardy microbe from
Earth might one day transform the barren ground of Mars into
arable soil. |
Jellyplants
on Mars
 Karen
Miller and Dr Tony Phillips
Scientists
are creating a new breed of glowing plants - part mustard and
part jellyfish - to help humans explore Mars. |
The
Water of Life
 Annie
Strickler and Gil Knier
Now NASA
has a better way to find moisture in the Earth |
Science
Out of Africa
 Patrick
L. Barry
In this story a scientist
describes his down-to-earth encounters with poisonous snakes,
charging elephants and more |
Hurricane
Pilots
 Steve
Price and Patrick Barry
Flying into
the largest storms on Earth is all in a day's work for some
pilots. |
Planetary
Waves and Ozone Holes
Patrick Barry and Dr Tony Phillips
Atmospheric
waves suppress ozone holes over Earth's northern hemisphere |
Global
Warming and Storm Chasing
 Adam
Carter
Be afraid...the Storm Chasers
are coming.. |
Great
Bugs of Fire
 Dr
David Noever
A volcano-loving bug
offers clues as to how to live in extreme conditions |
The
Science of Sandcastles
 Patrick
Barry
Exploring the science of sandcastles... |
Moon
Trees
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Hundreds of trees
have been to the Moon. How they got there and back again is
a curious tale. |
Strange
Clouds
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Astronauts have been
observing electric blue "noctilucent" clouds from Earth-orbit. |
Earthquake!
 Patrick
Barry
Satellites may be able to
detect earthquakes - before they strike! |
The
Hidden Life of Thunderstorms
 Patrick
Barry
Unmanned aircraft are learning
about he hidden life of thunderstorms. |
The Earth's
Magnetic Flip?
 Dr
Tony Phillips
The Earth's magnetic
field is in a constant state of change, and we are beginning
to understand it better. |
Global
Warming - Chilling Possibility
 Patrick
Barry
Melting Arctic sea ice might
trigger colder weather in Europe and North America. |
Storm
Warnings
 Patrick
Barry
A new device could improve
forecasts of severe weather storm warnings. |
Cold
Peril: The Ulysses Spacecraft
 Dr
Tony Phillips
The Ulysses spacecraft
is perilously cold as it begins a newly mission to study the
sun. |
Cracks
in Earth's Magnetic Shield
 Ron
Kozcor
Immense cracks in our planet's
magnetic field can allow the solar wind to gush through. |
Extreme
Ecosystem
 Ron
Kozcor
Microbiologists have found
a community of extreme-loving microbes in California's Mono
Lake. |
What
Causes Drought?
 Patrick
L Barry
Science provides some answers
as to what causes droughts - and some baffling questions.. |
How
The Earthquake Affected Earth
 Dr
Tony Phillips
The Dec 26th 2004
earthquake quickened Earth's rotation. |
 The
Sands of Mars
Driving, digging, mining: these are things
astronauts will be doing one day in the sands of Mars.
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The Da
Vinci Glow
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Five hundred years
ago, Leonardo Da Vinci solved an ancient astronomical riddle:Earthshine. |
Terror
of the Tsunami
 Stuart Carter
Almost a year on, we look back at the tragic events in the Indian Ocean, and ask: could it happen again?
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Science of Gemstones
 Hugh Williams
Diamonds, rubies and sapphires captivate
us through their heavenly beauty – but they are born
in hellish fires deep in the Earth. |
Arthur C. Clarke - The Visionary
 Heather Couper
Sixty years after Arthur C. Clarke predicted communications satellites, what lies inside the mind of the leading science fiction writer and science guru? |
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Memories
are Made of This
 Stuart
Brown
Taking a look at the wonderful
world of Memory. |
Aquatic Culture
 Denise
L. Herzing
Dolphins and the Possibility
of Interspecies Communication |
Form Follows
Sequence
 Paul
Pruess
"Form follows function" said
architect Louis Sullivan, arguing that a building's purpose
should determine its design. |
Finding
Fossils from Space?
 John
Weier
Fossil hunting takes a step
into the future with the use of satellite data to locate new
fossil beds in the depths of the Gobi desert. |
Science, Wonder
and Ancient Wisdom
 Richard
Dawkins
Science can be a roller
coaster ride... |
Do Women
Prefer 'Manly' Faces?
