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Mesozoic mammals mingled in Montana

November 6, 2020
The fossil remains of several small mammals discovered in tightly packed clusters in western Montana provide the earliest evidence of social behaviour in mammals, according to a new study co-authored...

Medicinal rollercoasters and life-saving bras – It’s the Ig Nobel Prizes with Marc Abrahams

October 19, 2020
I spoke to Marc Abrahams, founder of the barmy-but-brilliant Ig Nobel Prizes – which every year honour discoveries which make people laugh and then think.

The #coronavaccine prisoner exchange scenario

September 29, 2020
Against a backdrop of Russian cyber-conspiracies, Russ Swan takes a critical look at the UK vaccine effort and delivers a theory of his own…

Biology in space with NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins

September 28, 2020
It's not everyday you get to chat to an Astronaut - especially one who is about to head up on a six-month mission to the ISS. I spoke to Kate...

Socially distanced lobsters… Covid-19 and the landscape of disgust

September 21, 2020
Social distancing is still the main way we have of fending off Covid-19. It has been hard and very costly to the economy, but amazingly we are not the only...

Physics at home and making medicine from hibernating animals

August 17, 2020
Something of a double-header for you in this episode. I spoke to a physicist who managed to create an incredibly rare and exotic state of matter from her living room...

Physics at home and making medicine from hibernating animals

August 12, 2020
Something of a double-header for you in this episode. I spoke to a physicist who managed to create an incredibly rare and exotic state of matter from her living room...

Game review: Evolution

August 1, 2020
Details Age 12+2 - 660 minutesNorth Star Games Traffic Lights Educational use – 2/6Scientific accuracy – 3/6Enjoyment – 5/6

Laboratory News Podcast with with astrophysicist Christopher Conselice

July 28, 2020
Just how many intelligent civilisations, if you were pressed, would you say exist - or indeed existed – in our galaxy? It may be more than you think. Professor Christopher...

Laboratory News Podcast with Virologist Dr Sarah Pitt

July 6, 2020
The brilliant Dr Sarah Pitt - virologist at the Univeristy of Brighton and Chief Virology Examiner at the Institute of Biomedical Science - has much to say on SARS-Cov2 and...

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