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How viable is nuclear fusion as an energy source? - podcast
Are scientific and industrial ideas about commercial nuclear fusion reactors ...
Are scientific and industrial ideas about commercial nuclear fusion reactors in the near future just wishful thinking?
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Ecstasy and tragedy: how to prevent recreational drug deaths – podcast
Four recent deaths in the UK have been linked to ...
Four recent deaths in the UK have been linked to a batch of 'Superman' ecstasy pills. Should public facilities for testing drugs without fear of prosecution be made available?
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What are the risks of DIY synthetic biology? – Science Weekly podcast
Are safety measures adequate in the burgeoning field of synthetic ...
Are safety measures adequate in the burgeoning field of synthetic biology – which involves the creation of novel biological systems – in particular among amateur enthusiasts?
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Scientists far from home at Christmas - podcast
Ian Sample, Nicola Davis and Robin McKie review the year's ...
Ian Sample, Nicola Davis and Robin McKie review the year's best science stories
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Chris Hadfield on the future of manned space exploration - podcast
Former astronaut Chris Hadfield describes the thrill of rocket launches ...
Former astronaut Chris Hadfield describes the thrill of rocket launches and spacewalks, and explains why he thinks it's too soon to send people to Mars
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Cosmology in crisis – podcast
Roberto Mangabeira Unger argues that cosmology has wandered far from ...
Roberto Mangabeira Unger argues that cosmology has wandered far from the disciplines of conventional science in its obsession with untestable speculations
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The role of genes in our sexual orientation - podcast
What do the latest studies into sexual orientation reveal? Plus, ...
What do the latest studies into sexual orientation reveal? Plus, can we win the fight against Ebola in West Africa, and what threat does the virus really pose to people in Europe and the US?
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The multiverse in a nutshell - podcast
Is our universe just one of an unimaginably large number ...
Is our universe just one of an unimaginably large number of parallel universes?
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Science, technology and democracy: Sense About Science lecture - podcast
Professor Steve Rayner delivers the 2014 Sense About Science lecture, ...
Professor Steve Rayner delivers the 2014 Sense About Science lecture, 'Science, Technology and Democracy: Dissecting the Anatomies of Controversy'
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A new strategy for tackling climate change - podcast
Have we been going about tackling climate change in completely ...
Have we been going about tackling climate change in completely the wrong way? This year's Sense About Science lecture proposed an alternative strategy