 Little
& Perrett
A man's face-shape affects whether a
woman wants him for a long-term partner or for a quick fling. |
Don't
Turn Your Back On Science
Richard
Dawkins
Richard Dawkins explains
why nature needs science to avoid its destruction. |
Almost Like a
Whale
 Steve
Jones
A modern update by Steve Jones on Darwin's
'On the Origin of Species'. |
Holding
Hands with Dinosaurs
 Damon
Wright
Our love affair with ancient
extinct monsters is as strong as ever. |
Ancient
Falconry
 Keith
Dobney
Keith Dobney investigates
the origins of domestication. |
Plastics You
Could Eat
 Kathy
Sykes
Kathy Sykes considers the
future of biodegradable plastic |
Extinction!
 Norman
MacLeod Palaeontologist Norman MacLeod
investigates the murder of millions of species over Earth’s
history. |
Superbugs From
Hell
 Paul
Davies
New evidence suggests that
life on Earth began not in shallow pools on the surface, but
in the torrid depths of the planetary crust. And the planet
in question might not even be the Earth... |
Life on Mars?
 Patrick
L.Barry
The Allan Hills meteorite
from Mars is peppered with tiny magnetic crystals that on our
planet are made only by bacteria. Is there Life on Mars? |
Surviving
Life on Mars
 Dave
Dooling
'Like a muscle-bound movie
hero, it withstands attacks from acid baths, high and low temperatures,
and even radiation doses.' We explore surviving life on Mars. |
Who
wrote the Book of Life?
 Leslie
Mullen
The "D'Arcy Machine" and
the quest for the 'Book of Life'. |
Life
in the Dark
 Patrick
Barry
Biologists always thought
life required the Sun's energy, until they found an ecosystem
that thrives in complete darkness. |
Genesis
by Comets?
 NASA
A new experiment suggests that comet impacts
could have sowed the seeds of life on Earth billions of years
ago. |
Space
Seeds Return to Earth
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Seed pods from a commercial gardening
experiment aboard the ISS are back on our planet. |
Gravity
Hurts
 Karen
Miller
Strange things can happen
to the human body when the familiar pull of gravity vanishes.
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Space
Bones
 Doug
Hullander
Zero-G in space
can have some negative side effects - like the weakening of
human bones. |
Wide
Awake in Outer Space
 Karen
Miller
NASA researchers are exploring ways
to help astronauts enjoy a better night's sleep. |
Into
the Minds of Babies
 Dare
Baldwin
Our understanding of how
social cognition, language, and knowledge. |
Wizard
Science
 Nigel
Henbest
Are feats of wizardry possible
in the real world? The surprising answer is yes... |
Floating
Fertility
 Karen
Miller
Researchers have found that
gravity - either too much or too little of it - affects the
behaviour of sperm in puzzling ways. |
Good
Vibrations
 Patrick
L. Barry
A new treatment under study
by NASA could reverse bone loss experienced by astronauts in
space. |
Combatting
Anthrax
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Looking at a device
that attacks and destroys airborne pathogens - like Anthrax. |
The
Science of Shark Attacks
 Stuart Carter
Every year there are over
100 shark attacks. But can we predict their behaviour and avoid
their attack? |
Cell
Wars
 Karen
Miller
Immune cells vs. invaders:
There is a war going on in every healthy human body. |
Dizzy
in Space
 Doug
Hullander
Astronauts returning to
Earth sometimes feel light-headed. Now doctors may have a solution. |
Skeletons
in Space
 Karen
Miller
Skeletons feel the effects
of gravity... and respond in unexpected ways. |
Armageddon
 Patrick
Barry
250 million years ago something
unknown wiped out most life on our planet. |
Healthy
Intentions
 Cindy
Engel
Most of us have healthy intentions
when it comes the food we eat. |
Sowing
Seeds in a Magnetic Field
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Scientists hope that
an unusual experiment will reveal how plants know up from down. |
Rift
Valley Fever
 Karen
Miller
Scientists are learning that
the key to predicting certain epidemics - like Rift Valley fever. |
Fantastic
Voyage
 Patrick
Barry
Scientists are crafting microscopic
vessels that can venture into the human body and repair problems. |
The
First Blood Transfusion (Almost)
 Pete
Moore
The origins of blood transfusions
as told in the story of Antoine Mauroy one of the first recipients |
Space
Medicine
 Karen
Miller
Looking at how to keep astronauts
safe and healthy during long trips through the solar system. |
Hip
Science
 Steve
Price
Researchers are developing
artificial bones for pain-free hip implants. |
Balancing
Brains
 Karen
Miller
Researchers are learning
new things about the human brain by studying how astronauts
regain their balance. |
Hypergravity
 Karen
Miller
Researchers are studying
the strange effects
of artificial gravity on humans. |
Robot
Blood?
