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Last updated: 30 december, 2009 - 09:52 GMT

Mobility cityUser generated map of Geneva highlight disabled access

Antoni Abad, a Catalan artist, talks to Digital Planet about his project using mobile phone technology to create new city maps of Barcelona, Geneva and Sao Paulo for disabled access.

Science highlights

  • Final frontierView of Earth from outer space

    The science behind the search for extra terrestrials

  • Organ donorsOrgan donor card

    Can an Israeli scheme to reward donors work?

  • Fast trainsChina Railway High-speed bullet train at Tianjin Station

    High speed trains, do the numbers add up?

  • Blind youthClose up of an eye

    One young man's story of seeing for the first time again

  • Anti-malariaMosquito

    Development aid leads to a direct drop in cases

  • Cafe HoboNick Baker in New York

    Connecting people, stories and places via the internet

  • Screen savingMan types on a laptop

    Can you count the carbon footprint of your computer?

  • Junk foodFree food at Trafalgar Squar, London

    Feeding five thousand for free using waste food

  • Wind economicswind turbines

    General Electric on why there's money to be made by wind

  • Mekong boat tripThe BBC's Mekong delta boat

    Why children in Vietnam are being taught how to swim

  • Just hot air?Robin Lustig in Chicago

    Robin Lustig examines Chicago's green credentials

  • Net lossA village boy throws a net to catch fish in a pond at Lahiripur in Sundarban delta, about 140km south of Calcutta, India

    Is climate change causing a drop in India's fish stocks?

Science programmes

  • Health Check

    Should people be rewarded for donating their organs for transplants?

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  • Digital Planet

    Digital art at the V&A; Tagging rubbish; Mapping Sao Paulo for accessibility

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  • Discovery

    A.C.Grayling talks to leading physicist Tejinder Virdee about the Large Hadron Collider.

    ListenDuration: 28 minutes

  • One Planet

    Mike examines spin and blame in the aftermath of Copenhagen, and hears your views on it.

    ListenDuration: 28 minutes

  • Science In Action

    International Year of Astronomy; Meteorites;Alzheimerâs & ageing;Paper batteries;Seahorses

    ListenDuration: 28 minutes

Podcasts

  • Health Check

    The BBC World Service's weekly round up of global health stories and topical issues in medicine.

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  • Digital Planet

    How digital technology affects our lives around the world.

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  • Discovery

    Each week, Discovery takes an in-depth look at the most significant ideas, discoveries and trends in science, from the smallest microbe to the furthest corner of space.

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  • One Planet

    One Planet covers environmental, development and agriculture stories, dealing with the impact of humankind on the natural world.

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  • Science in Action

    The BBC World Service's weekly look at new developments in science from around the world.

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