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The Science of Curry

The science details behind Britain's favourite dish
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Mind

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Is there a mathematical reason to be nice?
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What do you think about Darwin's big idea?
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People

The Living Science Winners!

Rupert Hitchcox wins first prize!
As luck would have it

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Darwin 2009: A Tale of Two Beagles

What effect has Darwin had on your life?
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Space and Technology

High-tech World

Finding Ada

An international celebration of women in science
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Turning famous fictions into real technology
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Outer World

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See how space weather affects life on Earth
Saturn’s Rings Vanish

Once every 15 years a strange illusion occurs on Saturn.
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Meteor shower reaches its magnificent peak.
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Hidden World

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The secrets behind the sweetness
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Hollywood fiction meets science fact.
Incredible Powers Of Ten video

A journey from the very edge of space to deep inside your cells.
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Living World

Plant Life

The botfly in her head

Great video from a wildlife filmmaker removing a bug from inside her head
Why the sea smells like it does

Scientists find tiny organisms give scent to ocean spray.
The living bridges of Cherrapunji

In northeastern India, bridges aren't built - they're grown!
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Animal Kingdom

Biodiversity in the UK

Find the wild close to home
Real life dragons

Mythical creatures come to life
Mosquitoes wings clipped to curb dengue fever

Gentically engineered 'lame' males to bring down species
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Environment

Old homes to get green makeover

£17m pilot fund to retrofit housing stock
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The Darwin Initiative

The race to save the world's biodiversity hotspots.
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Future Jobs

The future is a great place to work

What will going to work be like in 2020?
Future jobs: alternative vehicle developer

Wanted: Designers and builders of next-generation cars.
Future jobs: Parents and carers of young children

Ideas for parents and carers of young children
Future jobs: Parents and carers with teens

Ten ideas for parents and carers of teens and older children
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The science that saved him and made him well
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The Science of Curry

The Science of Curry

The science details behind Britain's favourite dish

Ginger

Ginger

Give your health a spicy zing

Garlic

Garlic

Garlic breath may be good for your health, if not your love life

Turmeric

Turmeric

Mellow yellow spice can flavour your health

Valentine's Day: Sniffing out true love

Valentine's Day: Sniffing out true love

What role does scent play in attraction?

New designs unveiled for £500m medical research centre

New designs unveiled for £500m medical research centre

Plan promises new jobs, new medicines

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The real pathologist

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Peter Mansfield awarded the Millennium Medal

Peter Mansfield awarded the Millennium Medal

A profile of the Nobel Prize winner who left school at 15.

Getting precise about spice

Getting precise about spice

How do you measure the heat of a chilli pepper?

Liam Tancock talks science and swimming

Liam Tancock talks science and swimming

Science So What talked to record-breaking British swimmer Liam Tancock about how science effects his performance.