 Dr.
Tony Phillips
Scientists are studying
strange fluids that might one day flow in the veins of robots |
Ecology
Ablaze
 Patrick
Barry
The rich diversity of wildlife
in southern Mexico and Central America is in peril. What is
being done? |
The
Essence of Humanity
 Charles
Pasternak
Exploring the very essence
of what makes us human. |
Artificial
Cells
 Karen
Miller
Researchers are learning
to make designer cells for dehydrated blood supplies and space-age
medicines. |
Slaphead
Science: A Brief History of  Baldness
Cures
Christopher
Wanjek
Exploring the
history of baldness cures down the ages. |
DNA
Biosentinels
 Karen
Miller
Learning how to snag strands
of DNA and examine them one by one... |
Space:
A Bad Influence on Microbes
 Patrick
L. Barry
At least one common disease-causing
microbe becomes more virulent in simulated microgravity. |
From
Sex to Humanity: How to be Human - A Guide in Two Parts (1)
 Pete
Moore
Trying to work out what makes
YOU a vibrant human being. |
From
Sex to Humanity: How to be Human - Part 2
 Pete
Moore
The exciting concluding part
of Pete Moore's exploration of being human! |
Hospital
Infections: Past, Present and Future
 Thomas
Dormandy
The history of hospital
infections from early pioneers to superbugs. |
The
Science of Love
 Charles
Pasternak
Forget Flowers!...Is Dopamine
the main stimulus for Romantic Love? |
The
History of the Black Death
 C
Duncan, S Scott
Here in the first
of a two part investigation into the Black Death we take a look
at its history. (Part 1 of 2) |
The
Black Death - Modern Nightmare?
 C
Duncan, S Scott
Could the Black
Death return and become a modern killing nightmare? (Part 2
of 2) |
The
Electric Border Collie
 P
Barry & T Phillips
Herding microbes
for the benefit of astronauts. |
Have
Blood, Will Travel
 P
Barry & T Phillips
The radiation
astronauts encounter in deep space could put vital blood-making
cells in jeopardy. |
DNA
Secrets of a Salty Survivor
 Patrick
L Barry
A microbe that grows in
the Dead Sea is teaching scientists about the art of DNA repair.
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Malaria
Alerts From Space
 Patrick
L Barry
Identifying high-risk "hot
spots" for deadly diseases like malaria before outbreaks
strike. |
Cataracts
- Blinding Flashes
 Patrick
L Barry
Shedding new light on the
treatment of cataracts through the experience of astronauts |
Space
Radiation
 Patrick
L Barry
Sensors inside astronauts'
cells could warn of health impacts from space radiation |
Obesity
Beware!
 Karen
Miller
Altered gravity plays an
unexpected role in obesity and weight loss. |
Greenhouses
For Mars
 Karen
Miller
Researchers are learning
how greenhouses work on other planets. |
Why
Do Workouts Work?
