New Insights into DNA and The Big Bang Recreated

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New Insights into DNA Geoff Watts talks to scientists trying to understand our genes, who have uncovered some startling surprises about the way that DNA works. Origin of Ancient Clay Tablets Traced Dr Bradley Schaefer, an astronomer at the University of Louisiana, has been putting his knowledge of the stars to good use, in helping archaeologists to date ancient tablets known as the Mul.Apin, thought to be pre-cursors of the modern day Zodiac. Global Warming Threatens Reef Jon Stewart dons flippers and snorkel to see for himself the damage being done to the Great Barrier Reef, as a result of Climate Change. Big Bang Recreated Brian Cox tells us why a huge new experiment designed to re-create a fraction of a second after the Big Bang, is not going to blow us all up when it switches on next year. Robotic Surgery Geoff tries his hand at eye surgery using a special robot, designed to give surgeons a steady hand, in this case, for eye surgery.