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Last updated: 7 january, 2010 - 12:22 GMT

Animals & UsA dog

The acclaimed documentary maker Victor Schonfeld gives a very personal view on the use of animals in scientific and medical research and why it still continues today. Can social justice for other species actually benefit humans?

Science highlights

  • Art and scienceA glass heart

    How art helps a doctor interpret images of the heart

  • Archiving audioMicrophone

    Revealing plans for a new search engine for speech

  • Laptop schemeSchool children in Uruguay with laptops

    Uruguay to provide every school pupil with laptops

  • Rocket racesVirgin's space ship that will aim to take tourists to space by 2011

    Private companies are now competing with NASA

  • Animals & UsTwo burgers on plate

    A personal view of why humans like eating meat

  • Millenium BugA computer

    Witness takes you back to New Year's Eve in 1999

  • Digital decadeDan Damon on Facebook

    Dan Damon looks back at 10 years of tech revolution

  • Mobility cityDisability road sign. PA

    A 3G map of the city of Sao Paulo for disabled access

  • Final frontierView of Earth from outer space

    The science behind the search for life on other planets

  • Organ donorsOrgan donor card

    Can an Israeli scheme to reward donors work?

  • Blind youthClose up of an eye

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

  • Cafe HoboNick Baker in New York

    Connecting people, stories and places via the internet

Science programmes

  • Health Check

    Why do patients volunteer for clinical trials - just to get better or for the common good?

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  • Digital Planet

    Consumer Electronics Show; audio search engine; iWarrior; Montenegrin domain name sale

    ListenDuration: 28 minutes

  • Discovery

    Stephen Webster investigates the links between scientistsâ beliefs and their research.

    ListenDuration: 28 minutes

  • One Planet

    One Planet hears a very personal view of how humans exploit other species.

    ListenDuration: 28 minutes

  • Science In Action

    SpaceX; Zero gravity plane; Waiter's memory; Lionfish; Plant signalling; Reading emotion

    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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