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:
Armand Leroi reveals what happens when Darwin's principles of natural selection are applied to music
These days anyone can contribute to a great scientific endeavour, whether it's astronomy, molecular biology or sleep research. Clare Freeman investigates the growing importance of citizen scientists and crowdsourced research
Neuroscientist and short story writer David Eagleman discusses his Royal Opera House debut, and why he believes brain science will change how our legal system treats criminals
American author and physicist Leonard Mlodinow explains his book Subliminal about the hidden machinations of the unconscious mind
The first global science collaboration to measure the transit of Venus in the 18th century; barrister Polly Higgins on 'ecocide'; and the 50th anniversary of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
FameLab is an international competition to find the next generation of Attenboroughs, Coxes and Winstons. A 2012 winner, a finalist and TV science presenter Alice Roberts discuss the importance of great science communication
Claudia Hammond reveals how our perception of time is warped by physical and mental conditions
The author of Imagine: How Creativity Works, Jonah Lehrer, discusses what neuroscience can tell us about this apparently intangible talent
In the 2012 Sense About Science Lecture, Dick Taverne proposes that the development of science and democracy have gone hand in hand
Russell Foster explains the importance of sleep, and John Sulston discusses the Royal Society's report on population and consumption
Science-themed comedy is all the rage. We meet the trio behind Festival of the Spoken Nerd, a touring variety show with an educational mission
US writer Donovan Hohn discusses his epic search for a rubber duck lost at sea in his new book Moby Duck, plus John Whitfield on the science of reputation
Linguist Daniel Everett discusses his book Language: The Cultural Tool and we have a report from the Gunther Van Hagen exhibition at the Natural History Museum, Animal Inside Out
Live at the Royal Institution, Alok Jha is joined by a host of guests performing spectacularly instructive demonstrations
The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast will be recorded live at the Royal Institution in London at 7pm on Wednesday 28 March, with special guests, demonstrations and lots of audience participation
