The Infinite Monkey Cage
By BBC Radio 4
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A remarkable combination of science and comedy.
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Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists’ eyes. Joined by a panel of scientists, experts and celebrity science enthusiasts they investigate life, the universe and everything in between on The Infinite Monkey Cage from the BBC.
From the smallest building blocks of life to the furthest stars, the curious monkeys pull apart the latest science to reveal fascinating and often bizarre insights into the world around us and what lies beyond. Can trees talk to each other? Can science help you commit the perfect murder? What might aliens look like and the burning question of our time, are strawberries alive or dead? Join them as each episode they put a different scientific topic under the microscope, from aliens, black holes and hedgehogs, to bacteria, poison and the Big Bang. With past guests including actors Dame Judi Dench and Sir Patrick Stewart, comedians Steve Martin and Conan O’Brien, astronaut Tim Peake, primatologist Jane Goodall and mathematician Hannah Fry, The Infinite Monkey Cage promises to make you laugh, enrich your knowledge and leave you with a deeper appreciation for the universe that we call home. Whether you’re a seasoned scientist or someone who nodded off in physics class, listen in to learn all about funny, fascinating and sometimes ridiculous topics – with the occasional monkey business.
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Is Extinction the End?
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Fantastic Elastic
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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The Science of Baby Making
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Starless World
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Hedgehogs
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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The Cyber Codebreakers
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Alien Life - Russell Kane, Lisa Kaltenegger and Chris Lintott
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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An Unexpected History of Science - Rufus Hound, Matthew Cobb, Victoria Herridge and Keith Moore
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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What a Gas! - Dave Gorman, Mark Miodownik and Lucy Carpenter
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Extreme Exploration - Anneka Rice, Mike Massimino, Britney Schmidt and Jess Phoenix
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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'Beastly Bodies' Kids Special - Steve Backshall, Jess French and Adam Kay
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Science of Board Games - Jess Fostekew, Marcus du Sautoy and Dave Neale
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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The Wonder of Trees - Dame Judi Dench, Tony Kirkham and Tristan Gooley
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Audience Favourites (Pt 2)
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May 29, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Tiny Things
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May 22, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Future
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May 15, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Failure
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May 08, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gambling
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May 01, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… The Gods
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Talking to Aliens
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Gardening
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Love
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Murder
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Higgs Boson
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Cats v Dogs
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Poison
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Asteroids
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Could it be magic?
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Egyptian Mummies
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Jo Brand's Quantum World
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Hollywood in Space
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?)
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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How I is AI?
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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The Science of Coincidence
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Octopuses!
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Audience Favourites
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Infinity
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Being Human
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Oceans
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Building a Universe
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Strawberries
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Movies
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... Space Travel
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... The Apocalypse
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Supernatural
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Welcome to The Infinite Monkey's Guide To...
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Cosmic Dust
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Aug 05, 2023 |
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Ancient DNA Secrets
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Jul 29, 2023 |
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The Secret Life of Sharks
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Jul 22, 2023 |
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The Magic of Mushrooms
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Jul 15, 2023 |
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Bees v Wasps
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Jul 08, 2023 |
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Supervolcanoes
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Jul 01, 2023 |
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Are we what we eat?
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Jun 24, 2023 |
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Magic Materials
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Mar 25, 2023 |
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How Far Can the Human Body Go?
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Mar 18, 2023 |
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How to Commit the Perfect Murder
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Mar 11, 2023 |
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How to think like a mathematician
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Mar 04, 2023 |
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Australia’s Scary Spiders
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Feb 25, 2023 |
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Southern Skies
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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Why does wine taste good?
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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The Deep Space Network
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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The Age of Conspiracy?
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Dec 10, 2022 |
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Can we cure ageing?
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Dec 03, 2022 |
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Hunting for Exoplanets
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Nov 26, 2022 |
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Exploring our solar system
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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What have we learnt from Covid?
