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Science Weekly podcast: Will climate change unleash geological mayhem? Updated: 2012-02-09 00:05:58 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Transplants and the future of intensive care Updated: 2012-02-06 14:31:38 Description: Where next for human-to-human transplants and intensive care? Plus, scientific censorship, and the Piltdown Man hoaxAlok JhaIain ChambersKevin FongRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Very large telescopes Updated: 2012-01-27 00:05:27 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Immortal cells and the search for ET Updated: 2012-01-20 00:05:48 Description: Alok Jha delves through the Science Weekly archive to find some of our most memorable interviewsAlok JhaIan SampleJames RandersonJason PhippsOlivia JudsonPaul Davies...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Playing God with nature Updated: 2012-01-13 00:05:20 Description: Dr Adam Rutherford introduces his new BBC documentary about the powerful new technology of synthetic biologyAlok JhaRobin McKieAdam RutherfordJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Stephen Hawking at 70 Updated: 2012-01-10 13:29:13 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Triumph and tragedy of Scott's Last Expedition Updated: 2011-12-23 00:05:33 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Bruce Hood has Christmas lectures on the brain Updated: 2011-12-23 00:05:28 Description: Professor of psychology Bruce Hood introduces his Royal Institution Christmas lecture series 'Meet the Brain'Alok JhaJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Best of 2011, including death, evil and dark matter Updated: 2011-12-19 17:44:39 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: An accelerated guide to the Higgs boson Updated: 2011-12-12 15:49:23 Description: LHC physicist Prof Jon Butterworth provides a super-condensed course in quantum mechanics, particle physics and the Standard ModelAlok JhaIan SampleJon ButterworthJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Durban climate change talks – deal or no deal? Updated: 2011-12-02 00:06:40 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Your beating heart Updated: 2011-11-25 11:21:17 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Understanding the brain Updated: 2011-11-21 15:50:09 Description: Alok Jha and Ian Sample investigate our understanding of the brainAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: The inscrutable brain Updated: 2011-11-11 00:05:54 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Steven Pinker on the neuroscience of violence Updated: 2011-11-04 00:05:43 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra: Steven Pinker on The Better Angels of Our Nature Updated: 2011-11-04 00:01:34 Description: The internationally renowned scientist and science writer Steven Pinker talks to Alok Jha about his new bookAlok Jha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Seven billion people – and their place in the cosmos Updated: 2011-10-27 23:05:26 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: How Columbus changed the biology of Earth Updated: 2011-10-20 23:05:25 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: The carbon nanotechnology revolution Updated: 2011-10-13 23:05:32 Description: Professor Ravi Silva believes we're about to experience a new industrial revolution, driven by nanotechnology and carbonAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Celebrating all things Nobel and Ig Nobel Updated: 2011-10-10 13:28:08 Description: Alok Jha is joined by Simon Frantz from Nobel Prize Watch to round up the 2011 Nobel and Ig Nobel winnersAlok JhaJason PhippsIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Science Uncovered at the Natural History Museum Updated: 2011-09-29 23:05:44 Description: The team went back to nature in South Kensington to record a show in front of a live audience at the museumAlok JhaJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: The hunt for dark matter Updated: 2011-09-21 09:26:51 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: The hunt for dark matter Updated: 2011-09-20 23:05:22 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: British Science Festival 2011 special Updated: 2011-09-19 12:05:13 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Dava Sobel on Copernicus Updated: 2011-09-09 12:35:02 Description: Alok Jha meets the author of the worldwide bestseller Longtitude to discuss her latest book, on the life of CopernicusAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: The science of human attraction Updated: 2011-09-01 23:05:22 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Blogging the brain, and the sounds of space Updated: 2011-08-26 13:50:52 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Mammalian extinctions and malarial resistance Updated: 2011-08-19 12:56:58 Description: 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...