Discovery
By BBC World Service
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Metamorphosis: Soldier fly and desert beetle
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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Metamorphosis: Blowflies and dazzling disguise
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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Metamorphosis: Drosophila melanogaster, hoverfly
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Metamorphosis: Jumping fleas and mighty mouthparts
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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The Life Scientific: Harald Haas
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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The Life Scientific: Anne-Marie Imafidon
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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The Life Scientific: Anne Ferguson-Smith
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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The Life Scientific: Bruce Malamud
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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The Life Scientific: Andre Geim
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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In search of stardust
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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Bodies, brains and computers
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Remote touch
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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The Evidence: Exploring the concept of solastalgia
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Smelly people
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Sound solutions
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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Seeing more
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Sperm counts
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Psychedelics
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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Fungal pandemic threat
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May 29, 2023 |
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Food Insecurity
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May 22, 2023 |
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Maggots in medicine
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May 15, 2023 |
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Lazy guide to exercise
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May 08, 2023 |
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The impossible number
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May 01, 2023 |
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The mind-numbing medicine
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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The resurrection quest
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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The puzzle of the pyramids
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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The Case of The Blind Man's Eye
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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Our Microbes and Our Health
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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Judith Bunbury: Unearthing the secrets of Ancient Egypt
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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The Life Scientific: Clifford Johnson
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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The Life Scientific: Rebecca Kilner
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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The magnetic mystery
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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The Life Scientific: Tim Lamont
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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Bad Blood: Newgenics
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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Bad Blood: The curse of Mendel
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Bad Blood: Rassenhygiene
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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Bad Blood: Birth controlled
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Bad Blood: You will not replace us
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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Bad Blood: You've got good genes
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Tooth and Claw: Cougar
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Jan 09, 2023 |
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Tooth and Claw: Wasps
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Jan 02, 2023 |
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Tooth and Claw: African Wild Dog
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Dec 26, 2022 |
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Preparing for the next pandemic
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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Tooth and Claw: Komodo dragon
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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Wild Inside: The Alpaca
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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Wild inside: The Harbour Porpoise
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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Wild inside: Great Grey Owl
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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Wild inside: The Cheetah
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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The puzzle of the plasma doughnut
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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The Riddle of Red-Eyes and Runny-Noses
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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The problem of infinite Pi(e)
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Oct 31, 2022 |
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The suspicious smell
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Oct 24, 2022 |
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The Wild and Windy Tale
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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The Case of The Missing Gorilla
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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Chi Onwurah
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Oct 03, 2022 |
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The Evidence: How pandemics end
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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David Eagleman
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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Frances Arnold
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Sir Martin Landray
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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How Covid Changed Science, part 3
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Sep 05, 2022 |
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How Covid changed science, part 2
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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How Covid changed science, part 1
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Aug 22, 2022 |
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Satellites versus the stars
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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Plant based promises, diet and health
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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Plant based promises and sustainability
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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Plant based promises, rise of the plant based burger
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 3
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 2
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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The mysterious particles of physics, part 1
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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The Life Scientific: Adam Hart
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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The Life Scientific: Jacinta Tan
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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The Life Scientific: Pete Smith
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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The colour conundrum
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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The Turn of the Tide
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May 30, 2022 |
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The Evidence: The nature of mental health
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May 28, 2022 |
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The Shocking White Hair
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May 23, 2022 |
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Surprising symmetries
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May 16, 2022 |
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The weird waves of wi-fi
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May 09, 2022 |
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The Mystery of the Teenage Brain
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May 02, 2022 |
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Wild Inside: The Ocean Sunfish
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Wild Inside: The Burmese Python
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Apr 18, 2022 |
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Wild Inside: Jungle royalty - the Jaguar
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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The Evidence: War trauma and mental health
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Apr 02, 2022 |
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The Life Scientific: Steve Brusatte on the fall of dinosaurs and the rise of mammals
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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The Life Scientific: Shankar Balasubramanian on decoding DNA
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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Tooth and Claw: Wolves
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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Tooth and Claw: Army ant
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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The Evidence: Drug-resistant superbugs
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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Tooth and claw: Spotted hyena
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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Deep sea exploration
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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A new space age?
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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African science, African future
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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The Evidence: Africa, the pandemic and healthcare independence
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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The venomous vendetta
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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The slippery situation
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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The painless heart
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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The weirdness of water, Part 2 of 2
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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The weirdness of water, Part 1 of 2
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Dec 27, 2021 |
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The Evidence: When will the pandemic end?
