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| | | Leading Edge brings you the latest news from the world of science. Geoff Watts celebrates discoveries as soon as they're being talked about - on the internet, in coffee rooms and bars; often before they're published in journals. And he gets to grips with not just the science, but with the controversies and conversation that surround it.
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|  | | | | "If what interests you are new and exciting ideas, it's science you should be turning to. And whether it's the Human Genome Project or the origins of the Universe, Leading Edge is the place to hear about them."
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Chinese Launch First Human Into Space
China has become the third nation to send people into space. Professor Roald Sagdeev, director of the Soviet Union’s Space Science Institute in the 1970s and 1980s discusses the significance of the Chinese giant leap forward into orbit.
Training Surgeons with Virtual Touch
Haptic technology allows a computer user to feel the shape and texture of virtual objects on the screen.
Researchers at Stanford University are developing a system in which the tissues and organs of the human body can be felt, handled and manipulated.
Ultimately they hope it will be used to train surgeons to carry out operations.
Flash Rip Currents
David Johnson of the University of Western Australia talks about his research on flash rip currents – mysterious and fast flowing bodies of water that appear out of nowhere and carry away unsuspecting swimmers.
Louis Leakey
Louis Leakey was one of the leading researchers on human origins last century and founded a dynasty of palaeoanthropologists spanning three generations.
One hundred years after his birth, daughter-in-law Meave and grand-daughter Louis discuss his legacy and the discoveries they’re making today in northern Kenya. | | |
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