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Man's best friend? In Defence of Dogs Updated: 2011-08-12 07:51:26 Description: Alok Jha meets biologist John Bradshaw to discuss his new book In Defence of Dogs: Why Dogs Need Our UnderstandingAlok JhaJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: GM drugs, Juno and Jupiter Updated: 2011-08-04 23:06:53 Description: Professor Julian Ma discusses his research using GM plants to produce antiviral HIV drugs, and Nasa scientist Jack Connerney tells us about the Juno spacecraft launched on Friday on a mission to probe the mysterious planet JupiterAlok JhaIan SampleJa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Hearing is believing Updated: 2011-07-29 14:44:14 Description: In a special edition devoted to how our brains make sense of what our ears are telling us, we speak to Sophie Scott about how the brain filters sounds, and to Roland Schaette about tinnitusPhil MaynardAlok JhaJason PhippsBen Kape...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: The science of sleep and circadian rhythms Updated: 2011-07-22 06:53:51 Description: In an extended interview with Prof Russell Foster of Oxford University, Alok Jha probes the inner workings of our daily sleep-wake cycleAlok JhaJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: The God Species by Mark Lynas Updated: 2011-07-15 07:03:58 Description: Author and environmental activist Mark Lynas discusses his new book The God Species and we visit this year's Royal Society Summer Science ExhibitionAlok JhaJason PhippsMark Lynas...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Sounds of the space shuttle - an acoustic tribute Updated: 2011-07-11 08:00:58 Description: As the programme draws to a close, Piers Sellers and Scott Altman describe what it was like to fly on the space shuttle - and we recreate the soundsIan SampleJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Anarchy in the laboratory - the wild side of science Updated: 2011-07-01 07:39:07 Description: Michael Brooks discusses his book about mavericks in science, Free Radicals, and Brian Switek heralds a golden era of dinosaur researchNell BoaseJason PhippsRobin McKieBrian SwitekMichael Brooks...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: How to achieve success through failure Updated: 2011-06-24 07:04:54 Description: Tim Harford talks science and success, and Alok Jha attends the Bright Club comedy night where sperm featured in one scientist's stand-up routineAlok JhaIan SampleNell BoaseJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Alok Jha talks human evolution with Chris Stringer Updated: 2011-06-20 08:05:41 Description: Alok Jha talks human evolution with Chris StringerAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Mending broken hearts and nerves Updated: 2011-06-10 08:02:02 Description: We meet researchers who have identified ingenious ways to repair tissue damage once thought to be irreversible in heart disease and multiple sclerosisAlok JhaIan SampleFiona HarveyJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: The science of watching films Updated: 2011-06-03 08:10:46 Description: Psychologist and film buff Tim Smith explains how the best movie makers direct viewers' attention and why Hollywood is getting interested in the scienceAlok JhaIan SampleNell BoaseJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Climate science, transparency and harassment Updated: 2011-05-27 14:33:02 Description: Sir Paul Nurse talks to Alok Jha about the misuse of Freedom of Information requests to harass climate scientistsAlok JhaIan SampleJason Phipps...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Science fiction, and the age of astronomy Updated: 2011-05-23 09:31:37 Description: Author of The Sky's Dark Labyrinth Stuart Clark explores the early days of astronomy. Plus, Ian Sample discusses his explosive interview with Stephen Hawking, and we review a new science fiction exhibitionAlok JhaIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: The human era, and war without tears Updated: 2011-05-14 10:40:51 Description: Have humans changed the Earth to such an extent, we have created a new geological era: the Anthropocene? Plus, the uses of neuroscience in warAlok JhaIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: The power of the virus, and supercooperators Updated: 2011-05-06 07:48:14 Description: Carl Zimmer introduces his new book A Planet of Viruses, and Harvard professor of biology and mathematics Martin Nowak lauds the role of cooperation in evolutionAlok JhaIan SampleJason PhippsNell Boase...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Our place in the cosmos, and a test for empathy Updated: 2011-04-28 10:51:05 Description: Author of The Address Book, Tim Radford, answers the perennial question, where are we? Plus, Simon Baron-Cohen discusses a scientific test for measuring empathyAlok JhaIan SampleJason PhippsRobin McKieTim Radford...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra: Simon Baron-Cohen on empathy and evil Updated: 2011-04-28 08:34:28 Description: Simon Baron-Cohen talks to Ian Sample about his proposal that we should redefine 'evil' as an absence of empathyIan SampleSimon Baron-Cohen...