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14,067 articles from Guardian Unlimited Science

• THURSDAY 31. JULY, 2008
• 01:02 Sweet peas make a second skin

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  Enzymes from sweet pea pods combined with polymers may be the perfect wound dressing for burn victims, writes Michael Pollitt  

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• WEDNESDAY 30. JULY, 2008
• 19:13 Ancient Greek 'computer' displayed Olympics calendar

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  Hidden inscriptions reveal that the mechanism – which was used to calculate the movements of heavenly bodies – incorporated a sporting calendar  

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• 16:53 Diane Abbott: Where's the debate on the DNA database?

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  Diane Abbott: It contains the profiles of a million innocent people and lacks basic safeguards – but it has no legislative foundation  

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• 01:09 Editorial: Unequal representation on the UK DNA database

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  Editorial: Used badly, a DNA database will harm the society it is supposed to protect  

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• 01:05 Health: Treatment heralds Alzheimer's breakthrough

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  New drug twice as effective as current medicines in slowing the disease's progression  

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• 01:05 First 'practical jetpack' clears for take-off

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  New Zealand inventor unveils jetpack that has taken test pilots to altitudes as high as 3ft  

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• 01:04 Take the innocent off DNA database, says inquiry

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  Ex-convicts' records should be erased as retaining profiles 'continues to criminalise them'  

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• 01:04 Russia's diving record attempt ends in farce

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  Scientists forced to withdraw claims that they had set a new underwater record  

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• TUESDAY 29. JULY, 2008
• 08:43 Ian Sample on why scientists are demanding better security for GM crop trials

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  Ian Sample looks at why scientists are demanding better security for GM crop trials  

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• 01:11 Branson unveils mothership in latest step towards putting tourists into space

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  Test flights to begin for first commercial trips of spacecraft carried by giant plane to 50,000ft  

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• 01:04 How the brain is wired for pain

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  Michael Lee's winning entry for the competition that gives PhD students funded by the MRC the chance to explain the relevance of their research  

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• 01:04 Max Perutz science writing prize runner-up Clare Watkinson

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  Clare Watkinson, from the MRC Epidemiology Unity at Cambridge University, was a runner-up in the annual Max Perutz science writing competition with her paper on promoting physical activity for health  

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• 01:04 Max Perutz science writing competition: The cold that 'never goes away'

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  Sophie Farooque from Guy's hospital, London was a runner-up in the annual Max Perutz science writing competition with her paper on understanding aspirin-sensitive respiratory disease  

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• 01:04 Food: Scientists want top security for GM crop tests

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  Scientists claim repeated attacks on their trials are stifling vital research into the environmental impact of farming  

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• 01:01 Letters: Birth control is about choice not coercion

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  Letters: As your leader (July 25) makes clear, population control is plain wrong. It is an attack on human rights and in particular on women's reproductive rights  

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• MONDAY 28. JULY, 2008
• 14:22 Science Weekly podcast: Ted Bianco and Lonesome George

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  Alok Jha and Ian Sample are joined by Ted Bianco, the Wellcome Trust's director of technology transfer. Plus Edzard Ernst on homeopathy. Solar power from the Sahara. And why Lonesome George may not be feeling so lonesome afterall  

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• 01:02 Obituary: Randy Pausch

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  Obituary: The academic whose Last Lecture became an inspirational internet phenomenon  

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• 01:02 Dementia: Blood pressure drugs may cut risk of Alzheimer's by 40%

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  Doctors given immediate funds to investigate medical records of a further 3 million patients  

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• 01:02 Health: Walking for 45 minutes helps to control diabetes

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  Blood sugar levels can be kept in check by exercise, reducing need for additional drugs, scientists find  

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• 01:02 Starwatch: August diary

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  August diary: Jupiter hovers low in our S sky as our only conspicuous planet this month  

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• SUNDAY 27. JULY, 2008
• 01:03 Robin McKie: Actions speak louder than a lot of government hot air

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  Robin McKie: Melt our ice-caps and you release forces you cannot control  

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• 01:03 UK scientists hit out at new coal station plans

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  Power plants to be built without technology to cut emissions will accelerate global warming, experts claim  

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• 01:01 Row over plan to DNA test Chopin's heart

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  Scientists refused permission to analyse organ to prove composer died of cystic fibrosis, not TB  

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• 01:00 Laughter: the secret of love

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  Self-deprecating humour is key to English art of seduction, psychological study reveals  

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• 01:00 Phil Hogan finds out what the truth is behind memory loss and if you can avoid it

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  Phil Hogan asks leading academics and medics what the truth is behind memory loss and, crucially, can you avoid it?  

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