Science in Action (Science)
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- Host: Sue Broom
- Brush up your science knowledge! From the blood in your veins to the fish in the sea, Sue Broom brings you news and reports on scientific developments and discoveries. It's like your childhood science classes --but fun, and with not tests.
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SciA: 5 Sep 08
Fri, Sep 5
The realities of climate change - the Arctic ice is melting and cyclones are getting stronger and more frequent; bumblebees and how they avoid predatory crab spiders; why flies are so hard to swat; the Large Hadron Collider at CERN is about to be switched on; in Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 29 Aug 08
Fri, Aug 29
Scientists could be closer to a cure for deafness; the science of ageing - we’re still a long way off understanding how and why we age; a first for science found in amber bought off eBay; a new way of growing crops with reduced fertilizers; female lemurs in Madagascar are getting more aggressive because of climate change. All on Science in Action with Jon Stewart.
SciA: 22 Aug 08
Fri, Aug 22
A new study of 53 cities in the developing world reveals that farmers in and around the vast majority of these urban areas use polluted wastewater to irrigate their crops. One of the researchers Liqa Raschid-Sally of the International Water Management Institute discusses the issues with Jon Stewart. Also in the programme, space scientists contemplate the biosafety risks of bringing a sample from Mars to Earth… new research suggesting that birds who sing the fanciest songs are also the most...
SciA: 15 Aug 08
Fri, Aug 15
During the Olympic games, the Chinese authorities are drastically cutting the air pollution from Beijing’s factories and vehicles. It is a unique chance to study the global warming impact of brown cloud pollution, says Professor V Ramanathan. He tells Science in Action about his experiment which is flying autonomous mini-aircraft to make measurements of the reduced Olympic brown cloud. Jon Stewart also hears about the latest development towards invisibility cloaks and microscopes with perfect...
SciA: 08 Aug 08
Fri, Aug 8
About half of the world’s primate species face extinction within a few decades – a gloomy headline coming this week from the congress of the International Primatological Society. Zoologist Adrian Barnett tells us some of the details but also raises the spirits with new insights into what features make for a sexy gorilla. Also the latest forecasts for the weather as the world warms this coming century – more extreme rainstorms and floods. Plus a potential breakthrough in criminal forensics –...
SciA: 01 Aug 08
Fri, Aug 1
On the eve of the Beijing Olympics, scientists in California have published research into what they believe is the creation of the world’s first endurance-enhancing drug – but for what purpose? We explore how the very first stars might have come into being a billion years after the Big Bang; What can a beer-drinking nocturnal mammal found in the jungles of Malaysia tell us about human evolution? And we listen in on the amazing sound of humpback whales in Alaska as they go hunting for fish...
SciA: 25 July 2008
Fri, Jul 25
How the Eocene epoch may be able to help us understand our own current greenhouse effect. This week’s Fact File is about the real science behind the fictional warp drive. How much sleep is enough? An innovation that assists in quickly and easily discovering tiny particles of common explosives on hands and clothes that could be used in airports. Plus the sounds that have been picked up from our atmosphere by Earth orbiting satellites.
SciA: 18 Jul 08
Fri, Jul 18
Presented by Jon Stewart. This week, a gene that evolved to protect people in sub-Saharan Africa from malaria increases the carrier's risk of HIV infection by 40%; We hear why rice absorbs arsenic from contaminated soil; Grant Sonnex reports on salmon migration to Alaska; scientists may have found the part of the brain which causes the development of obsessive compulsive disorder; and could climate change lead to an increase in cases of kidney stones?
SciA: magazine 11 07 2008
Fri, Jul 11
Scientists think they’ve come a step closer to being able to predict earthquakes; researchers warn that coral reefs are under severe threat – the repercussions could be huge; an experiment to try to determine if the stones that were used to build the pyramids in Egypt were made or carved and looking at cook books, a computation neuroscientist has discovered that patterns repeat themselves when plotting ingredients listed in recipes books onto graphs.
SciA: magazine 04 07 2008
Fri, Jul 4
Diamonds from the dawn of time – do they contain the earliest evidence of life on Earth?; new evidence on the causes of sudden infant death syndrome; sensory illusions and the treatment of phantom limb pain; the fast and furious life of a unique chameleon; and the nano-pot that boils quicker.
SciA: 27 Jun 08
Fri, Jun 27
Ozone is depleting more quickly than previously thought. However in this case it might actually be a good thing. We look at the latest research into tropospheric ozone and how it relates to the ozone hole. Also in the programme Gorilla psychology, stinky whales and fish with feet.
