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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On this week's show we also hear about new research into the placebo and nocebo effects, and from IgNobel master of ceremonies Marc Abrahams on why great science can be both funny and profound
Alok Jha and Ewan Birney discuss the Encode project to probe the vast stretches of DNA between protein-coding genes in the human genome
Computational biologist Dr Ewan Birney explains the objectives of the Encode project
Despite the prevailing pessimism, zoologist Andrew Balmford insists there are good news stories about endangered species and habitats
Your favourite science podcasters are taking a short break
In this week's show, we hear from a mechanical engineer who builds synthetic human tissue to repair diseased bodies
Science writer Philip Ball discusses Curiosity, his history of science from Newton and Galileo via magic and religious persecution to the Large Hadron Collider
Our science team takes stock of the textbook landing of Nasa's Curiosity rover on Mars. Plus, we discuss why science in film works – and why it sometimes doesn't
Professor Elaine Fox discusses her book Rainy Brain, Sunny Brain which explores the science of optimism and pessimism, and we talk to physicist and author Alex Stone about the power of magic
Why the apparent discovery of the Higgs boson is just the beginning; Europe embraces open access to publicly funded research; and Craig Venter redefines life
After his keynote lecture at the European Science Open Forum, Craig Venter argues that a series of talks in Dublin in 1943 marked the birth of synthetic biology
Professor of computational neuroscience at MIT, Sebastian Seung, discusses the connectome, and Professor Barry Smith explains why the brain malfunctions
Neil Denny from the Little Atoms radio show discusses his US science tour with Alok Jha and we revisit our broadcast on the space shuttle
Ian Sample meets Cern director general Rolf-Dieter Heuer and talks to one of the key scientists in the construction of the Large Hadron Collider
Professor David Nutt discusses his book Drugs – Without the Hot Air, and argues that society's prohibition of psychedelic substances is preventing groundbreaking science
