Kidney Transplants
The waiting list for kidney transplants is one of the longest. Here's Phil Sansom with the QuickFire Science of kidney transplantation, incl...
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Gene Therapy
Advances in genetics and molecular biology mean that it is now possible to treat and even cure a raft of disorders for which there was previ...
HPV: Human Papillomavirus
Human papillomaviruses are the cause of cervical and head and neck cancers in men and women. About half of the adult population have been ex...
HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Worldwide, nearly 40 million people are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Here's the Quick Fire Science, with Phil Sansom... HI...
Chlamydia
Up to 10% of young people are infected with chlamydia. Here's the Quick Fire Science, from Phil Sansom...Chlamydia is a bacterial infection....
Driverless Cars
It has been announced by the government that driverless cars will be trialled on the roads of the UK by January 2015. The Ministry for Trans...
Supermoon
Last weekend, many people will have noticed the moon looking especially bigand bright. This is because of a phenomenon known as the supermoo...
Smallpox
US government this week discovered vials of smallpox virus whilst cleaning out an old storeroom. This was shocking, as it was thought that t...
Captive breeding
Last week, the 2nd to last to last wild born Spix's Macaw died. The 40 year old parrot, named Presley, was thought to have inspired the film...
The Lethal Injection
Capital punishment hasn't been used in the UK since 1964, however many countries, including the USA and China, still execute prisoners ever...
The Turing Test
This week a computer program reportedly passed the 'Turing test' for the first time, tricking people into believing it is human. This was pa...
Ecstasy
This week, Alexander Shulgin, the so called 'Godfather of ecstasy' died peacefully in his sleep. The 88 year old is best known for introduci...
World's Largest Dinosaur
This week, a farm worker in Argentina stumbled upon what has turned out to be a bone belonging to the largest known dinosaur to have ever wa...
Coal Mining Dangers
This week news broke that Turkey had suffered its worst ever mining disaster after an explosion and fire in a mine in Soma claimed almost th...
Asthma
This week the Royal College of Physicians have issued a report looking at the standard of asthma care in the UK. There are over 5 million as...
Plane Stowaway
This week, a teenage boy survived the 5 hour flight from California to Hawaii, hidden in the wheel well of a plane. Experts are astonished t...
World Autism Awareness Day
Wednesday, the 2nd of April was World Autism Awareness Day so to help you get to grips with this often misunderstood condition here's your Q...
Black Box Recorders
Now that Malaysian Airways Flight MH370 has officially been acknowledged to have ended in the southern Indian Ocean with all lives lost, att...
Air Traffic Communication
With the Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 still missing after nearly two weeks, some people are asking how you can lose a plane? But with ove...
Northern Lights
Last week much of the UK witnessed the spectacular displays of the Northern Lights, but what causes this phenomenal natural light show? Here...
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