SciA: 20 Jun 08
Fri, Jun 20
Pulling facial expressions; ASTRONET – European astronomy in the future; could the genetic building blocks for life have come from the Stars?; risk taking in humans and bees; Professor Jeffrey Sachs’ global view on biodiversity and sustainable development; can a robot teach your children to speak a foreign language? All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 13 Jun 08
Fri, Jun 13
Wine growing in a changing climate; robofish; the world’s oldest viable seed; seeing the light from inside a star; single file electrons for more efficient electricity; the origin of allergies. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 06 Jun 08
Fri, Jun 6
A new planet; a new microscope; predator protection in the whelk; bloodsucking bugs help vets at London Zoo; the huge sea creatures of Antarctica. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 30 May 08
Fri, May 30
NASA’s Phoenix Mars mission; gardening in a changing climate; biofuel sugarcane grown alongside forests; first Greenlanders were Asian; Alan Alda – the secret scientist. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 23 May 08
Fri, May 23
Life discovered at new depths, the imminent touchdown of the Phoenix mission, the first witnessing of the very beginning of a supernova, the elusive sociable lapwing, and could nanotubes cause cancer? All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 16 May 08
Fri, May 16
Lungless frogs, misrepresented sloths and a new study taking a novel approach to find out if there's a "gay gene". All this and more on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 08 May 08
Fri, May 9
Mangroves protect villages from extreme weather, the duck-billed platypus genome is sequenced, metals made in space, new predictions for the history of the Sahara desert, and the technological frustrations of climate prediction. All on Science in Action with Jon Stewart.
SciA: 01 May 08
Fri, May 2
Colossal Squid facts revealed; brain training does improve intelligence; gene therapy restores sight; new experiments to reveal history of the Antarctic. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 24 Apr 08
Fri, Apr 25
How a beetle can change a forest from a carbon sink to a carbon source; clues to how memory works in our brain; a new bone measuring device; Neanderthals speak; superconductors. All on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 17 Apr 08
Fri, Apr 18
How does your brain know what you’re about to do before you do it?; Where best to track influenza epidemics; crystals that absorb gas; hormones on the trading floor; GOCE – ESA’s mission to map the Earth’s geomagnetic field; all on Science in Action with Jon Stewart.
SciA: 10 Apr 08
Fri, Apr 11
The mechanism for methamphetamine addiction in the brain is discovered; tracking bull elephants looking to mate; introducing aliens to Antarctica; conservation in Madagascar; all on Science in Action with Jon Stewart.
SciA: 03 Mar 08
Fri, Apr 4
New evidence of the earliest Americans, biofuels and genetically modified sugar cane, squid beaks help improve medical implants, hybrid embryo controversy, the possible discovery of the youngest planet, and how mathematical ability affects your life. All on Science in Action with Jon Stewart.
SciA: 27 Mar 08
Mon, Mar 31
Calorie control, space science funding, Antarctica’s weather balloons, 50 years of measuring C02 in the atmosphere, amphibian fungus threat, and shark tagging. All this and more on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 20 Sep 2008
Fri, Mar 21
Exiting new role for insulin; volcanic dinosaur extinction theory; tribute to Arthur C Clarke; research ships examine effects of global warming; the latest in life-like robots. Sue Broom presents
SciA: 13 Mar 08
Fri, Mar 14
Early man's migration throughout America, the Monarch butterfly, a restaurant for vultures, monkeys that talk, and some scientific facts on life and love. All this and more on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 07 Mar 08
Fri, Mar 7
Brain scans to read minds, new species in Tanzania, report from the Science with Africa conference, news that wheat rust spreading, the Fly-by anomaly, and the scale of damage done by post-Iraq invasion looting is revealed. Sue Broom presents this weeks Science in Action.
SciA: 29 Feb 08
Fri, Feb 29
Mad cow disease theory questioned; progress made in the fight against malaria; history of Antarctic climate recovered from its ice; isotopes used to track criminals; migrating bacteria; biohybrids. Sue Broom presents.
SciA: 22 Feb 08
Fri, Feb 22
A map of new or emerging diseases, the human family tree reconstructed, self-healing rubber, Titan’s oil lakes, and the accelerating loss of the Antarctic ice sheets. All this and more on Science in Action with Sue Broom.
SciA: 15 Feb 08
Fri, Feb 15
Preservation of the Mary Rose; Deep Impact; Dark stars; Gravitational lensing; Insects and global warming; Antarctic.Sue Broom presents the week’s top science.
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