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09/04/2009
Forty years after the first British Concorde flight what happened to the supersonic dream?
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02/04/2009
Quentin Cooper talks to Explorer Pen Hadow from his arctic ice expedition.
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Science Question and Answer Special
Quentin Cooper puts listeners' science questions to a panel of experts.
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Medical Isotopes - The End of Harappa
Quentin Cooper hears about problems in the supply of medical isotopes.
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Nature’s Best Kept Secret
Quentin Cooper hears about the DNA reading machine, the ribosome.
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Darwin and the Eye - Kepler’s New Astronomy
Quentin Cooper hears about the latest remarkable example of natural selection.
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Emil Abderhalden - The End of Gaia
Quentin Cooper tells the story of biochemist Emil Abderhalden.
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The Evolution of Language - The Great Frost of 1709
Quentin Cooper investigates the cultural and genetic evolution of language.
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Pheromones at Fifty - Ponds for Life
Quentin Cooper finds out if humans can sense pheromones.
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Up, Up and Away! - Iron in the Sea
Quentin Cooper hears about ambitious balloon flights carrying a special telescope.