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Podcast: Antibiotic resistance and the eater of time Updated: 2011-04-21 10:18:23 Description: Darwinian evolution and antibiotic resistance; a new time machine; and the growing controversy surrounding shale gas extractionNell BoaseIan SampleFiona HarveyJason PhippsRebecca Hill...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Middle-aged brains and information overload Updated: 2011-04-18 07:58:52 Description: New York Times science editor Barbara Strauch describes the surprising abilities of a middle-aged mind; James Gleick on information overload; plus, the latest in our series of unanswerable questionsAndy DuckworthRebecca Hill...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Hard-wired prejudices, and 50 years in space Updated: 2011-04-11 07:13:54 Description: David Eagleman suggests prejudices may be hard-wired into our brains; a new real-time film celebrating 50 years since Yuri Gagarin went into space; plus, Brian Greene asks this week's 'Hannaford question'Nell BoaseAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: What is 'the self' and where exactly is it? Updated: 2011-04-04 09:09:40 Description: We attempt to explain 'the self' with Julian Baggini; Tim Flannery tells us how love can save the environment; and Brian Cox answers the 'Hannaford question'Alok JhaNell BoaseIan SampleAndy DuckworthJulian BagginiTim Flannery...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Mathematics special + Brian Cox = science2 Updated: 2011-03-27 23:01:53 Description: Bowing to popular demand, here's our mathematical special. No calculators allowed. As an added bonus, physicist and star of the small screen Brian Cox dropped byAlok JhaAndy DuckworthNell Boase...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Just how many universes are there? Updated: 2011-03-21 17:48:51 Description: Brian Greene claims that every decision we make creates a parallel universe - and the proof is in the maths; plus, we join Tim Jackson as he takes a Q&A session on whether rampant consumerism is ruining our livesAlok JhaAndy DuckworthJames Kingsland...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Why scientists love Germany Updated: 2011-03-14 09:56:54 Description: We visit the European Space Agency's operations centre, and get a taste of some of the most exciting research being carried out in GermanyAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: What became of Beagle 2? Updated: 2011-03-07 11:40:45 Description: The man who lost a spacecraft; Lester Brown on food bubbles; Alzheimer's; a mission to Mercury; and responding to national emergenciesAlok JhaAndy DuckworthRobin McKieIan SampleLester BrownDamian Carrington...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: AAAS 2011, drugs and the sound of the stars Updated: 2011-02-28 08:59:34 Description: The highlights of this year's AAAS science festival in Washington DC, professor David Nutt explains his latest research on reclassifying drugs; plus, the sound of the starsAndy DuckworthAlok JhaJames RandersonIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra podcast: Requiem for the space shuttle Updated: 2011-02-21 19:06:41 Description: In an extended interview, former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the space shuttleAndy DuckworthAlok Jha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Electric cars, the space shuttle and yeast Updated: 2011-02-21 00:12:39 Description: Shai Agassi's vision of a green future; former Nasa astronaut Jeff Hoffman reflects on 30 years of the shuttle; and the sex life of yeastAlok JhaAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: The birds and the bees (X-rated version) Updated: 2011-02-14 10:59:12 Description: Nature's most intimate sexual secrets; Peter Atkins on the limits of science; plus, why chemistry often gets overlookedAlok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Ham the astrochimp, and the LHC keeps going Updated: 2011-02-07 12:18:44 Description: It's 50 years since the first ape went into space; why the LHC isn't going to shut down for a year; Alok's first book; and Isabella Rossellini on her Green PornosAlok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseIan SampleRobin McKieHenry Nicholls...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: The next generation supercomputer Updated: 2011-01-31 11:04:03 Description: How new technologies will boost your laptop; how Ikea makes you buy stuff you don't need; plus, new evidence questioning the out of Africa theoryIan SampleAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: How blogs are changing science Updated: 2011-01-24 11:27:28 Description: From Science Online 2011, we take an extended look at the world of blogging and its role in modern scienceAlok JhaAndy DuckworthEd Yong...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly podcast: Monitoring climate change in the Antarctic Updated: 2011-01-17 00:01:36 Description: We dial up researchers looking at climate change in Antarctica; plus, Clay Shirky explains his answer to this year's Edge QuestionAndy DuckworthAlok JhaNell BoaseRobin McKieClay Shirky...