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Life After Man
BBC Focus - Science & Technology

Life After Man

From asteroid strike to climate change to nuclear war, humanity faces all kinds of existential threats. But if our species disappeared d tomorrow, what would actually happen – and what kind of planet would we be leaving behind?

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7 mins  |
February 2017
What's At The Centre Of The Earth?
BBC Focus - Science & Technology

What's At The Centre Of The Earth?

We live on the surface of a dense, rocky ball, but science has allowed us to peer deep within its core

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8 mins  |
February 2017
Understand Water
BBC Focus - Science & Technology

Understand Water

It’s one of the strangest substances in the Universe, but we wouldn’t exist without it. Welcome to the wonderful world of water…

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8 mins  |
March 2017
Seven Earth-Sized Exoplanets Found
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Seven Earth-Sized Exoplanets Found

The system of planets found orbiting nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1 may be our best chance yet of finding alien life.

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3 mins  |
April 2017
Mouse Embryo Created From Stem Cells For The First Time
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Mouse Embryo Created From Stem Cells For The First Time

By using two different types of stem cell, researchers at the University of Cambridge have successfully built an artificial mouse embryo in the laboratory – a breakthrough that may help us understand why two out of three human pregnancies fail during the early stages.

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1 min  |
April 2017
My Life Scientific
BBC Focus - Science & Technology

My Life Scientific

Forensic psychologist Kerry Daynes talks to Helen Pilcher about psychopaths, stalkers and the surreal side of working with serial killers.

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2 mins  |
April 2017