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EPISODE · Jun 2, 2011 · 27 MIN

Material: new E-coli strain, Teeth, science innovation, zero gravity

from Material World · host BBC Radio 4

New E-coli strain found in Germany. Early cavemen had foreign brides! Researchers have studied hominid teeth from two caves in South Africa. They looked at the ratios of different types or isotopes of strontium in the teeth which they thought might reflect changing diet due to seasonal migration. Instead, they found a significant difference between the teeth of males and females. Professor Julia Lee-Thorp, from Oxford University, explains more. Writer Mark Stevenson, has curated a series of talks at the British Library. His talk 'The Age of Entanglement' looks at human interaction with science and innovation and whether we are too dependent on technology. Quentin talks to Mark Stevenson and Sir Martin Taylor. Fly Your Thesis! Postgraduate students from Leicester are back from a series of flights in France with the European Space Agency aboard a plane sometimes dubbed the vomit comet. David Gray and Dr Charly Feldman from Leicester University, join Quentin.

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