RIP Rosetta, The Descent of Aquatic Ape, The Ascent of Antikythera's Bones, HG Wells the Journalist
Adam Rutherford explores the science that is changing our world. He hears about the spectacular end of Rosetta's two-year mission around comet 67P.
The European Space Agency's Rosetta mission to a comet is about to end. Adam Rutherford discusses its discoveries and looks ahead to its imminent controlled slow-motion crash landing on comet 67P. Also in the programme - the marine excavation of human remains on a 2000 year old ship that sank with the extraordinary Antikythera mechanism: why most human evolution researchers don't rate the aquatic or waterside ape hypothesis: and H.G Wells, the science communicator.
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This programme is produced in partnership with The Open University.
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- Thu 29 Sep 2016 16:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 29 Sep 2016 21:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Inside Science
A weekly programme looking at the science that's changing our world.