 Patrick
L Barry
Exploring how and why exercise
causes muscles to grow. |
Ultrasound
for Astronauts
 Karen
Miller
Astronauts in space are learning
to give themselves checkups using ultrasound. |
Howard
Hughes and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
 Charles
Pasternak
Exploring the role that
OCD played in the demise of Howard Hughes. |
Cancer
Mystery
 Karen
Miller
Researchers agree that space
radiation can cause cancer. They're just not sure how. |
Sleeping
In Space
 Patrick
L Barry
Sleep researchers are learning
new and surprising things about sleeping in space. |
Life
Before Birth
 Stuart Carter
The miracle of life that
starts with just a single egg and a single sperm may be even
more incredible than we think |
Prozac
For Plants
 Karen
Miller
How do you get plants to
grow on Mars? The first step: relieve their anxiety. |
Science of Sex
 Stuart
Carter
Scientists have now discovered that there are three separate sex drives that control the rules of the mating game. |
Cancer Detectives
 Ann Kushmerick
Gold dust could soon help doctors diagnose and treat cancer. |
Nesting Wars
 Elizabeth
Quinn
Monk parakeets that have returned to the wild are causing problems for utility companies. |
Earthquake Ancestors
 Virginia
Hughes
Layers of sand in the earth have helped seismologists investigate the history of earthquakes in Chile. |
Radioactive Repercussions
 Meera Shah
Many fear that new uranium mines in Andra Pradesh, India, will affect the health of locals. |
Malaria
No More
 Hugh
Sturrock
A common fungus could be the weapon needed
to fight malaria. |
Skincare Myths
 Alom
Shaha
Is there any truth to the science in adverts
for skincare products? |
Deep Brain Stimulation
 Katherine Nightingale
A treatment for Parkinson's disease involves implanting electrodes in the brain and connecting them to a pacemaker. |
Designer
Strawberries
 Meagan
White
Genetically-modified strawberries are paving the way to more vitamin-rich fruit. |
Eternal Youth?
 Arthur Chee
A newly-discovered enzyme may hold the key to longevity. |
Aspartame Angst
 Katherine Nightingale
For the past 25 years, scientists and public groups have been warring over the safety of the sweetener aspartame. |
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Unveiling
the Dark Energy
 Paul
Preuss
Scientists propose to launch a satellite
named SNAP on a mission to discover the nature of the dark
energy. |
Buckyballs...?
 Lynn
Yarris
Berkeley researchers fashion first transistors
from single buckyballs. |
The
Theory of Everything
 Michio
Kaku
Michio Kaku on the theory of everything. |
Eclipse
that Changed the Universe
 Peter
Coles
The contest between two of science’s
greatest geniuses. |
Supernova
sheds light on Dark Energy
 Dr
Tony Philips
The Universe is filled with a mysterious
form of energy pushing galaxies apart at an ever-increasing
rate. |
The
Beginner's Guide to Making a
Star
 Dr.
Tony Philips
A look at how supernovae
spray the essential elements of life into interstellar space.
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A
Beginner's Guide to Antimatter
 Ron
Koczor
It may be the ultimate fuel for space travel,
but right now antimatter is fleeting, difficult to work with,
and measured in atoms not pounds! |
Reaching
for the Stars
 Dave
Dooling
In this article Scientists
examine using antimatter and fusion to propel future spacecraft. |
The
Pleasure of Finding Things Out
 Richard
Feynman
Richard Feynman reflects
on his life from the atomic bomb to the Nobel Prize. |
Ballooning
for Cosmic Rays
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Shedding new light
on the mysteries of cosmic rays. |
The
Sun's Sizzling Corona
 Dr
Tony Philips
Scientists continue
to ponder one of the Sun's most closely guarded secrets. |
Bizarre
Boiling
 Patrick
Barry
Watching liquids boil in low
gravity can teach us some important physics lessons. |
Santa's
Science
 Roger
Highfield
Christmas may be a fun
time for most of us...But for Santa it's all rather hard work... |
Black
Holes and Time Machines
 Sir
Martin Rees
Getting to grips with
that most exotic of space phenomena...the black hole |
Atomic
Clocks
 Linda
Voss
Scientists are building atomic
clocks that keep time with mind-boggling precision. |
Superfluids
and Neutron Stars
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Researchers are bringing
astrophysics from deep space right into their laboratories |
A
Galactic Mystery
 Trudy
E Bell
A mysterious black hole lies
at the centre of our Milky Way Galaxy... |
The
Great Ketchup Mystery
 Patrick
Barry
The great mystery of why ketchup
first will not come out, and then gushes out may be on the road
to being solved |
The
Science of Dunking
 Len
Fisher
Can science do anything to
bring the dedicated biscuit dunker into parity with the dunker
of doughnuts? |
A
New Form of Matter
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Scientists have created
a new kind of matter. |
Floating
Flame Balls
 Linda
Voss
Flames form tiny balls in
space that might reveal the secrets of combustion here on Earth. |
The
Science of Superman
 Lois
Gresh and Robert Weinberg
What
is it that makes Superman Super? |
Coffee
Physics
 Patrick
L. Barry
The physics
of a humble bag of ground coffee still holds surprises for scientists... |
Crystal
Magic
 Patrick
L. Barry
Figuring out
the physics behind a seemingly magical way to produce high-quality
crystals. |
Superconductors
 Patrick
L. Barry
New research
is unlocking the amazing potential of high-temperature superconductors. |
Solar
Spitwads
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Researchers have discovered
that high-energy particles from the Sun sometimes go in unexpected
directions. |
The
Science of Washing Up
 Patrick
L. Barry
New research
will help us to better understand the physics behind everyday
foams. |
City-Swallowing
Sand Dunes
 Trudy
E. Bell
Researchers are
studying the complex physics of menacing sand dunes. |
A
Troublesome Theory
 Patrick
L. Barry
A physics theory
used to create "designer materials" doesn't work as scientists
expected. |
Extreme
Maths: The Art of the Infinite
 Robert
and Ellen Kaplan
The
true mysteries of mathematics lie at the limits of our thinking.
