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episode 301: Outpacing Petrol - Biofuels and Hydrogen
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episode 300: Would a Siphon Work in Space?
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episode 299: Cheese Making and Cake Baking: The Chemistry of Cookery
We've whipped up an appetising take on the science of food and cooking for you this week. With a main course of cookery in the kitchen served up by a cake-baking physicist followed by a microbiological look at the cheese board and then the...
episode 298: Chilling Out - The Science of Cryogenics
This week, we're chilling out in the world of cryogenics, the science of the super-cold. We'll find out what happens to living tissue when it freezes, and how we can use low temperatures to keep organs, and maybe even one day whole bodies,...
episode 297: Supercomputers & Super Computing
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episode 296: Australopithecus Sediba Special
Reader in evolution at Wits University, Lee Berger, made a life-changing discovery when he uncovered the remains of a new species of hominid, Australopithecus sediba, in South Africa. Here, Chris Smith gets to meet the newest...
episode 295: Why do some animals dump indiscriminately?
Why do some animals poo wherever the fancy takes them, whilst others are more fussy about the locations of their lavatory actions? What triggers pins and needles? How do some fish survive in both fresh and saltwater? And how are new nerve...
episode 294: Science in Scotland
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episode 293: Do planes trigger rains?
The rain in Spain falls mainly on the "plane"... or so the saying goes. But new research has confirmed that aeroplanes do cause clouds to dump their contents prematurely, often around airports, and in this week's show we explore this...