
Weekly science conversation, on everything from archaeology to zoology, from abacus to the antipodean rodent zyzomys, by way of meteorites. Presented by Quentin Cooper, and airing every Thursday, 4:30 pm.
Thu, 9 Feb 12
Duration:
29 mins
How would Freud fare as a scientist today?; cold winters and global warming; what's next after Russians penetrate Antarctic Lake Vostok?; and LARES, the disco ball bound for space.
Thu, 2 Feb 12
Duration:
29 mins
Quentin discusses sharing genetic information, the link between brain size and how many friends you have, researching emotion in art and what triggered the little ice age.
Thu, 26 Jan 12
Duration:
29 mins
Weighing up the risks and benefits of flu research, a fresh water bulge in the Arctic, how faces affect voices and cutting carbon by widening the Panama Canal.
Thu, 19 Jan 12
Duration:
29 mins
Quentin hears about mapping the world in 3D, Darwinâs lost fossils, what stripes do for your body image, and drought and the fall of an empire.
Thu, 12 Jan 12
Duration:
29 mins
Quentin reports on teaching computer science, mapping dark matter, emerging garden pests and amateur science to investigate nasty noises.
Thu, 5 Jan 12
Duration:
28 mins
Quentin asks if the world will end in 2012 and if not, why do people make apocalyptic predictions?
Thu, 29 Dec 11
Duration:
28 mins
Adam Rutherford joins our panel of judges, chaired by Sir Paul Nurse, to find out which four of the ten shortlisted entrants will have their ideas turned into experiments.
Thu, 22 Dec 11
Duration:
29 mins
A new planet the size of the Earth, simulating the brain with analogue chips, the last four in the long list of potential amateur scientists, how robins choose a sexy mate and how a warming climate is bad for your Christmas tree
Thu, 15 Dec 11
Duration:
29 mins
Quentin Cooper presents the latest on the search for the Higgs particle, hears about a scheme to pair scientists with members of Parliament, announces the next group of shortlisted candidates for So You Want to Be a Scientist and sniffs the smell of the Moon from a lunar exhibition in Liverpool.
Thu, 8 Dec 11
Duration:
29 mins
Quentin Cooper asks if it's worth extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and how industry is planning for a world shortage of rare elements. A 500 million year old monster eye with 16 000 lenses and the first finalists shortlisted from listeners who want to be a scientist.
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