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A
Brief History of Infinity
 Brian
Clegg
The paradoxical
twists and turns of infinity have baffled many great thinkers.
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Spooky
Atomic Clocks
 Patrick
L Barry and Dr Tony Phillips
Researchers
are hoping to improve high-precision clocks by entangling their
atoms. |
Evicting
Einstein
 Patrick
Barry
A physics experiment
could help find the grand unifying "Theory of Everything." |
Mystery
in a Cup of Tea
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Researchers
have learned something new about fluid physics from tea. |
A
Sphere of Near-Perfection
 Patrick
Barry
Now orbiting Earth,
Gravity Probe B is a technological tour de force. |
Was
Galileo Wrong?
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Researchers
are testing a fundamental assumption of modern physics. |
Molecules
Rule!
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Deciphering
the group behaviour of atoms and molecules. |
Spinning
Human Brains
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Can human
brains adapt to spinning spaceships? |
Relativity
ReviSITEd
 Patrick
Barry
Gravity Probe
B has begun its search for a bizarre prediction of Einstein's
relativity. |
A New
Form of Matter - 2
 Patrick
Barry
Researchers have
discovered a weird new phase of matter called fermionic condensates. |
Picking
On Einstein
 Patrick
Barry
This year marks
the 100th anniversary of a revolution in our notions of space
and time. |
Was
Albert Einstein A Space Alien?
 Dr
Tony Philips
One hundred
years ago, Albert Einstein revolutionized physics. |
Crackling
Planets
 Trudy
E Bell
Astronauts on
the Moon and Mars are going to have to cope with an uncommon
amount of static electricity. |
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Imaging
the Brain
 Los
Alamos
Scientists are collaborating
to develop new ways to study the function of the human brain. |
Virtual
You
 JPL/CalTech
Think you must dress for success even in the
bold new world of telecommuting? |
The
Audacious Space Elevator
 Steve
Price
Scientists are seriously considering
space elevators as a mass-transit system for the next century
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Aurora - Secret
Hypersonic Spyplane
 NASA
Does one of America's intelligence agencies
have a hypersonic aircraft capable of a Mach 6 performance?
