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May 10: Using microbes to solve crimes, and more…
On this week's show: anus origins, deepfake detectors, crows do geometry, magnetars make gold, and territorial caterpillars.
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May 9
May 3: Wild fish can tell us apart, and more...
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May 2
Analysis: Bob's blog
Russian spacecraft expected to survive death plunge to Earth later this week
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May 5
Apr 26: Understanding heat extremes, and more...
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April 26
Apr 19: What the dinos did, and more...
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April 19
Apr 12: How human noises impact animals, and more...
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April 11
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Analysis: Bob's Blog
De-extinction or pre-extinction? Biotech company's resurrected 'dire wolves' raise questions
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April 11
Apr 5: Our bodies and brains fight weight loss, and more...
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April 9
Analysis: Bob's blog
How chimpanzee tool use provides insight into early human behaviour
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April 4
Mar 29: Moving forests to save the butterflies, and more...
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March 28
Mar 22: What fossil plants say about the evolution of life, and more…
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March 21
Analysis: Bob's Blog
Assault at Antarctic base could be a warning for future travellers to Mars
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March 21
Mar 15: The silent, long-term effects of COVID, and more...
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March 14
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Beyond long COVID — how reinfections could be causing silent long-term organ damage
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March 20
Analysis: Bob's Blog
Advances in solar technology could push us closer to cheap, clean energy
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March 14
March 8: The Quirks & Quarks listener question show
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March 7
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Mar 1: The recipe for finding life on other planets, and more...
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February 28
Feb 22: Is it dark energy, or is time just different in space? And more...
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February 21
Analysis: Bob's blog
European Paralympic athlete in line to become the first disabled astronaut in space
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February 21
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A competing theory to 'dark energy' suggests the universe has different time zones
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February 26
Feb 15: How AI is transforming science, and more...
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February 14
Analysis: Bob's blog
Does ELIZA, the first chatbot created 60 years ago, hold lessons for modern AI?
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February 18
Feb 8: The rapidly changing Arctic, and more
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February 7
Analysis: Bob's blog
Falling space debris could increasingly affect airline traffic, research finds
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February 7
Feb 1: Technology to preserve biodiversity, and more
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January 31
Jan 25: Solving the mysteries of our solar system, and more
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