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Why we should learn to love the meteorite Updated: 2011-01-10 17:25:48 Description: The benefits of Earth being hit by a meteorite; the secret world of turtles; and the effect of women's tears on menAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleNell BoaseRobin McKieMonica Desai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Christmas at the Large Hadron Collider Updated: 2010-12-27 00:01:48 Description: As the LHC goes into hibernation for the winter, we visit the Atlas experiment to ask, will 2011 be the year of the Higgs?Andy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Royal Institution Christmas Lectures: Size Matters Updated: 2010-12-20 08:44:36 Description: We join the production crew for a rehearsal of one of this year's Christmas Lectures at the Royal InstitutionAlok JhaAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The great arsenic bacteria backlash Updated: 2010-12-13 13:31:54 Description: The global reaction to Nasa's arsenic bacteria research; plus, Dr Petra Boynton exposes some dating mythsAndy DuckworthAlok JhaRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Guardian Focus: The Cancún climate change conference Updated: 2010-12-09 11:24:25 Description: Examining the climate change compromises, emission deals and fallout from WikiLeaks at COP16 in CancúnJames RandersonJohn VidalMichael JacobsAndy DuckworthPeter SaleSuzanne GoldenbergGeorge Monbiot...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The arsenic bacterium that could help find life in outer space Updated: 2010-12-06 14:04:08 Description: An arsenic-loving bacterium; an augmented reality dinosaur; what your finger-length means; and should science journals be free?Alok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseRobin McKieAleks Krotoski...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Memory on trial Updated: 2010-11-29 22:49:11 Description: Can we trust the memory of court witnesses?; a sneak preview of a new climate science exhibition; oxygen tasted on another world; and 'evidence' we can see into the futureAlok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseIan SampleChris French...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Saving pandas, tigers and tortoises Updated: 2010-11-22 15:19:02 Description: Are giant pandas really endangered? Glastonbury goes solar, the best physics on the web, tiger droppings, plus sounds from the Large Hadron ColliderAndy DuckworthAlok JhaIan SampleSteven MorrisHenry Nicholls...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Getting high and the threat of climate war Updated: 2010-11-15 09:45:00 Description: Mind-altering drugs; War as a consequence of climate change; Why some areas of science are too difficult to explain through sound alone; plus, next month's Guardian science book clubAlok JhaAndy DuckworthFrancesca PanettaTim Radford...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Testing fear, panic and arousal in cinemagoers Updated: 2010-11-08 00:01:51 Description: The physiology of panic, fear and arousal in cinema-goers; the evolutionary psychology of leadership; plus, robonauts and holographic communicationsAndy DuckworthAlok JhaIan SampleNell BoaseRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The Book of Human Life - second edition Updated: 2010-11-01 13:16:28 Description: The first map of human genetic variation; homeopathy on the NHS; the space shuttle; a 'liberal gene'; plus, an eco-tour of Hampstead HeathAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleNell BoaseRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Maggie Philbin on science books and Tomorrow's World Updated: 2010-10-25 08:08:57 Description: Maggie Philbin discusses science books and Tomorrow's World; plus, James Randi and PZ Myers at TAM LondonNell BoaseAndy DuckworthIan SampleAleks KrotoskiBrian Cox...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Rebuilding HMS Beagle, and Hubble's 20th birthday Updated: 2010-10-18 16:34:03 Description: Recreating Charles Darwin's ship; how to dial the space station; Hubble turns 20; Arabic science; and Stephen Hawking at the Albert HallNell BoaseAndy DuckworthIan SampleAlok JhaJim Al-KhaliliDr Karen James...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Nobel prizewinner Andre Geim, and Steve Jones on incest Updated: 2010-10-11 09:28:43 Description: 2010 Nobel prizewinner Andre Geim speaks to the pod, Brian Cox takes us around Cern, and we investigate the science of incestAlok JhaAndy DuckworthRobin McKieNell BoaseIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Bugs, bowels and bats Updated: 2010-10-01 09:14:33 Description: How dangerous are the bacteria lurking in our homes? Is a vaccine against diarrhoea a realistic prospect? Plus: an insight into the sex lives of fruit batsAlok JhaIain ChambersIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Back from the dead Updated: 2010-09-27 15:25:32 Description: Can extreme cooling in intensive care bring people back from the dead? Plus, Jon Henley meets crime scene investigators who are solving murders by studying insectsAlok JhaIain ChambersJon HenleyMonica Desai...