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Podcast Acerodon celebensis, an endangered bat species

Technology and engineering

Podcast: Using tech to track endangered wildlife – with Kate Jones

This month Kate Jones tells us about the amazing technology being used to monitor wildlife worldwide and how it is helping us to

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Podcast Photo collage

Brain

Podcast: Unruly memory – with memory experts: Vin Walsh, Julia Shaw and Jennifer Wild

Memories give us a sense of who we are. But how can we be sure that what we remember is what really happened? And why is it that

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Podcast Astronaut

Physics

Podcast: Interview with a spaceman – with Astronaut Mike Massimino

Join chair Helen Keen for an evening with astronaut Mike Massimino as he looks back on his remarkable 18-year career as a NASA

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Podcast Variety of pills

Biology and the human body

Podcast: Future Pharma - With Expert Panel

For centuries we’ve been using chemicals to improve health, but technology is set to transform the way medicine works.

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Podcast man speaking into microphone

Art, culture and society

Podcast: Sense of style: How to communicate effectively - with experimental psychologist Steven Pinker

Drawing on the latest research in linguistics and cognitive science, Steven Pinker uses reason and evidence to tell us how to

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Podcast XO enzyme inhibited by febuxostat

Biology and the human body

Podcast: Quantum biology - with Nigel Scrutton, Alexandra Olaya-Castro and Jenny Brookes

This month, three researchers explain how quantum theory is being applied to their own work in this cutting-edge field of

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Podcast boat called Breaking Bad

Art, culture and society

Podcast: The science behind Breaking Bad

Chemist Dave Smith and psychologist Julian Boon delve into the science behind the show, while screenwriter Paul Viragh discusses

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Podcast USSR symbol

Physics

Podcast: Half Life: The disappearance of Bruno Pontecorvo – with Frank Close

In 1950, Bruno Pontecorvo, one of Britain's brightest atomic physicists, disappeared without trace. He re-surfaced six years

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Podcast Sphinx and pyramid in Cairo, Egypt

Art, culture and society

Podcast: Homo Deus: a brief history of tomorrow - with Yuval Noah Harari

Throughout history there have been revolutions in technology, in economics, in society, in politics. Now for the first time

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Podcast clocks

Physics

Podcast: The order of time - with Carlo Rovelli

This month, Carlo Rovelli takes us on a journey through the philosophy, the science and the emotional experience of time.

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