Why the bacteriology of Legionnaires’ disease makes it so hard to detect, why the Transit of Venus is good for science and the truth behind the illusion of stripes.

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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.
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Folge vom 07.06.2012Material World 7th June 2012: Legionnaires’, Venus and stripes
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Folge vom 31.05.2012Material World 31st May 2012: 80 years of Neutrons & the horrible noises we love to hate80 years of Neutrons, why helium gas is no laughing matter & the horrible noises we love to hate
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Folge vom 24.05.2012Material World 24th May 2012: Perceptions of energy generation, light loving bugs, new faster chips, & not predicting earthquakesEnergy generation perceptions, light loving bugs, fast chips, and predicting earthquakes.
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Folge vom 17.05.2012Material World 17th May 2012: Pollen and war crimes, art and emotion science versus politics and underground railwaysWhy pollen provides the key evidence in the Bosnian war crimes trials, experimenting with arts and emotions and why all tube networks are fundamentally the same.