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Science Weekly podcast: Cory Doctorow on an internet...
Author and web activist Cory Doctorow delivers the 2013 Sense About Science lectureAlok JhaJason PhippsCory Doctorow
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Science Weekly podcast: life in a random universe
Brian Clegg discusses the deeply random nature of the universe. Plus, Hanne Albert on her discovery that antibiotics may alleviate a particular kind of lower back painIan SampleAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: the genetics of gender and...
Dr Helena Cronin on 'sexuality after genetics', and Prof Marcel Dicke on why that fly in your soup isn't all badCamila RuzJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: The Burning Question – can we...
An extended interview with Duncan Clark and Mike Berners-Lee about their new book, The Burning QuestionAdam VaughanJason PhippsDuncan ClarkMike Berners-Lee
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Science Weekly podcast: the origin of life on Earth
Scientist, broadcaster and writer Adam Rutherford discusses his new book Creation which explores the chemical origins of life on EarthAdam RutherfordAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: driving the Curiosity Mars rover
Rover driver Paolo Bellutta talks about the thrill of exploring the Martian landscape. Plus, Prof Prabhita Gai describes the thrill of winning the top prize for women in scienceCamila RuzJason PhippsOliver Wainwright
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Science Weekly podcast: Saving Darwin's frog
Darwin's frog is a tree-living species native to Chile that broods its young in the male's mouth, but it's under threat of extinctionCamila RuzJason PhippsTim Radford
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Science Weekly podcast: The dawn of an era of...
Prof Kate Jones discusses the potential of genetic science to bring back extinct animalsCamila RuzJason PhippsRobin McKie
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Science Weekly podcast: The wonders of butterflies and...
Camila Ruz meets Blanca Huertas, of London's Natural History Museum, to learn about the museum's Sensational Butterflies exhibition, and documentary Planet Ant reveals the genius of the leaf-cutter antCamila RuzJason PhippsAdam Vaughan
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Science Weekly podcast: Jaron Lanier on Who Owns The...
A pioneer of virtual reality technology and the open web, Jaron Lanier discusses why power is held by those with the biggest computers and best scientistsIan SampleJemima KissAlok JhaJason PhippsRobin McKie
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Science Weekly podcast: Dr Kevin Fong on the body under...
Kevin Fong discusses his new book Extremes about the connection between the human capacity to explore extreme environments and medical understanding of our physiologyKevin FongAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Extra: the nexus debates – the water and...
The last of our three nexus debates looking at the scientific, technological and social developments needed to sustain global energy and water suppliesJo ConfinoJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Extra podcast: water, food and energy...
The second of our Nexus debates about the scientific, technical and social challenges of achieving sustainability in water, energy and food consumptionJo ConfinoJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Extra podcast: water and food...
The first in a series of panel discussions on the scientific, technological and social challenges of achieving sustainability in water, food and energy consumptionJo ConfinoJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Jared Diamond on traditional...
Physiologist turned anthropologist Jared Diamond discusses his new book The World Until Yesterday about the lessons we can learn from traditional societiesAlok JhaRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: rocks, planets and people
Neil Shubin reveals the cosmic accidents that created our world in The Universe Within. Plus, Dr Kevin Dutton on the lessons we can learn from psychopathsRobin McKieAlok JhaJames RandersonJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: How to think like Sherlock Holmes
Psychologist Maria Konnikova discusses her new book Mastermind: How to Think like Sherlock Holmes. Plus, sleep apnoea, DNA sonnets and beleaguered mackerelMaria KonnikovaAlok JhaIan SampleAdam VaughanJason Phipps
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Science weekly podcast: the Higgs boson, Orion and crabs...
Physicist Sean Carroll at the Royal Institution reveals the truth about particles and fields. Plus, Nasa goes into space with Esa, and pain in crustaceansAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: what has nature ever done for us?
The leading environmentalist Tony Juniper argues for the economic benefits of conservationTony JuniperAlok JhaRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: turning scientific orthodoxy on...
The winner of the 2011 Nobel Prize for Chemistry reveals how the award changed his life in an instant and ponders why his discovery of quasicrystals took so long to be acceptedAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: 2012, a year of discoveries and...
From landing Curiosity on Mars to finding a Higgs-like particle and the Encode project to map the genome – we review the year in scienceAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Royal Institution Christmas...
We interview Dr Peter Wothers, who will put chemistry into living rooms across the UK this week through the magic of the Ri Christmas LecturesAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: James Watson and The Double Helix
As a new edition of The Double Helix is published, James Watson talks about the role of Rosalind Franklin in discovering the structure of DNAAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: James Gleick spreads The...
