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Background brief
Background Brief explores the psychics
Background Brief
The media is full of stories about the threats to our future and what science has in store - but what's the real story?

Get to the truth with our Background Briefs.

There and then

Billie Piper and David Tennant from TV's Doctor Who
Ever wish you were anywhere else at all? How likely is time travel or teleportation?

Planetary threats

The Sun
If we can survive the magnetic mayhem of pole shifts, will we be able to cope with impact planet earth?

Ingestion charges

Bad for you? A burger.
Chew on health issues - how bad is fat? And do sportspeople on drugs mean testing the best?
 

Invisible killers?

Bacteria
Small but deadly? Face up to superbugs on the march and our biggest smallest threat.

Weather wisdom

The sun burns above the sea
What does climate change mean for us: a future frying or freezing? And how bad is the sun?
 

Who we are

Dolly the sheep duplicated
Are our minds inpenetrable? Consciousness has the clues. And can we be duplicated? First Came Dolly - then where for cloning?

What do you believe?

A therapy session
We put alternative therapy on trial and explore the link between science and the psychics.
 
 
 

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