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Rot Box Live - Webcast

Duration: 40:48

Have a seriously "rotten" time with top bug man Dr George McGavin. A special webcast from the BBC Four After Life project in Edinburgh Zoo.

"Maggots and Microbes" - for Science KS2/First and Second Level. Watch the life cycle of a fly unfold before your very eyes and see microbes at work like you have never seen them before.

Available since: Mon 19 Sep 2011

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After Life: The Strange Science of Decay

A journey into the science of decay, using a typical kitchen and a garden left to rot.

First broadcast: 06 Dec 2011

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