This year's winner of the prestigious Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, James Gleick, discusses The Information. Plus, will we see a Briton on the moon in our lifetimes?Alok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Podcast: Caleb Scharf on gravity's...
Astrophysicist Caleb Scharf discusses our growing understanding of the cosmic enigma that is the black hole and we learn how the Natural History Museum selected 22 objects from its 70m collection for its new Treasures exhibitionAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Royal Society science book prize
This week's show is dedicated to a discussion of the six books shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science BooksAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Podcast: the year the world discovered...
Chris Turney introduces his new book about the epic race to explore the Earth's last great frontier. Plus, the UK government's ambition to make the the country a world leader in eight key fields of technologyAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Why you should never trust 'the...
Mathematician Sam Arbesman discusses the slippery nature of facts and why we trust them at our peril. Plus, using citizen science to save Britain's ash treesAlok JhaRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: David Attenborough's 60 years...
Sir David looks back on his career as a broadcaster and observer of the natural world and shares his views on the politics of climate changeCamila RuzJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Extra: An extended interview with Ben...
Alok Jha speaks at length with Ben Goldacre about his investigation into the pharmaceuticals industryBen GoldacreAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Nobel prizewinner Sir John Gurdon
Britain's newest Nobel laureate Sir John Gurdon explains the experiment that led to his sharing this year's prize for physiology or medicineAlok JhaJason PhippsIan Sample
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Science Weekly podcast: Ben Goldacre exposes Bad Pharma
Bad Science writer Ben Goldacre on his new book, Bad Pharma. Plus, Daisy the cloned cow who produces milk less likely to cause an allergic reaction, and this year's Nobel prizesBen GoldacreAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: The science of virgin birth
Aarathi Prasad exposes the fascinating world of asexual reproduction and its implications for future humansIan SampleAlok JhaRobin McKie
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Science Weekly podcast: Have science museums had their...
Ian Sample meets the director of London's Science Museum, Ian Blatchford, to discuss the role of museums in an era of quantum mechanics, particle physics and genomicsIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Jim Al-Khalili on the wonders of...
On this week's show we also hear about new research into the placebo and nocebo effects, and from IgNobel master of ceremonies Marc Abrahams on why great science can be both funny and profoundJim Al-KhaliliAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Extra: Encode deciphers the human genome
Alok Jha and Ewan Birney discuss the Encode project to probe the vast stretches of DNA between protein-coding genes in the human genomeAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Encode fills in the gaps in the...
Computational biologist Dr Ewan Birney explains the objectives of the Encode projectIan SampleAlok JhaRobin McKieGeraint JonesJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Wild hopes for nature...
Despite the prevailing pessimism, zoologist Andrew Balmford insists there are good news stories about endangered species and habitatsAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Engineering living tissue
In this week's show, we hear from a mechanical engineer who builds synthetic human tissue to repair diseased bodiesAlok JhaJason PhippsAleks Krotoski
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Science Weekly podcast: Curiosity – scientists...
Science writer Philip Ball discusses Curiosity, his history of science from Newton and Galileo via magic and religious persecution to the Large Hadron ColliderAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason PhippsGeraint Jones
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Science Weekly podcast: Curiosity rover touches down on...
Our science team takes stock of the textbook landing of Nasa's Curiosity rover on Mars. Plus, we discuss why science in film works – and why it sometimes doesn'tAlok JhaIan SampleStuart ClarkJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Do optimism and pessimism shape...
Professor Elaine Fox discusses her book Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain which explores the science of optimism and pessimism, and we talk to physicist and author Alex Stone about the power of magicAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Post-Higgs hysteria and the...
Why the apparent discovery of the Higgs boson is just the beginning; Europe embraces open access to publicly funded research; and Craig Venter redefines lifeIan SampleAlok Jha
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Science Weekly Extra: Craig Venter on the science of...
After his keynote lecture at the European Science Open Forum, Craig Venter argues that a series of talks in Dublin in 1943 marked the birth of synthetic biologyAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Sebastian Seung on the connectome
Professor of computational neuroscience at MIT, Sebastian Seung, discusses the connectome, and Professor Barry Smith explains why the brain malfunctionsAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: the Little Atoms & Sounds of the...
Neil Denny from the Little Atoms radio show discusses his US science tour with Alok Jha and we revisit our broadcast on the space shuttleAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Extra podcast: Higgs boson special
Ian Sample meets Cern director general Rolf-Dieter Heuer and talks to one of the key scientists in the construction of the Large Hadron ColliderIan SampleAlok JhaJon ButterworthJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: David Nutt reveals the truth...
