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Science Weekly: Extrasolar planets

Chris Lintott, an astrophysicist from the University of Oxford and co-presenter of the BBC's The Sky at Night, joins us in the pod to tell us about extrasolar planets, galaxy formation and the LCROSS moon impact. We dial up dark matter expert Prof Ofer Lahav from University College London. We also pay a visit to the very centre of space and time (on Earth at least), The Royal Observatory...


SUNDAY 4. OCTOBER 2009


Scientists on brink of cancer treatment revolution

A new generation of drugs to tackle tumours said to be only a few years awayCancer treatment will be dramatically transformed in the near future as a number of research projects reach fruition, Britain's leading cancer scientist will announce this week.Sir David Lane, chief scientist at Cancer Research UK, will reveal on Wednesday that teams are closing in on techniques that are likely to lead to...


FRIDAY 2. OCTOBER 2009


The secrets of ancient Rome

The discovery of a major new archaeological site in Italy is a reminder that the world is still stuffed with secretsLook down from a height at any landscape in this slanting autumn light, and you'll see that the ground is only a thin blanket thrown over the remains of the past. The faint marks of fields and walls, houses and roads, show up even in the heart of cities – in relics as humble as...


THURSDAY 1. OCTOBER 2009


The story of life

The astonishing 1960s photographs that changed forever the way we think about unborn childrenWhen Lennart Nilsson's haunting photographs were first published in 1965, they caused a sensation. Charting pre-natal life from conception to birth in unprecedented detail, the magazine that printed them, Life, sold 8m copies in four days. In the 1970s, the photographs even formed part of an interstellar...


WEDNESDAY 30. SEPTEMBER 2009


First clown in space

Cirque du Soleil founder takes off for International Space Station bearing red noses for astronautsGuy Laliberté, the Canadian circus billionaire who founded Cirque du Soleil, officially became the first clown in space this morning when he blasted off for the International Space Station.A Soyuz capsule carrying Laliberté and two astronauts lifted off on schedule from the Baikonur launch...


TUESDAY 29. SEPTEMBER 2009


Archaeologists find 'Nero's party piece'

• Remains thought to be revolving dining room• Italian government grants €200,000 in fundingArchaeologists in Rome claimed today to have found the remains of a legendary revolving dining room built by Emperor Nero to impress his guests.Digging on the Palatine Hill, archaeologists stumbled on the remnants of a circular room, 16 metres (53ft) in diameter, which they believe formed part of...

Did mighty T. rex die of a sore throat?

A parasite that infects pigeons made it increasingly difficult for the T. rex to swallow and led to starvation, a new study suggestsDinosaur enthusiasts are revising their image of the mighty Tyrannosaurus rex after discovering that the most famous specimen on public display was felled not in mortal combat, but by an infection that causes sore throats in pigeons.Nicknamed Sue, the seven-tonne T....