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New Horizons Pluto update; friendly predatory bacteria; Christmas in the lab; human ancestry
New Horizons Pluto update;friendly predatory bacteria;Christmas in the lab;human ancestry
31/12/2015
Adam Rutherford and guests answer listeners' science questions.
El Nino Special
How the current El Nino event is affecting lives in the UK and around the world.
The 100,000 Genome Project, Stem cell doping, Nuclear waste, Dinosaur sex
Adam Rutherford finds out how the 100,000 Genome Project is helping children and families.
Ancient Britons' DNA, Concorde's 40th Anniversary, Giant dinosaur, New planet?
Adam Rutherford examines the genetics of ancient Britons and reminisces about Concorde.
Zika, Penguins, Erratum, Fossil fish
What can science reveal about the Zika virus and microcephaly?
UK pollinators' food, Brain implant, Holograms, Lunar 9
How charting the UK's nectar-providing flowers could help pollinating insects.
Gravitational Waves Special
Gravitational waves detected - scientists prove Einstein right after 100 years.
Gravitational Waves, UK Spaceport, Big Brains and Extinction Risk, Conservation in Papua New Guinea
Adam Rutherford puts listeners' gravitational wave queries to cosmologist Andrew Pontzen.
UK science and the EU, Sex of organs, Artificial colon, Gorillas call when eating
What does a Brexit mean for UK science?
UK's longest-running cohort study, The Brain prize, Hairy genetics
Babies from the longest-running cohort study turn 70 this month.
Gain-of-function research, Mindfulness, Women in science, Snake locomotion
Tracey Logan investigates whether there is some science that is just too dangerous to do.
Recovering lost memories, Storks eat junk food, Oldest pine fossil, Spring flowering
Lost memories can be recovered in mice. Are there implications for Alzheimer's patients?
Flu, Coffee yeasts, Wave machine, Cochlear implants
Predicting how the flu virus mutates could help make better vaccines to fight it.
Solar farm, Gravity machine, Kakapo
As Europe's largest floating solar farm goes online, Adam Rutherford discusses solar power
Air pollution monitoring, Britain breathing, Tracking Hannibal
Dung Roman: the historical mess of Hannibal's elephant march may have been cleared up.
Breakthrough Starshot, Moon mining, QB50, Solar Q&A
Will a fleet of tiny craft, pushed by lasers, sail to a star?
EU hip and UK science, Quantum games, Fixing genes
What are the consequences for UK science of leaving the EU? Adam investigates.
Chernobyl, Drones, Tree crickets, Cern
Have physicists at Cern found a new particle?
Human embryos, Transit of Mercury, Fishackathon, Fat labradors
Scientists can keep human embryos alive for longer. Should they?
Genetics and education, Eyam plague, Pint of science, Labradors and chocolate
Adam Rutherford investigates a small but significant link between genetics and education.
Climate Change, State of the World's Plants, Antibiotic Resistance, Telephone Metadata, Bat Detective
How can complex science tell us what to do about the effects of climate change?
GM plants; Svalbard Seed Vault; Directed Evolution; Dolphin Snot
Adam Rutherford examines the science of GM plants as the Royal Society takes on the issue
Fixing the Future
From the Hay Festival, Adam Rutherford and guests ask how science can fix the future.
Fighting Antimicrobial Resistance
What can be done to tackle antimicrobial resistance, a massive threat that humans face?
More gravitational waves; Ocean floor mapping; Selfish Gene 40th; Spoonies
Gravitational waves have been found for a second time. What’s different this time?
National Insect Week, Venus' electric field, Green mining, Wimbledon grass science
Adam Rutherford finds out why insects are being celebrated across the UK.
Juno, Nanotech art conservation, Robots fix the city, Eel conservation
Nasa's Juno space mission approaches Jupiter.
Juno, Space debris, Fake tumours, Risky plants
Welcome to Jupiter: Juno mission unlocks secrets of this giant gas ball of a planet.
Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, Music appreciation, A year of New Horizons
Dinosaur extinction, Neanderthals in Gibraltar, music appreciation; a year of New Horizons
Brexit and science, New brain map, Cell therapy for Parkinson's disease, Viking on Mars
Brexit and science, new brain map, cell therapy for Parkinson's disease, Viking on Mars.
