Breaking Science (previously Up All Night: The Naked Scientists) - open2.net

Darwin bicentenary special from the Open University’s lecture on one of the drivers of evolution: natural selection. How Darwin succeeded in gaining acceptance for his radical theories; how the evidence for natural selection in palaeontology has since been discovered; and dinosaurs - an accident in selection. Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.

How scientists could work out what you look like from your genes; how scientists have come up with an algorithm that can decode your brain activity; how researchers have made a breakthrough in discovering what actually causes migraines; and why men shouldn't leave fatherhood too late. Plus, in 'Stuff and Non-Science', will you really explode in space without your spacesuit? Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.

Archaeologists reveal that people have been riding on, eating and drinking the milk of horses for over 5,000 years; why the Amazon forest might become a carbon criminal; marine organisms produce laughing gas; mutated gene linked to pancreatic cancer; how observations from space provide information on how the ground recovers after an earthquake. Plus, in 'Stuff and Non-Science', are old glass windows thicker at the bottom because glass is a liquid? Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.

Pain relief from super hot, burning chillies; how holes in the asteroid belt show scientists how the planets got to be where they are; why things smell the way they do; new clue into the cause of Alzheimer's; how our reaction to an unpleasant taste is the basis for our reaction to things we find objectionable; how arsenic exposure can be monitored in your toenails. Plus, in 'Stuff and Non-Science', are the sea and sky blue because they reflect each other? Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.

Chemical, sarcozine, may help identify aggressive cancers; virus DNA combined with parasitic wasp DNA prevents the host from rejecting the wasp grub; a common genetic control system found to control all teeth development; study shows that the brain treats emotions more like a physical experience; cure for the commen cold - scientists have successfully decoded the culprits; science of walking - scientists are trying to work out how animals cope with walking on sand. Plus, in 'Stuff and Non-Science', does sugar make kids hyperactive? Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.

Chemical link between asthma and eczema uncovered; synaesthesia gene found; rising levels of CO2 are affecting clown fishes' sense of smell; evidence of 700-million-year-old sponge sets the clock back on evolution; how the butterfly species, Maculinea rebeli, convinces ants to look after their caterpillars; IVF can help disentangle the effects of nature from nuture. Plus, in 'Stuff and Non-Science', can you predict a child's adult height by doubling their height at 2 years? Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.

The sequence of how four-legged animals move their legs is commonly misrepresented; Wi-Fi, the gaping hole in our internet security; why eating too much is bad for your brain; fossilised evidence of dinosaurs fighting; what makes locusts swarm and could they be 'deactivated'; why you have your DNA to thank for the party animal inside you and what this means for your health. Plus, in 'Stuff and Non-Science', are lemmings suicidal? Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.

Gene discovered that triggers nerve repair; 'fake' acupuncture is shown to have same pain relief effect as real acupuncture; analysis of brown clouds over East Asia shows main culprit to be burning biomass; 18 million-year-old fossil challenges theory of when New Zealand was undersea; DNA previously thought to be 'junk' shown not to be; study of the genetic variations in stomach bacteria describe human migration. Plus, in 'Stuff and Non-Science', does watching TV really make you short-sighted? Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.

Fish play an important role in the marine inorganic carbon cycle; shiny crops could reduce global warming; stress causes temporary attention problems; wireless micrograbbers have potential surgical applications; finger ratios and testosterone levels predict long-term profitability in high frequency traders; rogue antibodies produced within joints themselves causes rheumatoid arthritis. Plus, in 'Stuff and Non-Science', are daddy long-legs all that venomous? Learn more about science at open2.net/breakingscience.