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Dec 25, 2021 |
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The guiding hound
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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The James Webb Space Telescope
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Dec 13, 2021 |
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Genetic Dreams, Genetic Nightmares
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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The Evidence: Healthcare pushed out by the pandemic
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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Genetic dreams, genetic nightmares
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Listening to coral reefs
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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Geoengineering The Planet
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Geoengineering The Planet
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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The Evidence: When misinformation kills
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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Chilean mummies
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Earthshot 3 - The prize winners
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Earthshot 2 – Tackling our energy crisis
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Earthshot 1
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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The Evidence: To boost or not to boost?
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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China's great science leap
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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China's great science leap
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Covid origins: The science
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Future vaccines
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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The Evidence: How will the pandemic end?
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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The Life Scientific: Professor Martin Sweeting
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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The Life Scientific: Dr Nira Chamberlain
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Lost for words
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Introducing: Season 2 of 30 Animals That Made Us Smarter
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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A sense of music
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Whatever happened to…those Covid-19 stories
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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Dare to repair: Fixing the future
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Dare to repair: The fight for the right to repair
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Dare to Repair: How we broke the future
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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Tooth and claw: Tigers
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Tooth and claw: Bears
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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The Evidence: How Covid damages the human body
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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Tooth and claw: Lions
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Peter Goadsby on migraine
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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The Evidence: Sharing Vaccines – what’s gone wrong?
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May 29, 2021 |
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Patient zero: Back from the brink
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May 24, 2021 |
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The noises that make us cringe
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May 03, 2021 |
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The Hamster Power Hypothesis
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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The Martian Mission
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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The equal rights stuff
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Lithium: Chile’s white gold
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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The Evidence: Mental health and the pandemic
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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The Life Scientific: Jane Hurst
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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The Life Scientific: Cath Noakes
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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The Evidence: Keeping out Covid-19
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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The Life Scientific: Giles Yeo
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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The power of night
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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The power of one
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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The power of celibacy
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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The Evidence: The Shapeshifting Virus
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Jan 30, 2021 |
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Science Trumped
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Plant scientist Dale Sanders
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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Astrophysicist Andy Fabian
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Marine conservationist Heather Koldewey
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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Climate meltdown
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Dec 28, 2020 |
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Hopes and fears for Covid-19 vaccines
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Dec 26, 2020 |
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Evolutionary biologist Alice Roberts
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Dec 21, 2020 |
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Steve Haake
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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The Space Burrito
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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The Zedonk Problem
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Nov 30, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Pandemic rules: follower or flouter?
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Nov 28, 2020 |
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The end of everything
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Nov 23, 2020 |
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Broad spectrum
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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Birds: singing for survival
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Nov 09, 2020 |
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Digital touch
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Nov 02, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Are national lockdowns evidence of policy failure?
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Oct 31, 2020 |
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Affectionate touch
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Oct 26, 2020 |
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Unwanted touch
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Oct 19, 2020 |
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Touch hunger
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Oct 12, 2020 |
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Megadrought in Chile
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Oct 05, 2020 |
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The sting in the tail
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Sep 28, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Covid lessons for safe school reopening
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Sep 26, 2020 |
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The seeded cloud
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Sep 21, 2020 |
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The growling stomach
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Sep 14, 2020 |
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Return to Mars
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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Liz Seward
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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Professor Emma Bunce
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Aug 24, 2020 |
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Frank Kelly
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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On the menu
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Human Genome Project's 20th Anniversary
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Aug 03, 2020 |
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Brian Greene
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Jane Goodall
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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Bed
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Jul 13, 2020 |
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Covid-19: Recovery
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Jul 11, 2020 |
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Toilet
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Jul 06, 2020 |
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Wine glass
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Covid 19: vaccines and after lockdown
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Jun 27, 2020 |
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Fork
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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High heel
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Covid 19: Transmission and South America
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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Toothbrush
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Helium
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Covid 19: Sub-Saharan Africa and Testing
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May 30, 2020 |
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Aluminium and strontium
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May 25, 2020 |
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Gold and silver
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May 18, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Covid 19: ending lockdowns
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May 16, 2020 |
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Science of Dad
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May 13, 2020 |
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Ignaz Semmelweiss: The hand washer
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May 04, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Mental health and Covid 19
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May 02, 2020 |
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Desert locust swarms
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Apr 27, 2020 |
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Anne Magurran
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Apr 20, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Young people, lifting lockdowns, USA and Kenya updates
