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Material World

Weekly science conversation, on everything from archaeology to zoology, from abacus to the antipodean rodent zyzomys, by way of meteorites. Presented by Quentin Cooper, and airing every Thursday, 4:30 pm.

science & medicine

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27:58

Material: Coronavirus, Horsemeat, Blackbirds, DNA

Material World ·

2013/02/15

The new coronavirus; can it be transmitted between humans? How to trace the source of processed horsemeat. Using DNA to store data. And city blackbirds mating early.

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27:59

Material: TB, SATELLITES, LAKE ELLSWORTH, ANTARCTIC BASE

Material World ·

2013/02/07

Failures in science and lessons learnt; new TB vaccine trials and drilling in Antarctica. Also mobile phones in space. Presented by Quentin Cooper.

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27:59

Material: Rail, Radioactive, Universe, Quantum Biology.

Material World ·

2013/01/31

This week we discuss the engineering of high speed rail, the storage of radioactive nuclear waste, how our evolution is linked to that of the universe and quantum biology.

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28:24

Material: Noise & plane design, Birdflu, Dogs, Mackerel

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2013/01/24

Are ever stricter noise and energy consumption restrictions making plane design harder? Controversial birdflu research. Dog domestication. And why mackerel is off the menu.

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28:04

Material: Smog,Exploding Stars,Animal Replacement

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2013/01/17

Air pollution in the Chinese capital Beijing has reached levels judged as hazardous to human health. An international team of nuclear astrophysicists has shed new light on the explosive stellar events known as novae. The UK’s leading humane medical research charity, the Dr Hadwen Trust (DHT), and Queen Mary, University of London, have joined forces to lead the global development of human-relevant methods and alternatives to animal use in diverse areas of bio-medical research.

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28:12

Material: Kepler,Arctic Drilling,Apophis,Brain Science

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2013/01/10

Will the Nasa Kepler mission become one of the Space Agency's most famous and significant achievements? Quentin Cooper speaks to William Borucki, Principal Scientist on Kepler, who believes it will be. Also Dr. Stephen Lowry from the University of Kent describes how data collected from the fly by of the asteroid Apophis will help scientists track its course - and determine if it will hit the Earth. Dr. David MacInroy from the British Geological survey talks about the difficulties of Arctic drilling

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27:49

Material: Norovirus, superheroes and army underpants.

Material World ·

2013/01/03

Winter vomiting, superhero physics and why military scientists design underpants.

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28:15

Material 27 Dec 12: Unsung Heroes of Science

Material World ·

2012/12/27

Recorded in front of an audience Quentin Cooper and guests Adam Rutherford, Mark Miodownik, Vivienne Parry, Kevin Fong and Dallas Campbell, debate their unsung heroes of science.

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28:25

Material: IQ tests, life on Mars, Santa up a chimney

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2012/12/20

Why IQ tests don't test intelligence, how a broken boiler control is hampering the search for life in Antarctica, why that frozen continent is a good model for life on mars and how Santa gets down a chimney courtesy of childrenâs presenters Dick and Dom.

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27:48

Material World::Prizes, Hobbits, archaeology+maths.

Material World ·

2012/12/13

The 3 million dollar physics prizes - but is giving science prizes fair ?How scientific is the home of Hobbits, Maths for the future of computing and solving the mystery of Piltdown man, who was really behind this 100 year old archaeological hoax?

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28:17

Material World: Climate Talks; James Watson

Material World ·

2012/12/06

With the on-going climate talks in Doha not hitting the headlines Quentin Cooper asks whether such large scale and largely incomprehensible meetings are effective at delivering anything worthwhile on climate change. Can science take the initiative from the policymakers and present the subject in a way which interests and inspires the public? We also interview James Watson the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA on the reissue of his classic work on the subject 'The Double Helix'

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27:38

Material: Energy;Rats;Olive Oil;Romantic Chemistry

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2012/11/30

Dr Dave Reay analyses the latest statement on Energy delivered by the Energy Secretary.The world’s largest ever rodent eradication project is taking place in South Georgia. Olive oil could be used to preserve ancient stone buildings and there's a Romantic Chemistry exhibition at the Royal Society.

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28:05

Material: Books, Intelligent roads, Old computers 22...

Material World ·

2012/11/22

How to write award winning Science books, building intelligent roads to conserve energy and make our journeys safer and restoring a sixty year old computer.

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28:06

Material World; Wood burning for energy;Super...

Material World ·

2012/11/15

Can burning biomass in the form of wood appear to be a better idea than it really is? Can emotions be transmitted between humans via Chemosignals in people's sweat? Are reports of supersymmetry's demise highly exaggerated? Plus Lambert Dopping-Hepenstal of consortium ASTRAEA talks to Quentin about the testing of civilian applications for Unmanned Aircraft, AKA drones. .

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28:09

Material: Bird deaths, Coffee, Ancient Tools

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2012/11/08

Why are birds migrating to the UK falling out of the sky and dying? Loss of the wild Arabica coffee crop could have significant implications for the sustainability of high quality coffee and a haul of stone blades from a cave in South Africa suggests that early humans were already masters of complex technology more than 70,000 years ago. . .

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28:17

Material World 1st Nov: Trees,1000 Genomes,Energy

Material World ·

2012/11/01

John Loughhead and Malcolm Wilkinson discuss the various challenges and possible solutions to storing electrical energy. Scientists have sequenced the genomes of 1,000 people to help researchers understand indicators of disease or medicinal effectiveness. And Ash dieback may be in the headlines but many other trees species are also being affected by disease. .

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27:55

Material World 25 Oct: Earthquake, Ancient Tablets,...

Material World ·

2012/10/25

Reaction to the six-year prison sentences handed to seven Italian scientific advisors for inadequate LâAquila earthquake risk communication.Dr Jacob Dahl is trying to decrypt one of the oldest known written languages, proto-Elamite.And Dr Leonel Dupuy describes his breakthrough in the development of a see-through soil.

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Material World 18th Oct: Badgers, Ants and New Planets

Material World ·

2012/10/18

Lord Krebs, architect of the previous badger culling trial, on the scientific evidence surrounding the controversial policy. Plus Chris Lintott on the discovery of a new planet, Adam Hart talks about flying ants and Stuart Clark with space stamps.

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28:08

Material World 11th Oct: Nobel Prize Winners

Material World ·

2012/10/11

Quentin speaks with three of this year's winners of the Nobel Prize; Prof. Sir John Gurdon for Physiology or Medicine, Prof. Serge Haroche for Physics, and Prof. Brian Kobilka for Chemistry.

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28:07

Material World 4th October 2012: Retractions

Material World ·

2012/10/04

Retractions: what happens when published research is wrong? And ecologists ask the public to help them identify 2 million bat calls and test tube spiders

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