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: What the brain can and can't do Updated: 2010-09-20 07:21:21 Description: We delve into the mysteries of the mind; plus, are we reaching the limits of what humans can understand?Caspar Llewellyn SmithAlok JhaAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Richard Dawkins, David Attenborough and algae Updated: 2010-09-13 09:50:41 Description: Science Weekly: Algae make environmentally friendly fuel; science funding cuts; plus, Richard Dawkins and David Attenborough in conversationAlok JhaJames RandersonIan SampleIain Chambers...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Scientists slug it out Updated: 2010-09-06 16:44:49 Description: Scientific rivalry; a museum makeover; the Tevatron's stay of execution; and Stephen Hawking coming out as an atheistNell BoaseAndy DuckworthRobin McKieIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Gone fishin' Updated: 2010-08-30 07:41:45 Description: The podcast team is taking a brief summer break, but we're back with a full show next weekAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Questioning gravity Updated: 2010-08-22 23:01:50 Description: The big questions about our universe; a sex scientist; zombie ants; plus, is the moon really getting smaller?Alok JhaAndy DuckworthJames RandersonIan SampleHeather Christie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Superheroes – a warning Updated: 2010-08-16 16:40:10 Description: The downside of superheroes; decision-making in ant colonies; a scan for autism; plus, has P=NP been solved?Andy DuckworthAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieNell Boase...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Elon Musk's mission to Mars Updated: 2010-08-09 12:02:42 Description: A tour of Elon Musk's rocket factory; grow your own underpants; an emotional robot; plus, how to tan your bumAlok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseIan SampleRobin McKiePaul Harris...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Cern, space and sniffing Updated: 2010-08-02 08:11:03 Description: The woman behind Cern's Atlas experiment; the Rosetta mission's stunning pictures of asteroid Lutetia; and communicating by sniffingAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieIain Chambers...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Why you should distrust your senses Updated: 2010-07-26 12:21:50 Description: Our fallible senses; newly reunited footage and audio of Apollo 11 mission control; plus, how comics are being used in medicineAndy DuckworthAlok Jha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Will our oceans ever recover? Updated: 2010-07-19 16:16:55 Description: Protecting the oceans; how stray dogs helped Russia in the space race; Tutankhamun goes online; and the Guardian's 'climategate' debateAlok JhaAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: A postcard of our universe Updated: 2010-07-12 07:29:14 Description: The cosmic microwave background; string theory; Britain's earliest ancestors; and a shape-shifting exhibitAlok JhaIan SampleAndy DuckworthDavid AdamHeather Christie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The carbon footprint of everything Updated: 2010-07-05 07:18:22 Description: Do carbon footprints help change behaviour; music composed using DNA code; and Simon Jenkins on 'SpoofJenks'Alok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieNell BoaseAndy DuckworthSimon Jenkins...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: End of the world news Updated: 2010-06-28 12:15:07 Description: The BBC's David Shukman, the Guardian's hack day, mobile phone masts and cancer, and patenting genesAlok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The 'immortal' Henrietta Lacks Updated: 2010-06-21 07:39:18 Description: Rebecca Skloot tells us about the intriguing story of Henrietta Lacks; and an interview with British astronaut Tim PeakeAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra: The truth about the Climategate emails Updated: 2010-06-14 16:34:58 Description: Fred Pearce discusses his new book about the University of East Anglia hacked climate emails sagaFred PearceJames RandersonAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The man behind the Large Hadron Collider Updated: 2010-06-13 23:13:24 Description: The former director general of Cern reveals how the decision to build the Large Hadron Collider was madeAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleJames RandersonFred Pearce...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: It's all about altitude at World Cup 2010 Updated: 2010-06-06 23:02:33 Description: How altitude and the ball will affect World Cup results; 10 years of the Human Genome Project; and 520 days in a tin canAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleRobin McKieJohn Sulston...