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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Richard Wiseman
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Apr 13, 2020 |
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Professor Saiful Islam
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Taiwan, Vaccines, Africa Preparedness
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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Elizabeth Fisher: Chromosomes in mice and men
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Mar 30, 2020 |
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Adrian Owen
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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The Evidence: Coronavirus Special
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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Professor Martha Clokie
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Mar 16, 2020 |
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Demis Hassabis
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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Isaac Newton and the story of the apple
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Mar 02, 2020 |
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Science Stories - Sophia Jex-Blake
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Feb 24, 2020 |
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Science Stories - Mary Somerville, pioneer of popular science writing
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Feb 17, 2020 |
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Stem cells: Hope and hype
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Stem cell hard sell
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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The road to Glasgow
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Ecological grief
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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The misinformation virus
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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The silence of the genes
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Jan 06, 2020 |
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Alexis Carrel and the immortal chicken heart
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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Ramon Llull: Medieval prophet of computer science
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Ignaz Semmelweiss: The hand washer
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Dec 16, 2019 |
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Madame Lavoisier's Translation of Oxygen
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Galileo's lost letter
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Dec 02, 2019 |
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Robin Dunbar
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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Katherine Joy
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Nov 18, 2019 |
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Sir Gregory Winter
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Nov 11, 2019 |
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Turi King: Solving the mystery of Richard III through DNA
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Nov 04, 2019 |
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Plastic pollution with Richard Thompson
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Oct 28, 2019 |
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Protecting heads in sports
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Oct 21, 2019 |
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Early diagnosis and research
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Exercise
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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Living with Parkinson's
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Preventing pesticide poisoning
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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The power of peace
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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The power of petite
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Sep 09, 2019 |
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The power of deceit
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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Patient Undone
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Aug 26, 2019 |
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The Great Science Publishing Scandal
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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Erica McAlister
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Aug 12, 2019 |
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Richard Peto
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Aug 05, 2019 |
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Lovelock at 100: Gaia on Gaia
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Jul 29, 2019 |
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What next for the Moon?
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Jul 22, 2019 |
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Irene Tracey on pain in the brain
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Paul Davies on the origin of life and the evolution of cancer
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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Can psychology boost vaccination rates?
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Jul 01, 2019 |
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Global attitudes towards vaccines
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Jun 24, 2019 |
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Why do birds sing?
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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Does infinity exist?
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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Why do we get déjà vu?
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Jun 03, 2019 |
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Will we ever find alien life?
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May 27, 2019 |
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Why people have different pain thresholds
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May 20, 2019 |
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How do instruments make music?
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May 13, 2019 |
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A sense of time
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May 06, 2019 |
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Cat Hobaiter on communication in apes
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Apr 29, 2019 |
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Carlo Rovelli on rethinking the nature of time
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Apr 22, 2019 |
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Corinne Le Quéré on carbon and climate
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Ken Gabriel on why your smartphone is smart
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Donna Strickland and extremely powerful lasers
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Unbottling the past
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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California burning
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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ShakeAlertLA - California’s earthquake early warning system
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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From the Cold War to the present day
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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From the Crimean War to the end of World War Two
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Tracks across time
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Feb 18, 2019 |
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Trouble in paradise
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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Back from the Dead
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Eye in the Sky
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Kepler's Snowflake
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Lucretius, Sheep and Atoms
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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Eddington's eclipse and Einstein's celebrity
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Dec 31, 2018 |
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Earthrise
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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The Supercalculators
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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The China Syndrome
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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How Much Plastic Can We Recycle?
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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Why We Fell In Love with Plastic
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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Finding the Coelacanths
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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The Big Bang and Jet Streams
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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Viagra and CRISPR
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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Tracking the First Animals on Earth
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Mary Anning and Fossil Hunting
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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Cooling the City
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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Tourism and Transparency
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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Who To Believe?
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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The Long Hot Summer - Part Two
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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The Long Hot Summer
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Sep 24, 2018 |
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Sodium
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Sep 17, 2018 |
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Iron
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Sep 10, 2018 |
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Fluorine
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Sep 03, 2018 |
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Hypatia: The Murdered Mathematician
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Aug 20, 2018 |
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Descartes' "Daughter"
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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Making Natural Products in the Lab
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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The Real Cyrano de Bergerac
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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The Nun’s Salamander
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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The Aztec Salamander
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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Gateway to the Mind
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Jul 09, 2018 |
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Dirt and Development
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Jul 02, 2018 |
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Manipulating Our Hidden Half
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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Do Insects Feel Pain?
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Jun 18, 2018 |