Behaving badly
Are environment, or genetics, more to blame when a human being turns to a life of crime? What does it mean to be criminally insane? And how effectively can a criminal tendency be treated with drugs? What different lights can literature and science sh....
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As part of the celebrations for International Polar Year, Paul Rose takes us on an insightful science journey to the Antarctic and the Arctic. What really are the challenges facing scientists as they work in the remotest field sites on earth?
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A look at how the UK music industry is working with energy and climate researcher Catherine Bottrill to reduce its carbon footprint.nIn 2007 a group of influential people from the music industry formed Julie's Bicycle, an organisation dedicated to re....
More details | Watch nowDavid Attenborough on birds of paradise – Part 2
British broadcaster Sir David Attenborough talks to Nature about his obsession with birds of paradise.
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James Lovelock is best known as the father of Gaia theory; the idea that all parts of our planet form a complex interacting system, like a single organism. His new book depicts Gaia in trouble. In this interview Lovelock sounds a final warning for pl....
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The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was not the first of its kind, according to research in Nature. Two groups of scientists have found sedimentary evidence for possible predecessors to the 2004 event in...
More details | Watch nowClimate change: Bhutan
Nature reporter Anjali Nayar hiked for 21 days in Northern Bhutan to find out how this tiny Himalayan nation is dealing with rapidly melting glaciers.
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In December 2009, policy makers meet in Copenhagen, Denmark to thrash out a new global deal on climate change. The aim is to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures. We sent three young climate researchers along ....
More details | Watch nowThe Wild, Wild World of the Florida Panhandle
D. Bruce Means gives a presentation of the ecological and biological diversity of the region around the Florida panhandle. Dr. Means gave particular attention to the unique climate and environment of the area. He lists the region as one of six biol....
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The English mastermind comes to us for a special lecture and presentation on the fundamental role of art in scientific processes. Kroto will urge us to continue tapping into America?s most original and steadfast resource: creativity.nAt ARTISANworks,....
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Phillip Howard presents on recent discussions regarding the role of aerosols in global climate change.
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Victoria outlines the various ways in which we can all help to reduce our footprint on the planet.
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