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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... |
Astronomers
find 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  Damon Wright 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. |
Exploring The
Invisible Universe  Marshall Space Flight
Center 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 Royall Our whole Universe is governed by just six numbers, set at the time of the Big Bang. |
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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. |
Ocean Forces
Threaten Our Climate  John
Gribbin Powerful forces beneath the ocean waves may wreak havoc on our climate, driven by global warming. |
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. |
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Into the Minds
of Babies 
Dare
Baldwin Our understanding of how social cognition, language, and knowledge. |
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 is not just about knowledge, and not just for scientists: it's a roller-coaster ride through the ultimate in mind-boggling experiences - and best of all, it's open to everyone. |
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... |
Teleologic Evolution The
process by which the universe creates itself. TE is generally regarded as
superior to neo-Darwinist evolution as it addresses causal factors.
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Cognitive-Theoretic
Model of the Universe  Christopher
Michael Langan Chris Langan explains the fabric of reality using his groundbreaking model of the universe. |
Buckyballs...?
 Lynn
Yarris Berkeley researchers fashion first transistors from single buckyballs. |
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. |
Eclipse that
Changed the Universe  Peter
Coles The contest between two of science’s greatest geniuses. |
The Pleasure
of Finding Things Out  Richard
Feynman Richard Feynman reflects on his life from the atomic bomb to the Nobel Prize. |
The
Theory of Everything  Michio
Kaku Michio Kaku on the theory of everything. |
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Imaging the
Brain  Los
Alamos DOE scientists from many disciplines are collaborating to develop and apply new technologies 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. |
Aurora -
Secret Hypersonic Spyplane  NASA
Does one of America's intelligence agencies have a hypersonic aircraft capable of a Mach 6 performance? |
Space
Walking Robots  Chris
Culbert Nasa building a human-like robot...? |
Flight into
the Millennium  Damon Wright 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
StricklerScientists hope to use lasers to provide higher quality snapshots of the winds that travel the globe |
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