Nobel Prizes for Science 2008

A report on the winners of this years Nobel prizes for Medicine, Physics and Chemistry.

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Alarming Decline in West African Chimpanzees

Geoff Watts discovers whether the chimps can be saved from extinction.

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Lusi Eruption and Selective memory

What caused the devastating mud volcano in East Java, in October 2006?

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US Elections

As America goes to the polls, what will a new administration mean for American science?

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Recreating Woolly Mammoths

Geoff Watts investigates the creation of mammoth clones from the frozen bodies of mice.

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Who Should We Trust?

As banks collapse and interest rates drop, how do we know who to trust?

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European Space Research

Geoff Watts talks to UK Science minister Lord Drayson.

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The Secret of Ageing

Scientists have unravelled the mechanism that drives ageing in mice.

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Student Astronauts

Reporter Anna Lacey auditions for Leicester University's astronaut course.

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Anamorphic Art and Genes That Make You Eat More

Geoff Watts discusses art and maths of anamorphosis.

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Face Recognition in Chimps

Chimps share our ability to recognise faces. But what’s going on in their brains?

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Darwin’s Sacred Cause

Geoff Watts talks to the authors of a new book marking the bicentenary of Charles Darwin.

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Childhood Stress

Geoff Watts reports on the effects of childhood stress on the immune system.

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Funding Science in the Recession

Can funding science help the recession?

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Ecstasy: The A to B of drugs

The difficulties of assessing drug damage to the brain.

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Science and the Recession

How has and will science be affected by the current global economic crisis?

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Larynx Transplant and The First Fish Embryo

Geoff Watts discusses the future of the larynx transplant procedure.

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Nuclear Power, Science and Politics and Near Death Experience

Is the nuclear power option sustainable?

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Professor John Beddington

Geoff Watts is joined by the government's Chief Scientific Advisor, Prof John Beddington.

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Spaceflight and Weightlessness

Geoff Watts finds out the use of experiments in weightlessness, similar to being in orbit.

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Attitudes to Darwin

Geoff Watts investigates attitudes to evolution.

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Can Science Be Creative?

Geoff Watts asks if science can be creative.

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The Science of Seasonality

Geoff Watts looks into the science of seasonality in plants, animals and humans.

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Lord Martin Rees

Geoff Watts meets Lord Martin Rees, Astronomer Royal and President of the Royal Society.

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Public Engagement with Science

Geoff Watts examines progress towards greater public engagement with science.

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The Future of Gene Sequencing

Geoff Watts and guests discuss genomic medicine and the future of gene sequencing.

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Lord May and Insect Art

Geoff Watts meets Lord May, President of the British Science Association.

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The British Science Association's Festival

Geoff Watts reports from the British Science Association's Festival in Guildford.

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Anthropology and Environment

Geoff Watts reveals how anthropology can change the relationship with our environment.

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Music and the Mind

Geoff Watts traces a musical map of the mind.

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