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World Service,16 Jun 2000,26 mins

Once there was Water on Mars

Science In Action

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NASA announces "possible evidence for water that has flowed on Mars in the geologially recent past". Could genetically modified mosquitos combat malaria? New Frontiers in Science exhibition at the Royal Society in London. Longisquama fossil might reveal how flight and birds evolved. Gallileo's poetry reveals a different side of the great scientist.

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