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Jim Al-Khalili talks to neuroscientist Barbara Sahakian about her Life Scientific.

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After the most daring and complex landing of a robot on another planet, the search for evidence of life on Mars enters a new era. NASA’s Curiosity...

Gareth Mitchell meets the engineers who will transform the way we fly around the world. He finds out how aircraft may take on new shapes in the...

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