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Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams

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Titans of Science: David Baker

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Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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A gaming special & The best of 2024

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OCD, Obesity, and Dark Comets

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Nuclear power, AI weather forecasts, and Do crabs feel pain?

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The ambition to eliminate HIV transmission by 2030

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Vampire bats, Leeches, and Diet-conscious spiders

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Weight loss jabs, COP29, and Brainy birds

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Smartphones, Black holes, and Pompeii

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Election interference, Mpox, and A lost city

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Cancer, Clock changes, Life on Jupiter?

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Vegan diets, New forms of insulin, and Meteor origins

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Brain injuries, Man-eating lions, and the Nobel Prize

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Lockdown legacy, Brian Cox, Electric car espionage?

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Fruity vapes, Ancient cheese, and Cancer vaccines

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Engineering new solutions to climate change

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COVID-19 lockdowns, nuclear waste and puffins

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Digging up new uses for old mines

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Mpox, smoking and the ISS

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Is there a link between some cosmetics and cancer?

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Mpox, Clever Horses, and Circadian Rhythms

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Aliens, Dark Energy and Brian Schmidt

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Bird flu, fog harvesting and dark matter

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Extreme athletic performance

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Why do seagulls try to steal your chips?

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Covid app findings, AI writing, and brainy birds

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Long Covid, Mosquitos and Formula 1

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Titans of Science: Geoffrey Hinton

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E. coli, DNA sniffing, and tracking trees

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Mini-guts, the universe as a bagel, gambling addiction

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Neurological diseases, carbon dioxide and dark matter

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Genetically modified mosquitos, and is the AI bubble about to burst?

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5 Live Science Podcast 26th May

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The Science of Language

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Scientists find their first rocky planet with an atmosphere

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Zero Gravity

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ADHD, sinking cities, and cleaning up oil spills

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Smoking and vaping controls, the remains of the largest sea reptile, volcanic ash and jet engines and food production

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Artificial platelets, Bonobos and a tribute to Peter Higgs

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Belly fat, BRCA gene and synthetic opioids

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Why whooping cough cases are surging and looking for life on Europa

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COVID-19, 4 years on.

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Cyber Crimes in Cyber Times

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The gene that turns Labradors into gluttons, migratory birds and the oldest known dead galaxy.

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Lithium batteries, human tails and the science behind potholes

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Whale songs, fake fossils and "Forever Chemicals"

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Dengue fever, sense of humour and fish skin

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Blueberries, cancer waiting lists and assisted dying

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Elon Musk's brain implants and the science of shipping

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Retinas, biological cells and pond skater insects.

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The Black Death, wine measures and pot holes

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Titans of Science: Professor Deborah Prentice

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Measles, Terror Chatbots and the Microbiome

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Quantum Leap

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Christmas science stories and computer games

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Titans of Science: Chris Hadfield

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Covid Inquiry, fossilised trees in the Fens, and getting Britons moving

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COP28, swine flu, Bennu asteroid and digital twins.

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Cyber attacks, red wine headaches and Parkinson’s disease

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Chickenpox, Champion Jockeys and Light Speed

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Anastrozole, COP 28, hedgehogs and the James Webb space telescope

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Winter flu, AI Summit, Cockney accent and the COVID enquiry

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Long COVID, Hurricanes and "Spooky" Organisms.

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Mouthguard technology, space junk and Is it time to stop changing the clocks?

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Titans of Science: Dame Sally Davies

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New malaria vaccine, radioactive water and Lord Robert Winston

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Covid vaccine for all variants, and Anthony Fauci in conversation

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Spinal cord injury treatments, red fire ants and asteroid samples.

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Titans of Science: Helen Sharman (Part 2)

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Titans of Science: Helen Sharman

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Eating well without compromising on taste

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India Land on the Moon

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The real Oppenheimer

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Hydrogen to the rescue?

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Q&A

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Artificial Intelligence

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Tackling Depression

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Protecting the Oceans

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We answer your questions

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Light Pollution

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Titan sub and an HIV vaccine

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UFOs - What do we know?

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Fossils - why there is so much excitement at the moment?

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Alleviating Allergies

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Memory, mosquitos and mowing the lawn

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Your questions answered

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Singing fish and building better batteries

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Sport and concussion injuries

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Obesity

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Black Holes and the Dark Side of the Moon

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What is Pain?

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Is There Anybody Out There?

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Dinosaur faces, laughing gas, and repairing broken gadgets

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The High Seas Treaty

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Recharging In Nature

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Q&A: Ask Us Anything

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What can the Earth tell us about itself?

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Male Pill, Invisible Shrimp, & Fusion Power in Future?

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Gene therapy, the world's biggest penguin, and the threat from bird flu