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The power of night
Lucy Cooke examines why it pays to stir when the sun goes down
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Dare to repair: The fight for the right to repair
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Dare to repair: Fixing the future
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A sense of music
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How animals make us smarter – we thought you might like to hear our brand new episode
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Nira Chamberlain on how mathematics can solve real-world problems.
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The Evidence: How will the pandemic end?
Keeping a lid on risks of new covid variants as vaccinated countries ease restrictions
Tamsin Edwards on the uncertainty in climate science
All climate change models are wrong. Tamsin Edwards tells Jim Al Khalili why.
Future vaccines
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Covid origins: The science
What the science says about the start of the pandemic