Science Weekly
Summary: Alok Jha and the Guardian's science team bring you the best analysis and interviews from the worlds of science and technology
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Podcasts:
From landing Curiosity on Mars to finding a Higgs-like particle and the Encode project to map the genome – we review the year in science
Prof Lisa Randall, a theoretical physicist and noted science writer, discusses the discovery of a Higgs-like particle at the LHC and what it might say about dark matter and dark energy
We interview Dr Peter Wothers, who will put chemistry into living rooms across the UK this week through the magic of the Ri Christmas Lectures
As a new edition of The Double Helix is published, James Watson talks about the role of Rosalind Franklin in discovering the structure of DNA
This year's winner of the prestigious Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books, James Gleick, discusses The Information. Plus, will we see a Briton on the moon in our lifetimes?
Astrophysicist Caleb Scharf discusses our growing understanding of the cosmic enigma that is the black hole and we learn how the Natural History Museum selected 22 objects from its 70m collection for its new Treasures exhibition
This week's show is dedicated to a discussion of the six books shortlisted for the Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books
Chris Turney introduces his new book about the epic race to explore the Earth's last great frontier. Plus, the UK government's ambition to make the the country a world leader in eight key fields of technology
Mathematician Sam Arbesman discusses the slippery nature of facts and why we trust them at our peril. Plus, using citizen science to save Britain's ash trees
Sir David looks back on his career as a broadcaster and observer of the natural world and shares his views on the politics of climate change
Alok Jha speaks at length with Ben Goldacre about his investigation into the pharmaceuticals industry
Britain's newest Nobel laureate Sir John Gurdon explains the experiment that led to his sharing this year's prize for physiology or medicine
Bad Science writer Ben Goldacre on his new book, Bad Pharma. Plus, Daisy the cloned cow who produces milk less likely to cause an allergic reaction, and this year's Nobel prizes
Aarathi Prasad exposes the fascinating world of asexual reproduction and its implications for future humans
Ian Sample meets the director of London's Science Museum, Ian Blatchford, to discuss the role of museums in an era of quantum mechanics, particle physics and genomics