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Nov 12, 2022 |
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How to Teach Maths
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Sep 03, 2022 |
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Brains
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Aug 27, 2022 |
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Astronauts
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Aug 20, 2022 |
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Black Holes
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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The Wood Wide Web
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Exploring the Deep
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Jul 30, 2022 |
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Bats v Flies
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Jul 23, 2022 |
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A History of Rock
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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The Fundamentals of Reality
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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The Science of Cooking
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Neanderthals
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Jan 25, 2021 |
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Under our Night Sky
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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In Praise of Flies
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Jan 11, 2021 |
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Does Time Exist?
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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What is Life?
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Jul 20, 2020 |
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When the Monkeys Met the Chimps
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Jun 29, 2020 |
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The Sun
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Jun 22, 2020 |
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An Astronaut's Guide to Isolation
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Jun 15, 2020 |
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Space Archaeology
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Jun 08, 2020 |
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Black Holes
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Jun 01, 2020 |
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The End of the Universe
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May 25, 2020 |
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UFO special
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Lucy Beaumont's Close Encounters
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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Quantum Worlds
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Fire
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Feb 03, 2020 |
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Coral Reefs
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Jan 27, 2020 |
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Conspiracy Theories
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Jan 20, 2020 |
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Science of Laughter
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Jan 13, 2020 |
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Brits in Space
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Oct 14, 2019 |
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Anniversary of the Periodic Table
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Oct 07, 2019 |
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Science of Dreaming
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Clever Creatures
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Sep 23, 2019 |
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Dinosaurs
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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The Infinite Moonkey Cage
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Jul 20, 2019 |
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How We Measure the Universe
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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How to Build a Bionic Human
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Feb 04, 2019 |
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Are humans still evolving?
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Origin of Numbers
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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The Future of Humanity
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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Microbes: Secret Rulers of the World?
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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GCHQ
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Aug 13, 2018 |
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Special Bonus Edition
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Aug 09, 2018 |
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The Human Voice
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Aug 06, 2018 |
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Immune System
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Jul 30, 2018 |
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Invasion
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Jul 23, 2018 |
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Big Data
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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The Infinite Monkey Cage 100
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Jul 11, 2018 |
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Volcanoes
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Feb 12, 2018 |
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How Animals Behave
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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Teenage Brain
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Jan 29, 2018 |
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Antibiotics
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Jan 22, 2018 |
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The Secret Life of Birds
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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When Two Stars Collide
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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Christmas Special 2017: The Science of Magic
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Dec 25, 2017 |
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The Mind v the Brain
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Aug 07, 2017 |
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Are We Living in a Simulation?
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Jul 31, 2017 |
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Will insects inherit the earth?
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Jul 24, 2017 |
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Oxygen: A Matter of Life and Death
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Jul 17, 2017 |
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Astronaut Special
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Jul 10, 2017 |
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What Particles Remain to be Discovered?
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Jul 03, 2017 |
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Making the Invisible Visible
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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The Human Story: How We Got Here and Why We Survived.
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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Oceans: What Remains to Be Discovered?
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Jan 30, 2017 |
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Science's Epic Fails
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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How to Beat the House and Win at Games
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Jan 16, 2017 |
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The Science of Everyday Life
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Jan 10, 2017 |
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Christmas Special 2016
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Dec 27, 2016 |
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The Universe: What Remains to Be Discovered?
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Aug 01, 2016 |
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200 Years of Frankenstein
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Jul 25, 2016 |
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Battle of the Sexes
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Jul 18, 2016 |
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Science of Sleep
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Jul 11, 2016 |
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The Recipe to Build a Universe
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Jul 04, 2016 |
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The Sound of Music
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Jun 27, 2016 |
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Brian and Robin's Infinite Inbox
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Feb 25, 2016 |
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Climate Change
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Feb 15, 2016 |
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Maths of Love and Sex
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Feb 08, 2016 |
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What Is Reality?
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Feb 01, 2016 |
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Invisible Universe
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Jan 25, 2016 |
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What is Race?
