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Material World

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13/09/2012

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30 minutes
First broadcast:
Thursday 13 September 2012

Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines. Material World this week is full of record breakers: an experiment involving 61 million people, an update on what is happening with the furthest-flung man-made object from Earth; the Voyager space craft, the largest botanical project ever completed - the Flora of Tropical East Africa and the biggest award for engineering - The Queen Elizabeth Prize.

  • THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

    THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

  • THE GOLDEN RECORD

    THE GOLDEN RECORD

    Credit: NASA

  • VOYAGER

    VOYAGER

    Credit: NASA

  • KEW GARDENS

    KEW GARDENS

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