VIDEO: I'm a teacher - no beard required

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This prevents the penetration of girls science and technology?

31 March 2014 Last updated on 07:39 BST

The government wants to encourage the growth of science and technology, but a study in 2013 suggested that more than 40,000 graduates needed per year.

Search the campaign group ScienceGrrl said to break cultural barriers in the classroom, getting more girls for school subjects could be the answer.

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VIDEO: Meet beatboxer, which sounds like a bird

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Meet beatboxer, which sounds like a bird

29 March 2014 Last updated at 10:50 GMT

Birds singing in the trees is one of the hallmarks of spring, but the inhabitants of the city are generally more likely to traffic noise.

According to the National Trust, almost half of the people in cities, they feel comfortable enough to receive to enjoy the outdoors, and came out with an album with sounds of animals and insects, to try to change that.

The music was not produced by animals, but beatboxer Jason Singh, who spoke to BBC Breakfast to explain why inspired by birdsong - and show off your skills to mimic our feathered friends.

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VIDEO: "A profound misunderstanding of genetics"

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Professor Steve Jones: genetics, upbringing and Boris Johnson

26 March 2014 Last updated at 11:23 GMT

Boris Johnson said a box of cereal shaking, making it easier for "some cornflakes in order to reach the top" when he spoke of CI schools and grammar.

But on a personal film for the everyday politics, Professor Steve Jones, the Mayor of London said it had a "profound misunderstanding of genetics", and spoke of the interaction between nature and culture.

Professor Jones discuss his film with members Soubry Anna and Emma Reynolds on Daily Politics Wednesday at 00.40 clock GMT on BBC Two, which will be for seven days on iPlayer.

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VIDEO: Welcome to Mars on Earth

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Mars on Earth: sandbox created the Red Planet

27 March 2014 Last updated at 14:02 GMT clock

Airbus has a huge sandpit in Stevenage built to imitate the surface of Mars.

The box the size of a basketball court can be used to test in Europe sent to Mars in 2018 mobile systems.

ExoMars , as we know, will be commissioned a six-wheeled robot with a search for signs of past or present life.

Richard Lancaster, navigation and control analyst for the ExoMars project, the BBC offers a guided tour within Stevenage own version of the red planet to visit, and how it is used to test the phone.

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VIDEO: Soyuz to the ISS

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Soyuz launch to ISS

25 March 2014 Last updated 23:42 GMT

A Soyuz spacecraft was launched in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station.

Astronaut Steve Swanson cosmonauts Alexander Skvortsov and Oleg Artemyev and are safe in orbit.

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VIDEO: Inside a radar measurement of rain

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Climate future: within a radar measurement of rain

25 March 2014 Last update 16:49 GMT clock

Editor David Shukman BBC science discussed, like the rain in the air is calculated with the aid of a radar system.

British winter may be warmer and wetter than the past, but the cold weather is not yet scheduled, said the UK Met Office.

Dorset Tower is part of a network of 15 radars in the UK.

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VIDEO: pictures of the inside of a flying insect

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3D flying insects: pictures of the inside of the fly caught

26 March 2014 Last updated at 10:08 GMT

A team of scientists from the University of Oxford, Imperial College and the Paul Scherrer Institute in Switzerland have an X-ray film used in a very intense flying insects.

The film is a 3D reconstruction, consisting of several X-ray images showing the theft of a motor Bumblebee - Anatomy of the powers of flight.

The researchers say that the videos offer a glimpse into the inner workings of the most complex mechanisms of nature.

Dr. Simon Walker, the group of flying animals Oxford told the BBC: "We hope that this research [show] that developed in the design of micromechanical systems, including micro air vehicles to replicate the flying insects."

The results are in the journal PLoS Biology .

Video courtesy of Simon Walker, University of Oxford

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VIDEO: Fracking Gusher offers in ignition warning

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Fracking provides sources of oil and gas in ignition warning

25 March 2014 Last updated at 06:54 GMT

Britain needs of the existing ground oil and gas before the expansion of shale gas "fracking" to learn of leaks and poor monitoring sites, scientists have warned.

A review of 2,152 wells up to 100 wells drilled from 1902 to 2013 found "orphan" for which no company is responsible.

The long-term stability of the wells and contamination risks are key factors if the coalition continues with the expansion plans of the shale gas industry.

John Moylan reports.

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AUDIO: deep-sea mining with a value of £ 150 million "for the UK

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The deep-sea mining could lead "mineral resources" in the UK

24 March 2014 Last updated at 15:22 GMT clock

The deep-sea mining could enable the British economy with "a lot" of mineral resources and wealth, has a marine biologist is.

The idea is that the Heads of State and Government, marine biologists and mining are willing to discuss how the process can be a commercial reality.

The found in the seabed minerals are copper and rare earth minerals that are in high demand for use in smartphones and other gadgets.

Marine biologist Dr Jon Copley said BBC Radio 5 Live Reporting the morning . "copper and zinc, which could be £ 150 million and vents only we know"

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VIDEO: In search of the northern lights

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In search of Northern Lights in the UK

21 March 2014 Last updated at 09:49 GMT

Carol Kirkwood Weather BBC examines what causes auroras and try to see the UK.

Discover how to see the northern lights with Carol Kirkwood , interactive guide

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VIDEO: What harms a walk away from you?

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As the air pollution that we breathe?

17 March 2014 Last updated at 10:14 GMT

What are the effects of air pollution on human health?

Scientists have been working in Edinburgh on an innovative project to measure the amount of pollution that we are exposed to every day.

Focus on the diesel particulate minutes to heart disease motors together.

Environment correspondent, BBC Scotland David Miller bravely volunteered to participate in the research.

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AUDIO: Hawking "wins the debate about inflation"

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Stephen Hawking "wins the debate about inflation"

18 March 2014 Last updated at 09:34 GMT

Scientists say that they support an extraordinary new evidence for the Big Bang theory of the origin of the universe.

Researchers believe they have found the signs in the sky by the super-fast expansion of space that occurred in a fraction of a second must have left after all that is born.

Tom Feilden BBC discusses the importance of these new findings, says Professor Stephen Hawking before the Today program BBC Radio 4 by the latest discovery in the context of his previous work.

Professor Neil Turok presenter Sarah Montague speaks too long on a bet he had with Mr. Hawking, and how this latest on this discovery.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 's Today program Tuesday 18 March.

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AUDIO: Scientists find dinosaur like chicken

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"Hell chicken" U.S. scientists discover dinosaurs

20 March 2014 Last updated 13:53 UTC clock

U.S. scientists have discovered a new species of dinosaur, nicknamed the "Chicken of hell."

The Anzu wyliei is a strange bird-like creature with a "huge" beak and long tail like a lizard.

Was collected from the partial remains of three skeletons in North Dakota and South identified.

Professor Hans Seus, who studied some of the fossils at the Smithsonian National Museum in Washington DC, told Victoria Derbyshire BBC Radio 5 Live : "It's really weird looking kind of creature - even by the standards of the dinosaurs."

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