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World Service,10 Oct 2006,26 mins

Seismologists study North Korean nuclear Test

Science In Action

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North Korea has carried out an underground nuclear weapons test and scientists hope seismic sensors will tell them more about it. How collision-avoidance technology will help design an almost uncrashable car. New radar images of the unusal near-Earth asteroid 1999 KW4 reveal it to be a binary system. Plus, exploring superstring theory with a violin.

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