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The Secret Life of Ice

Ice is one of the strangest, most beguiling and mesmerising substances in the world. Full of contradictions, it is transparent yet it can glow with colour, it is powerful enough to shatter rock but it can melt in the blink of an eye.

Science writer Dr Gabrielle Walker searches out some of the secrets hidden deep within the ice crystal to try to discover how something so ephemeral has the power to sculpt landscapes, to preserve our past and inform our future.

The Secret Life of Ice

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Thursday 27 October, 20:00, BBC Four

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The Life Scientific

Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for mankind.

In the third programme of the series, Jim talks to astronomer Jocelyn Bell- Burnell, the discoverer of pulsars.

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The Origins of Us

Dr Alice Roberts reveals how your body tells the story of human evolution.

In the second episode of the series, Roberts charts how our ancestors' hunt for food has driven the way we look and behave today – from the shape of our face, to the way we see and even the way we attract the opposite sex.

About the series: The Origins of Us

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Blog: Dr Roberts on watching chimps in the wild

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Things To Do

Things To Do helps you find activities for all ages across the UK run by the BBC and trusted partners including museums, galleries and nature organisations near you.

Schools out! Find activities to keep the kids entertained over October Half Term.

Things To Do: October Half Term 2011

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Volcanoes on Io

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Brian Cox explains the incredible volcanism on Jupiter's moon Io.

The power of a supervolcano

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Scientists find evidence of a supervolcano's devastating power.

BBC Lab UK

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Take part in groundbreaking science

Lab UK is an exciting new website where you can take part in groundbreaking science experiments - and maybe discover something you never knew about yourself at the same time!

The Code

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Discover how The Code was cracked with Marcus du Sautoy.

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Made from mixed metal exterior and solid silver interior via ancient 'lost wax' and ultra modern 3D printing techniques.

Your astronomy images

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Space missions

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Incredible journeys

Explore over 40 missions that showed us the planets and other amazing places in the Solar System.

23 Degrees Blog

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Behind the scenes: sharks and stalactites

Presenter Helen Czerski tells the story of her incredible dive into a deep hole in the coral reefs off the coast of Belize.

Human Body and Mind

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Interactive body

Discover the human skeleton with our interactive skeleton game. Learn about human bones, bone growth and bone structure. Understand skeleton facts and skeleton anatomy.

The Science of Love

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Lust, Love and Attachment

Flushed cheeks and a racing heart beat are some of the outward signs of being in love. But inside the body there are definite chemical signs that cupid has fired his arrow. Find out how science can determine whether a relationship will last.

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Bat killer cause traced to fungus

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Scientists confirm that white-nose syndrome, a disease killing off bats in North America, is caused by a fungal infection.

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Bang Goes the Theory

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Sit back, pump up the volume, and enjoy Bang's musical celebration of the tantalising questions thrown up by science. Download MP3 file (right click and Save Target As, or similar) 3.2MB

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Train your brain. Take the tests to find out more about your personality in our psychology tests page.

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Meet your brain

Your brain is the supercomputer that generates all your thoughts, memories, dreams, emotions and ideas. Take a trip inside the human brain, and see what happens when it learns something new.

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