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Jan 18, 2016 |
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Artificial Intelligence
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Jan 12, 2016 |
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Christmas Special 2015
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Dec 25, 2015 |
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Episode 2
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Dec 15, 2015 |
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Episode 1
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Dec 08, 2015 |
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Forensic Science
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Aug 10, 2015 |
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Speed
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Aug 03, 2015 |
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The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: San Francisco
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Jul 27, 2015 |
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The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Chicago
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Jul 20, 2015 |
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The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: Los Angeles
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Jul 13, 2015 |
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The Infinite Monkey Cage USA Tour: New York
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Jul 06, 2015 |
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Serendipity
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Feb 23, 2015 |
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What Is the Point of Plants?
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Feb 16, 2015 |
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When Quantum Goes Woo
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Feb 09, 2015 |
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Solar System
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Feb 02, 2015 |
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Fierce Creatures
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Jan 26, 2015 |
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Deception
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Jan 19, 2015 |
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Christmas Special 2014
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Dec 25, 2014 |
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Irrationality
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Aug 11, 2014 |
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Before the Big Bang
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Aug 04, 2014 |
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Can Science Save Us?
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Jul 28, 2014 |
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Does Science Need War?
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Jul 21, 2014 |
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Are Humans Uniquely Unique?
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Jul 14, 2014 |
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Numbers Numbers Everywhere
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Jul 07, 2014 |
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Brian and Robin's Infinite Inbox
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Mar 10, 2014 |
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Science and Spin
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Dec 23, 2013 |
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Should We Pander to Pandas?
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Dec 16, 2013 |
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To Infinity and Beyond
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Dec 09, 2013 |
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Science Rocks!
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Dec 02, 2013 |
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Through the Doors of Perception
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Nov 25, 2013 |
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Risk
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Nov 18, 2013 |
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Science Museum
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Jul 29, 2013 |
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Alfred Russel Wallace
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Jul 22, 2013 |
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What Makes Science a Science?
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Jul 15, 2013 |
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Space Tourism
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Jul 08, 2013 |
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Glastonbury
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Jul 01, 2013 |
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What Is Death?
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Jun 24, 2013 |
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Christmas Special: The Science of Christmas Behaviour
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Dec 24, 2012 |
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Creating Life
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Dec 17, 2012 |
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Brain Science
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Dec 10, 2012 |
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Secret Science
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Dec 03, 2012 |
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Improbable Science
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Nov 26, 2012 |
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Space Exploration
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Nov 19, 2012 |
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Science v Art
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Jul 23, 2012 |
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Parallel Universes
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Jul 16, 2012 |
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The Science of Symmetry
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Jul 08, 2012 |
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Does Size Matter?
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Jul 02, 2012 |
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Science Mavericks
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Jun 25, 2012 |
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Oceans: The Last Great Unexplored Frontier?
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Jun 18, 2012 |
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The Science of Christmas
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Dec 26, 2011 |
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I'm a Chemist Get Me Out of Here
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Dec 19, 2011 |
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The Science of Sound
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Dec 12, 2011 |
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The Origins of Life
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Dec 05, 2011 |
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A Balanced Programme on Balance
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Nov 28, 2011 |
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What's the North Ever Done for Us?
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Nov 21, 2011 |
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Science vs The Supernatural: Does Science Kill the Magic?
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Jul 05, 2011 |
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Is There Room for Mysticism in a Rational World?
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Jun 27, 2011 |
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Is Cosmology Really a Science?
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Jun 20, 2011 |
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So You Want To Be An Astronaut?
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Jun 13, 2011 |
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Six Degrees
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Jun 06, 2011 |
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What Don't We Know?
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May 30, 2011 |
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Philosophy
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Dec 06, 2010 |
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Randomness
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Nov 29, 2010 |
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Modern World
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Nov 22, 2010 |
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Apocalypse
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Nov 15, 2010 |
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Things Can Only Get Better?
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Jul 05, 2010 |
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Science Fiction, Science Fact
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Jun 28, 2010 |
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Trust me, I'm a Scientist
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Jun 21, 2010 |
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Popular Science
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Jun 14, 2010 |
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Science and Religion
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Dec 21, 2009 |
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Quantum Physics
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Dec 14, 2009 |
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Extraterrestrial Life
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Dec 07, 2009 |
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Science and Comedians
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Nov 30, 2009 |