The Infinite Monkey Cage

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• Mon 26 Dec 11 Science of Christmas

  Mon, 26 Dec 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Brian Cox and Robin Ince celebrate the science of Christmas with Professor Richard Dawkins, actor and writer Mark Gatiss and science journalist Roger Highfield.

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• Mon 19 Dec 11: Physics V Chemistry

  Mon, 19 Dec 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  It's the ultimate battle of the Sciences as Physics goes head to head with Chemistry. Brian Cox and Dara O'Briain take to the ring to defend Physics and Tony Ryan and Andrea Sella make the case for Chemistry, with Robin Ince as ringside referee.

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• Mon 12 Dec 11: Science of Sound

  Mon, 12 Dec 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian and former acoustics student Tom Wrigglesworth, Professor of Acoustics Trevor Cox and Professor Chris Plack to discuss the science of sound. Recorded at the home of the BBC Philharmonic in Salford.

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• Mon 5 Dec 11: Origin of Life

  Mon, 5 Dec 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by comedian and musician Tim Minchin, Dr Nick Lane and Adam Rutherford to discuss the origin of life.

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• Mon 28 Nov 11: A Balanced Programme on Balance

  Mon, 28 Nov 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Katy Brand, Simon Mayo, Sir Paul Nurse and Professor Steve Jones for a look at how science is portrayed in the media and the issue of scientific balance.

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• Mon 21 Nov 11: What's The North Ever Done For Us?

  Mon, 21 Nov 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Robin Ince and Brian Cox head north to the Manchester Science Festival to discuss the great city's contribution to scientific discovery. With impressionist Jon Culshaw, physicist Jeff Foreshaw and Biologist Matthew Cobb

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• Mon 04 July 11: Science and the supernatural

  Tue, 5 Jul 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Robin Ince and Brian Cox pit science against the supernatural, as they explore ghosts and other paranormal phenomena with the help of actor and magician Andy Nyman, psychologist Richard Wiseman and neuroscientist Bruce Hood.

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• Mon 27 June 11 - Glastonbury Special

  Mon, 27 Jun 11

  Duration:
  31 mins

  Robin Ince and Brian Cox prove science is the new rock and roll as they take to the stage at Glastonbury, with guests Billy Bragg, Graham Coxon, Shappi Khorsandi and Professor Tony Ryan.

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• Mon 20 June 11 - Is Cosmology really a science?

  Mon, 20 Jun 11

  Duration:
  29 mins

  Robin Ince and Brian Cox transport The Infinite Monkey Cage to the Cheltenham Science Festival with guests Alan Moore, Dallas Campbell and Professor Ed Copeland. They talk about ideas that are pushing the frontiers of Cosmology and ask whether some of these theories are based more in science fiction than science fact.

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• Mon 13 June 11 - So you want to be an astronaut?

  Mon, 13 Jun 11

  Duration:
  28 mins

  So you want to be an astronaut? Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by space experts Chris Riley, Dr Kevin Fong and comedian Helen Keen to discuss the future of human space flight.

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