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Understanding the Anak Krakatau eruption

We have the latest from a year long investigation into the causes of the December 2018 Indonesian Tsunami. And we get a look at the first pictures fr…

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White Island volcano eruption

From the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco, Roland Pease talks with Diana Roman of the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington DC ab…

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CRISPR babies scandal – more details

Extracts from unpublished papers on the methods used by a Chinese scientist to genetically modify the embryos of two girls reveal a series of potenti…

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New Malaria target

Molecular scale investigations have identified the mechanism which confers resistance to antimalarial drugs. Researchers hope work to turn off this m…

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Politics and Amazonia’s fires

This year’s Amazon fires have been worse than since 2010, scientists blame a government attitude which they say has encouraged deforestation. Governm…

6 years, 4 months ago

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Australia burning

Australia’s annual wild fires have started early this year, drought is a factor but to what extent is ‘Bush fire weather’ influenced by climate chang…

6 years, 4 months ago

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Climate in crisis

Pledges to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are largely unachievable says a major audit of commitments to the Paris Climate Accord. Air pollution in D…

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Wildfires and winds in California
Wildfires and winds in California

The Santa Ana in the south, and the Diablo in the north, are winds that are fuelling the terrible fires raging in California this week. They’re also …

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Is quantum supremacy ‘garbage’?

A quantum computer has performed a calculation considered impossible for conventional computers, but how meaningful is the result? As our guest revea…

6 years, 5 months ago

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Malaria, origins and a potential new treatment

A variety of malarial parasites have existed amongst the great apes for millennia, we look at how one of them jumped species and why humans became it…

6 years, 5 months ago

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