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Live: What makes a genius? Updated: 2010-05-31 08:41:07 Description: Recorded live at London's Science Museum, Alok Jha and the panel explore what it means to be a geniusAlok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseIan SampleBen Kape...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The world's first artificial life form Updated: 2010-05-21 17:04:38 Description: Alok Jha and an expert panel discuss the significance of Craig Venter's creation of artificial lifeAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra: Craig Venter announces a synthetic life form Updated: 2010-05-21 10:31:23 Description: The full-length press conference at which Craig Venter announced the creation of a synthetic life formAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Changing our bodies Updated: 2010-05-17 16:57:38 Description: Cosmetic surgery's latest intimate trend, a memory-making exhibition and Britain's new science ministerAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleRobin McKieSusie Orbach...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: At the edge of physics Updated: 2010-05-10 07:52:12 Description: Physics in the world's most extreme locations; the UK election's impact on science. Plus: Do wildlife documentaries infringe animals' privacy?Alok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseIan SampleMartin Robbins...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Election special ... science policy and the battle of the apes Updated: 2010-05-03 13:30:01 Description: Science policy at the general election; how asteroids helped start life on Earth; and the response of chimps to deathCarole JahmeAndy DuckworthAlok Jha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Brain scans and volcanic ash Updated: 2010-04-26 09:33:09 Description: Alok Jha discusses the new play Interior Traces; climate change and the general election; plus volcanic ashAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKieJames Randerson...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: On the pathologist's slab Updated: 2010-04-19 10:35:39 Description: Pathologists; a victory on the road to libel reform; the climate email scandal; and the latest thinking on geo-engineeringNell BoaseAndy DuckworthRobin McKieJames Randerson...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Smellycast Updated: 2010-04-12 08:22:10 Description: The complex world of odours; what the outcome of Britain's general election could mean for science; and an unknown human ancestorNell BoaseAndy DuckworthIan SampleRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: What are animals thinking? Updated: 2010-04-05 10:51:22 Description: Do pets have emotions; what's next for the Large Hadron Collider; and using YouTube to debunk myths of climate change denialAndy DuckworthNell BoaseJames RandersonAdam Vaughan...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Lift off for the UK Space Agency Updated: 2010-03-29 00:34:05 Description: Quantum information, the UK's very own Nasa, the Templeton prize controversy and a rainforest at London ZooNell BoaseAndy DuckworthIan SampleRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The world's funniest joke Updated: 2010-03-22 00:05:32 Description: The science of laughter, the latest Imax film, and what future technology might look likeAndy DuckworthNell Boase...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra: Paul Davies on the search for ET Updated: 2010-03-15 16:51:23 Description: Alok Jha and Robin McKie speak to astrophysicist Paul Davies from Seti - the Search for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceAlok JhaAndy DuckworthRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: New ways to find aliens Updated: 2010-03-15 13:44:18 Description: Why there's an eerie silence from outer space; Rick Potts on the origins of humans; and the use of sound in theatreAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Are Britain's libel laws stifling science worldwide? Updated: 2010-03-08 16:11:00 Description: Simon Singh on how our libel laws suppress academic debate; music of the telescopes; and the importance of being vagueAlok JhaAndy DuckworthNell BoaseSimon SinghIan Sample...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Brian Cox's Wonders of the Solar System Updated: 2010-03-01 13:34:08 Description: Particle physicist Brian Cox discusses his new TV series. Plus: the Flat Earth Society; AAAS; and Lord Robert WinstonNell BoaseIan SampleDavid AdamAndy DuckworthRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Can you have too many friends? Updated: 2010-02-22 15:40:21 Description: Why humans need friends and the optimum number to have; plus, science's flawed relationship with the mediaAlok JhaAndy DuckworthDavid AdamRobin McKieDesmond Tutu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Why humans make music Updated: 2010-02-15 14:32:28 Description: Alok Jha and guests discuss what makes music so fascinating; Britain's plans for space; and the nature of timeAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra: Why don't we 'remember' the future? Updated: 2010-02-15 10:14:42 Description: Theoretical physicist Sean Carroll explains why the river of time only flows in one directionIan SampleAlok JhaAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Obama pulls the plug on Nasa's moon ambitions Updated: 2010-02-08 08:33:52 Description: Future of human spaceflight; reaction speeds in gunfights; plus, is the MMR controversy really over?Alok JhaAndy DuckworthRobin McKieIan SampleKevin Fong...