Professor David Nutt discusses his book Drugs – Without the Hot Air, and argues that society's prohibition of psychedelic substances is preventing groundbreaking scienceAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: DarwinTunes – naturally selected...
Armand Leroi reveals what happens when Darwin's principles of natural selection are applied to musicAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Citizen science
These days anyone can contribute to a great scientific endeavour, whether it's astronomy, molecular biology or sleep research. Clare Freeman investigates the growing importance of citizen scientists and crowdsourced researchAlok Jha
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Science Weekly podcast: David Eagleman on Sum, the opera
Neuroscientist and short story writer David Eagleman discusses his Royal Opera House debut, and why he believes brain science will change how our legal system treats criminalsAlok JhaIan SampleJason PhippsBeck Smith
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Science Weekly podcast: unmasking the unconscious mind
American author and physicist Leonard Mlodinow explains his book Subliminal about the hidden machinations of the unconscious mindAlok JhaRobin McKieMartin RobbinsJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: The world awaits the transit of...
The first global science collaboration to measure the transit of Venus in the 18th century; barrister Polly Higgins on 'ecocide'; and the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson's Silent SpringIan SampleRobin McKieJason PhippsJohn Vidal
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Science Weekly podcast: X Factor for scientists – FameLab
FameLab is an international competition to find the next generation of Attenboroughs, Coxes and Winstons. A 2012 winner, a finalist and TV science presenter Alice Roberts discuss the importance of great science communicationAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Time warped
Claudia Hammond reveals how our perception of time is warped by physical and mental conditionsMark HendersonAngela SainiAlok JhaJason PhippsIan Sample
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Science Weekly podcast: Jonah Lehrer on creativity and...
The author of Imagine: How Creativity Works, Jonah Lehrer, discusses what neuroscience can tell us about this apparently intangible talentAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Extra podcast: What has science ever done...
In the 2012 Sense About Science Lecture, 'What has science ever done for us?', Richard Taverne proposes that the development of science and democracy have gone hand in handAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Are you getting enough sleep?
Russell Foster explains the importance of sleep, and John Sulston discusses the Royal Society's report on population and consumptionJohn VidalAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason PhippsRussell Foster
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Podcast: Science and comedy collide at the Festival of...
Science-themed comedy is all the rage. We meet the trio behind Festival of the Spoken Nerd, a touring variety show with an educational missionAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: The hunt for Moby Duck
US writer Donovan Hohn discusses his epic search for a rubber duck lost at sea in his new book Moby Duck, plus John Whitfield on the science of reputationAlok JhaRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Daniel Everett on language
Linguist Daniel Everett discusses his book Language: The Cultural Tool and we have a report from the Gunther Van Hagen exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Animals Inside OutAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: The joy of science demonstrations
Live at the Royal Institution, Alok Jha is joined by a host of guests performing spectacularly instructive demonstrationsAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Podcast: Wired for culture
Professor of evolutionary biology Mark Pagel discusses how culture allowed humans to race ahead of other species more constrained by biological evolutionAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Mental athletics at the Memory...
Joshua Foer describes what it's like to compete in the USA Memory Championship, and we meet the master of ceremonies at the Ig Nobel awards, Marc AbrahamsAlok JhaJason PhippsMarc Abrahams
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Science Weekly podcast: Equations that changed the world
Alok Jha talks to Ian Stewart about his new book showing how hidden mathematical gems rule our livesAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Can science ever explain...
Three leading researchers and thinkers on consciousness discuss the emerging scientific understanding of this mysterious human facultyAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: What role should science play in...
This special edition of the show focuses on how science informs policy in the UK and features science minister David WillettsAlok JhaIain ChambersDavid Willetts
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Science Weekly podcast: Will climate change unleash...
Volcanologist Bill McGuire describes how rapid melting of glaciers and ice sheets as a result of climate change could trigger volcanoes, earthquakes and tsunamisAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieIain Chambers
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Science Weekly podcast: Transplants and the future of...
Where next for human-to-human transplants and intensive care? Plus, scientific censorship, and the Piltdown Man hoaxAlok JhaIain ChambersKevin FongRobin McKie
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Science Weekly podcast: Very large telescopes
Alok Jha describes his visit to the European Southern Observatory in the Atacama desert, home of some of the world's most astonishing telescopesAlok JhaIain Chambers
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Science Weekly podcast: Immortal cells and the search...
