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Morphic Fields - Social Evolution
Developments in evolutionary psychology and how it can help policy-makers.
Neutrons Probe Spider Silk Secrets - Concrete Canvas & Emergency Shelters
How neutrons are revealing the secrets of materials, from spider silk to Samurai swords.
Medical Micro Machines - The Superorganism
Quentin Cooper investigates the nature of superorganisms.
Student Space Projects - Did the Earth Freeze Over?
Quentin Cooper learns about student contributions to front-line space projects.
Climate and Culture in Disko Bay
Quentin Cooper joins scientists, artists and musicians on a research cruise to Greenland.
Potato Science - Fermi Problems
Quentin Cooper discovers the value of sensible mathematical and scientific estimations.
Plague in the Great Gerbils of Kazakhstan - Eternity and the Earth After Us
Quentin Cooper discusses the transmission of plague through gerbil populations.
Wetlands and the Carbon Cycle - Hot Rocks
Quentin and scientists measure the exchange of methane between plans and the atmosphere.
Titan
Quentin Cooper joins scientists on a beach in search of clues about one of Saturn's moons.
Mount Etna
Quentin Cooper joins Open University scientists on Mount Etna.