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Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects
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Quentin Cooper hears about the birth of an ocean off the Horn of Africa.
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Quentin Cooper reports from the Royal Society's Summer Science Exhibition 2009.
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Quentin Cooper champions chimp culture, measures dinosaurs and dissects elections.
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Quentin Cooper checks out microbes, maths behind football's calendar and Leominster's air.
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Low-energy housing, cancer DNA, Swine Flu, plus stories of impending planetary collision.
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