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November 2005
'The Skeptical Environmentalist' ♫
 In "The Skeptical Environmentalist", Bjørn Lomborg challenged widely held beliefs that the global environment is progressively getting worse. He criticized the way many environmental organizations use scientific data to influence decisions about resource allocation, shaking the environmental movement to the core in the process. Lomborg challenged the more alarmist accounts favoured by some, but the latest extreme weather events and their consequences have once again raised questions about his theories. I interviewed the controversial Danish professor in the aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the USA and the eve of the Montreal Climate Change Summit to find out whether he had changed his views on the real state of the world.
December 2005
The first Brazilian in space
 Brazilian Lt Col Marcos Pontes became the first Portuguese-speaker to go into space, after a successful launch aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan. For his nine'day sojourn at the International Space Station, Pontes took with him a Brazilian flag and a football shirt - to help, he said, his team in the World Cup! Before he left on his mission he talked about his adventure, while his relatives and friends applauded and cheered on the big day.
December 2005
Climate change, a man-made affair?
28th March 2007
The transgenic mosquito ♫
 A genetically modified strain of malaria-resistant mosquito has been created that is better able to survive than disease-carrying insects, giving new impetus to one strategy for controlling this global disease. Expert and researcher Dr Luís Távora Tavira, coordinator of the Anti-Malaria Department at the Portuguese Institute of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine talked about the effectiveness of this discovery.
The GM mosquitoes could be identified by their green fluorescent eyes
Read more on this here on the BBC News' web site.
2nd May 2007
A vaccine against cervical cancer ♫
6th June 2007
Cloud appreciation ♫
Includes an interview with weather expert Dr José Eduardo Ventura of Universidade Nova de Lisboa
15th August 2007
The biggest planet thus far ♫
TrEs-4 is 70 per cent bigger than Jupiter
Read more on this story here on BBC para Africa's web site.
23rd August 2007
Good and bad bacteria ♫
26th September 2007
The state of mental health in Africa ♫
Check out this story here on BBC Para Africa's web site.
9th January 2008
A clinical trial on population genetics ♫
5th March 2008
A Mozambican invention
10th September 2008
The melting of the ice shelves ♫
8th October 2008
Breakthrough against Leukemia ♫
5th November 2008
SMSs against AIDS ♫
19th August 2009
The Emissions Debate ♫
26th August 2009
Artificial Trees ♫
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