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Material World

Art and Perception - The Fruit Fly's BrainArt and Perception - The Fruit Fly's Brain

Released On: 13 Nov 2008

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Quentin Cooper and guests discuss the latest developments in the world of science.

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Quentin Cooper investigates the cultural and genetic evolution of language.
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Quentin Cooper hears about the latest remarkable example of natural selection.
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Science Question and Answer Special
Quentin Cooper puts listeners' science questions to a panel of experts.
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Quentin Cooper talks to Explorer Pen Hadow from his arctic ice expedition.
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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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16/04/2009
Quentin Cooper samples the delights of the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
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23/04/2009
How machines are learning to recognise and express emotions.
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30/04/2009
Science behind the potential flu epidemic emanating from the Mexican 'swine' flu outbreak.
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07/05/2009
Quentin Cooper looks at the 'Two Cultures' divide in goverment.
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14/05/2009
Quentin Cooper reports on the final Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission.
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North Korea's nuclear ambitions, the causes of the 1930s 'Dustbowl', and tool-using rooks.
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04/06/2009
Quentin Cooper reports from the Cheltenham Science Festival.
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11/06/2009
Low-energy housing, cancer DNA, Swine Flu, plus stories of impending planetary collision.
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18/06/2009
Quentin Cooper checks out microbes, maths behind football's calendar and Leominster's air.
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