Alok Jha delves through the Science Weekly archive to find some of our most memorable interviewsAlok JhaIan SampleJames RandersonJason PhippsOlivia JudsonPaul Davies
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Science Weekly podcast: Playing God with nature
Dr Adam Rutherford introduces his new BBC documentary about the powerful new technology of synthetic biologyAlok JhaRobin McKieAdam RutherfordJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Podcast: Stephen Hawking at 70
Alok Jha reports from Stephen Hawking's 70th birthday symposium at the University of Cambridge, with excerpts from Hawking's address on SundayAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Triumph and tragedy of Scott's...
Historian Edward J. Larson discusses the ill-fated Terra Nova expedition and we get a sneak preview of the forthcoming Scott exhibition at the Natural History Museum in LondonAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Bruce Hood has Christmas...
Professor of psychology Bruce Hood introduces his Royal Institution Christmas lecture series 'Meet the Brain'Alok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Best of 2011, including death,...
Among the high points of 2011 were Stephen Hawking on death, Simon Baron-Cohen on evil, the final shuttle mission and dark matterAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: An accelerated guide to the...
LHC physicist Prof Jon Butterworth provides a super-condensed course in quantum mechanics, particle physics and the Standard ModelAlok JhaIan SampleJon ButterworthJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Durban climate change talks –...
What are the prospects of the Durban climate change talks setting a limit on global carbon emissions? Plus, Simon Frantz gives his top tips on how to receive a Nobel prize in styleJason PhippsAlok JhaRobin McKieDuncan Clark
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Science Weekly: Your beating heart
In association with the British Heart Foundation, we present an overview of how the human heart works and cutting-edge research into regenerating the organ after a heart attackAlok JhaJason PhippsKevin FongPascal Wyse
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Science Weekly Podcast: Understanding the brain
Alok Jha and Ian Sample investigate our understanding of the brainAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Podcast: The inscrutable brain
Bryan Appleyard on the 'vastly inflated claims' of neuroscience, and Richard Holmes on the contenders for this year's Royal Society science book prizeAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: Steven Pinker on the...
Steven Pinker on violence and the human brain, Boaz Almog on quantum levitation, and part two of Lawrence Krauss's wickedly informative lecture on Cosmological ConnectionsAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Extra: Steven Pinker on The Better Angels...
The internationally renowned scientist and science writer Steven Pinker talks to Alok Jha about his new bookAlok Jha
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Science Weekly podcast: Seven billion people – and their...
Author Fred Pearce discusses the role of science in population growth and Lawrence Krauss delivers an insightful and humorous talk on our cosmic insignificanceAlok JhaFred PearceJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: How Columbus changed the biology...
Science writer Charles Mann reveals the seismic impact of Columbus on the ecology of the old and new worlds, and we unravel the science behind the new vaccine for malariaAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: The carbon nanotechnology...
Professor Ravi Silva believes we're about to experience a new industrial revolution, driven by nanotechnology and carbonAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Podcast: Celebrating all things Nobel and...
Alok Jha is joined by Simon Frantz from Nobel Prize Watch to round up the 2011 Nobel and Ig Nobel winnersAlok JhaJason PhippsIan Sample
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Science Weekly Podcast: Science Uncovered at the Natural...
The team went back to nature in South Kensington to record a show in front of a live audience at the museumAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Podcast: The hunt for dark matter
A fifth of our universe is missing. Professor Carlos Frenk of Durham University explains his quest to find the elusive dark matter that holds galaxies togetherAlok JhaJason Phipps
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Science Weekly podcast: British Science Festival 2011...
Dark matter, microwave biomass recycling and the economic benefits of happiness were among the highlights of this year's British Science Festival in BradfordAlok JhaJason PhippsNathan Green
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Science Weekly Podcast: The science of human attraction
Camila Ruz investigates the genetics of attraction and how one particular set of genes may be influencing everything from whom we choose as a partner to whether a pregnancy is successfulJason PhippsCamila Ruz
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Science Weekly podcast: Blogging the brain, and the...
Neurophilosophy blogger Mo Costandi takes us on a tour of the brain and astrobiologist Lewis Dartnell reveals the surprising sounds of spaceMo CostandiAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps
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Science Weekly Podcast: Mammalian extinctions and...
Kate Jones discusses how recent advances in our understanding of mammals can help prevent extinctions, and Nisha Ligon reports on the growing problem of counterfeit malarial drugs in ThailandAlok JhaIan SampleJason PhippsCamila Ruz
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