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Material World

09/07/2009

Quentin Cooper hears about the birth of an ocean - in the Afar triangle off the Horn of Africa, which is breaking away from the mother continent. Plus the science behind the week's headlines on artificial sperm from Newcastle University; and the Easter Island compound, Rapamycin, which could help us all live to an older age.

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First Broadcast9 Jul 2009
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David Ferguson's blog from the Afar Rift Valley

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Afar Rift Consortium

www.see.leeds.ac.uk

BBC News: Scientists claim sperm 'first'

news.bbc.co.uk

BBC News: Tests raise life extension hopes

news.bbc.co.uk

David Ferguson's blog from the Afar Rift Valley

www.guardian.co.uk

National Institute for Medical Research

www.nimr.mrc.ac.uk

National Institute of Ageing: Interventions Testing Program (ITP)

www.nia.nih.gov

North East England Stem Cell Institute (NESCI)

www.nesci.ac.uk

The Jackson Laboratory: David E. Harrison, Ph.D.

research.jax.org