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Guardian Daily: Climate science under siege Updated: 2010-02-05 12:09:28 Description: Following a special investigation by the Guardian this week, we discuss the hacked climate change emails at the University of East Anglia, and the issue of trust in the global warming debateMatt WellsPhil MaynardSuzanne GoldenbergJames RandersonDavid...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Our evolutionary agony aunt, and hiding from aliens Updated: 2010-02-01 12:15:03 Description: Our evolutionary agony aunt dishes out some relationship advice, why Earth is hiding from aliens, and ginger dinosaursAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleRobin McKieCarole Jahme...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra: Kennedy v coal baron Updated: 2010-02-01 11:41:04 Description: A debate on mountaintop mining between Bobby Kennedy Jr and Don Blankenship of Massey EnergyAndy DuckworthSuzanne Goldenberg...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Evolution's greatest hits, and ancient Muslim science Updated: 2010-01-25 13:26:08 Description: Sex, death and consciousness are among author Nick Lane's top 10 evolutionary breakthroughs. Plus: Islamic science; the elixir of life; and dangerous sofasAlok JhaIan SampleRobin McKiePascal Wyse...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: A taste of things to come, and Darwin's dogs Updated: 2010-01-18 11:11:04 Description: We discuss what 2010 will hold for Nasa, the LHC and disappointed climate change activists. Plus, Emma Townshend explains how dogs helped inspire DarwinAlok JhaPeter SaleAndy DuckworthDavid AdamRobin McKie...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Raising dead dogs and making indestructible sandwiches Updated: 2010-01-11 08:29:23 Description: Mick O'Hare from New Scientist tells us about the strange things scientists do in their quest for knowledgeAlok JhaBen Green...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Seth Shostak, alien hunter Updated: 2010-01-04 00:05:32 Description: An extended interview with Seth Shostak, senior astronomer at Seti, about his quest to detect aliensAlok JhaAndy DuckworthSeth Shostak...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: When plants bite back Updated: 2009-12-28 00:06:05 Description: Plants get aggressive in the Royal Institution's Christmas lectures; and the astronaut's cookbookAlok JhaAndy Duckworth...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Copenhagen special: Climate change talks end in failure Updated: 2009-12-19 10:33:04 Description: John Vidal, Suzanne Goldenberg, Jonathan Watts and Allegra Stratton discuss the Copenhagen agreementJohn VidalSuzanne GoldenbergJonathan WattsAndy DuckworthAllegra Stratton...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Carols for godless people Updated: 2009-12-14 09:23:22 Description: A variety show for atheists, UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon on climate change, and relationship advice from our evolutionary agony auntAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleRobin McKieRiazat ButtBan Ki-moon...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Hope for Copenhagen Updated: 2009-12-07 11:51:50 Description: An extended programme looking ahead to one of the most important summits in human historyAlok JhaAndy DuckworthSuzanne GoldenbergJonathan Watts...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Philosopher AC Grayling defends human free will Updated: 2009-11-30 09:00:14 Description: Philosopher AC Grayling discusses free will, the LHC, those climate change emails and the meaning of 'identity'Alok JhaAndy DuckworthRobin McKieIan SampleJames RandersonAC Grayling...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly Extra: EO Wilson on biodiversity Updated: 2009-11-30 08:57:17 Description: Professor EO Wilson warns that the crisis in biodiversity has been pushed from centre stage by the climate change debateJames Randerson...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: The sun's effect on climate change Updated: 2009-11-23 11:49:39 Description: The effects of solar activity on global warming; a drug that heightens the female libido; and a song about evolutionAlok JhaAndy DuckworthIan SampleDuncan Clark...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Science Weekly: Top 10 myths of ecological living Updated: 2009-11-16 10:53:24 Description: The truth about eco-friendly living; the role of religion in climate change; and regrowing breasts after mastectomyAlok JhaDuncan ClarkRobin McKieAndy DuckworthRiazat ButtDavid AdamBan Ki-moon...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD |
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