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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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28:02

Material World 10th May 2012: Alchemy, hormones and...

Material World ·

2012/05/10

The influence of alchemy on modern science, how hormones can determine profit and loss in financial markets and Afghanistan’s schools using astronomy as a way into science.

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28:23

Material World 3rd May 2012: North Sea wind power,...

Material World ·

2012/05/03

Developing North Sea wind power, Bending Gamma rays to help cure cancer, the nature of horrid noises and a hackers guide to hacking.

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28:14

Material World 26th April 2012: Intelligent travel,...

Material World ·

2012/04/26

How to keep the cars of the future moving on the roads of the future. The origins and dangers of cosmic rays, and what factors determine how you speak?

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28:08

Material World 19th April: Breast cancer...

Material World ·

2012/04/19

A breast cancer breakthrough, reclassification may lead to better treatment, how maths can improve politics, the history of CT scans and stripes on parade in our experiment.

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28:07

Material World 12th April :

Material World ·

2012/04/12

Titanic telecommunications, undersea earthquakes and do people sound how they look.

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28:09

Material world 05 Apr Strings, spies and science

Material World ·

2012/04/05

Henry Moore’s scientific influence, how to spy on line and is science boring?

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28:21

MW 29 Mar;Gas Bacteria, Geoengineering, SYWTBAS

Material World ·

2012/03/29

Gas eating bacteria, how to save the world and what stripes might do to your figure.

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27:47

Material World 22 Mar: auctions, marine...

Material World ·

2012/03/22

The science and tricks behind closed-bid auctions; searching the ocean depths for medicines; horrible noises; a very short introduction to sleep.

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MW 15 Mar; Hominin puzzle, Art, Robots and Avatars

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2012/03/15

A new set of hominin remains from a cave in China are difficult to fit on the Human family tree, while human-like "Robots and Avatars" assemble at a new exhibition in Liverpool.

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28:11

MW 8 Mar; Antarctic, Meteors, Noises, Starquakes

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2012/03/08

Quentin Cooper investigates aliens in Antarctica, a controversial collision that may have changed the climate, why we hate nasty noises and how star-quakes could help us discover habitable planets.

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28:30

Material World 01 March Science advisers, lab...

Material World ·

2012/03/01

Quentin looks in to the role of government science advisers, the use of animals in research, and a 400 million year old forest.

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28:13

Material World 23 Feb Y-chromosome, Kilogram,...

Material World ·

2012/02/23

Quentin Cooper asks if Y-chromosome degeneration will make men extinct, how to redefine the kilogram, how neutrinos are not so fast after all and how to turn sunshine into fuel.

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28:20

Material World 16 Feb: Star on the brink of a...

Material World ·

2012/02/16

Star on the brink of a supernova explosion; Our global water footprint; New Elizabethans.

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28:12

Material World 9 Feb Freud, Climate, Vostok, LARES

Material World ·

2012/02/09

How would Freud fare as a scientist today?; cold winters and global warming; what's next after Russians penetrate Antarctic Lake Vostok?; and LARES, the disco ball bound for space.

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28:12

Material World 2nd Feb 2012: A genome ethics survey,...

Material World ·

2012/02/02

Quentin discusses sharing genetic information, the link between brain size and how many friends you have, researching emotion in art and what triggered the little ice age.

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28:14

Material: 26 Jan The next flu pandemic, an Arctic...

Material World ·

2012/01/26

Weighing up the risks and benefits of flu research, a fresh water bulge in the Arctic, how faces affect voices and cutting carbon by widening the Panama Canal.

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28:21

Material World: 19 January. 3D Maps, Darwin, Do...

Material World ·

2012/01/19

Quentin hears about mapping the world in 3D, Darwinâs lost fossils, what stripes do for your body image, and drought and the fall of an empire.

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28:09

Material 12 Jan 12 Computers, Dark matter, Pests

Material World ·

2012/01/12

Quentin reports on teaching computer science, mapping dark matter, emerging garden pests and amateur science to investigate nasty noises.

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27:58

Material 05 Jan 12 End of the World

Material World ·

2012/01/05

Quentin asks if the world will end in 2012 and if not, why do people make apocalyptic predictions?

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27:56

MW 29 Dec 11: SYWTBAS judges' meeting

Material World ·

2011/12/29

Adam Rutherford joins our panel of judges, chaired by Sir Paul Nurse, to find out which four of the ten shortlisted entrants will have their ideas turned into experiments.

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