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Space
Walking Robots
 Chris
Culbert
Nasa building a human-like
robot...? |
Flight
into the Millennium
 Stuart Carter
At the dawn of a new Millennium
we are on the verge of a radical evolution of how we fly. Hyper-X
will lead the way. |
The
Spacehopping Hyperplane
 Ann
Parker
Travel anywhere in the world in less than
two hours - or even into space. |
A
New Dream
 Richard
Noble
Richard Noble builds the Farnborough F1 |
Chemical
Calculators
 David
Bradley
David Bradley investigates the future of
computing - in a test-tube! |
Space
Lasers Take To The Winds
 Annie
Strickler
Scientists hope to use lasers to provide
higher quality snapshots of the winds that travel the globe |
Solar
Power from Space
 Steve
Price
Could Solar power collected in space be the
solution to our planet's growing energy problems? |
Brainy
'Bots
 Annie
Strickler
Applying artificial intelligence to teach
robots how to behave a little more like human explorers. |
To
Catch a Thief
 NASA
The FBI have been seeking the help of
two NASA scientists in the fight against crime. |
Flying
into the Future
 Patrick
Barry
Researchers are studying insects
and birds to develop new and mindboggling aircraft designs. |
Building
a Droid for the ISS
 Patrick
Barry
NASA scientists are building
a talking, thinking and flying robot to help astronauts with
their chores in space. |
The
Phantom Torso
 Karen
Miller
An unusual space traveller
named Fred is helping to keep astronauts safe from Space Radiation. |
Materials
of the Future
 Patrick
Barry
The advanced space ships of
tomorrow will be crafted from far-out materials... |
The
Computer Graveyard
 Christine
A. Finn
An archaeologist takes a
look at the history of computing and where computers go to die... |
Bionic
Eyes
 Steve
Price and Dr Tony Phillips
Ceramic
photocells that could repair malfunctioning human eyes. |
Climate
Modelling at Warp Speed
 Patrick
Barry
New NASA technologies bring
more power out of climate modelling supercomputers. |
Beer
in Space
 Patrick
Barry
Soft drinks and beer promise
a welcome taste of home to faraway space travellers. |
Space
Touch
 Steve
Price
The Microgravity Glovebox
has added the human touch to space station research. |
Super
Spaceships
 Patrick
Barry
Tomorrow's spacecraft will
be built using advanced materials with mind-boggling properties |
Wax
Powered Rockets
 Patrick
Barry
The high-tech rocket fuels
of the future could be made from candle wax! |
Cool
Fuel Cells
 Patrick
Barry
New research holds the prospect
of cool fuel cells to propel future technology |
Glass
From Space
 Karen
Miller
Researchers have discovered
that glass formed in space has remarkable properties.
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Hydrogen
Cars?
 Steve
Price
The drive toward a hydrogen-based
economy. |
The
Greatest Plane Ever Built?
 Stuart Carter
Was Concorde the best passenger plane ever
built? And why no replacement?
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Guiding
Light
 Patrick
Barry
A new kind of glass pane containing
liquid crystal droplets can guide and manipulate beams of light.
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Languorous
Liquids
 Patrick
Barry
Could "Languorous Liquids" help improve your
golf game in the future? |
Silicon
Sidekicks
 Patrick
Barry
Exploring our solar system
will require a new breed of intelligent robots. |
CPOD
- A Black Box For People
 Karen
Miller
A small device called "the CPOD" does for people
what black boxes do for airplanes. |
Bacterial
Circuits
 Karen
Miller
By interfacing bacteria to
silicon chips, researchers have created a device that can sense
almost anything |
Whatever
happened to Virtual Reality?
 Patrick
Barry
Twenty years after the first wave of hype,
virtual reality is making a comeback! |
Robots
of the Future
 Dr
Dylan Evans
Does the future of robotics
hold the promise of a dream or a nightmare scenario? |
Spying
on Central America
 Patrick
Barry
Researchers have developed software anyone
can use to fly, video game-style, over Central America |
Electronic
Nose
 Karen
Miller
Researchers are developing
a sensitive artificial nose for space exploration. |
The
Rise and Fall of the Mayan Empire
 Patrick
Barry
Scientists are using space satellites to unravel
one of the great mysteries of the ancient Mayan Empire. |
The
Science of Nanotechnology
 Patrick
L Barry
The science of nanotechnology
could lead to radical improvements for space exploration. |
Plastic
Spaceships
 Patrick
L Barry
A "designer material" derived from plastic could help
protect astronauts on their way to Mars. |
Moon
Tennis
 Phil
West
Humans are heading back to
the Moon. Tennis, anyone? |
How
to Build a Better Rocket Engine
 Dr
Tony Phillips
Engineers have found
a way to boost the performance of liquid fueled rockets |
Virtual Rock Star
 Elizabeth Quinn
Computer technology can now translate your air guitar moves into music, with no strings attached. |
Skin Deep Storage
 Katherine Nightingale
Chip implants that keep track of personal information seem like a novelty but do they have a more useful future? |
