Sea World Service on today s science in action if there is life on Mars it s not coming from the Exo Mars Schiaparelli lander as hoped for a signal from the space probe fades we find out what we ve lost with that connection and what the other functioning parts of the mission can tell us and as our atmosphere reaches record levels of carbon dioxide why might the contents of the fridge not the food be able to help that s after the latest news B.B.C. News with Eileen McHugh the United Nations has been forced to abandon for today plans to evacuate wounded civilians from the rebel held part of the Syrian city of Aleppo the U.N. Had been hoping to take advantage of a temporary halt in the bombardment of Aleppo by Russian and Syrian aircraft the curfew is in force in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk after a concerted attack by Islamic state suicide bombers reports say more than 20 people were killed the B.B.C. Correspondent in northern Iraq says it was an A day shoes counterattack distracti
I will take you to South Africa Saudi Arabia and Brazil looking attempts to protect endangered species and finding out how drones could make a difference we ll hear about the latest safety measures surrounding the pilgrimage to Mecca and get a Russian view of the Paralympics in Rio. The World Conservation Congress meeting this week in Hawaii is back calls for South Africa to ban the hunting of lions bred in captivity and this highlights a major issue that s the 10s of thousands of animals including mines killed every year as a result of trophy hunting South Africa is the biggest export of these so-called trophies usually animal heads which are cut off stuffed and displayed with perhaps only $2300.00 lines left in the wild in South Africa thousands are now being bred with the sole purpose of being released on the hunting reserves to be shot at history that reports. The video is disturbing to watch 10 Americans each wanting to shoot a lion. Filmed many safaris the rates it is the man wh
You know with the B.B.C. World Service on today s science in action new planet alert an Earth sized planet has been found on our doorstep astronomically speaking we ask whether it might be as lively as Earth and how long it would take to get there also how well the bomb storms allow us to peer inside this planet and Donald Trump is proposing to build a massive wall across the U.S. Border with Mexico we own pick the potential effects on all the non-human species in the area that s after the latest news B.B.C. News with Marion Marshall rescue teams in central Italy are racing against time in their search for survivors of the devastating earthquake which leveled 3 towns and left at least 250 people dead hundreds of others have been injured the search has been hampered by powerful aftershocks the deal has reportedly been agreed in Syria for rebel fighters and civilians in direct on the outskirts of Damascus to pull out after years of siege by pro-government forces and evacuation is due to
Hello there. Welcome to the B.B.C. s look at what s making the leap out of the labs and into our lives. This is science in action on money justice and coming up on the show this week bird brain isn t the insult it s meant to be scientists are proving that using a very unusual captive Study Group colony we have seven livens hit the Tower of London by wall to create the legend of the Ravens leave the Tower of London crumble into dust on the Great Hall before a country and dark matter in Syria makes up a quarter of the mass of the universe in practice it s still proving very tricky to find nature could be cruel to us because still existed but it could exist in the form of a particle that is just simply not detectable. But first paralysis caused by spinal cord injury is a terrifying condition and one twenty five million people live with around the world. Currently if your spinal cord is severely damaged or is severed there is no cure and you lose sensation in movement in at least your leg
president obama hosted more than 100 student scientists from across the country today at one of his favorite events what is now the fifth annual white house science fair. one of the participants is kenneth, a 16 year old junior at the horace mann school in the bronx. after his grandfather developed alzheimer s he developed an app that helps caretakers keep track of alzheimer s patients who might wander off, which is a big problem for people caring for the 5.2 million americans who suffer from that condition. his device won the science in action award at the 2014 google science fair. kenneth shinozuka, you were at the white house today. yes. this is an astonishing