Love and Science: Recent Episodes
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Rachel Collins and Andrew Glester talk to Dr Pete Etchells, a researcher in the long term effects of video games and author of the Lost in a Good Game book.
Andrew, Lucy and Josh discuss this week's news and Ti Singh interviews former commander of the International Space Station, Frank Dewinne.
Malcolm, Lucy, Josh and Andrew discuss the latest science news and we hear from one of the many scientists behind that stunning image of the Black Hole.
A packed studio and a packed show including the moments on Earth after the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs hit.
Malcolm, Andrew and Josh are joined by Dr Maddy Nichols and Nigel Evans from Bristol Blues and Jazz Festival.
Trump has no impact on Fast Radio Bursts or Exoplanets but it makes for a fun title. We discuss the latest science news and wish Malcolm a very happy birthday.
Fresh into the New Year, we're back with the news that Andrew's podcast The Cosmic Shed has been selected as one of the Guardian's Favourite Podcasts of 2019.
We also discuss plenty of science.
Maddy Nichols joins Andrew in the studio and we hear from Prof Avi Loeb, the Harvard scientist making the news for suggesting that it's possible that Oumumua is an alien probe or light sail.
We also hear from Andreas Heim, the man behind Project Lyra...the proposed mission to send a spacecraft to Oumuamua.
Malcolm tells us that he used to make his own fireworks and Hannah Little is far more sensible but no less fun in this week's Love and Science.
Jamini, Malcolm and Andrew discuss the wonderful BepiColombo mission to Mercury, whether you should smack your children (stupid question) and whether you should launch a massive mirror into space to reflect sunlight back to earth at night (also a stupid question).
Malcolm is joined by Robert Massey, Deputy CEO of the Royal Astronomical Society to discuss some of the most interesting space news we've heard for a while.
We also hear from Andrew as he interviews Dr Derek Fox about his scientific study which strongly suggest that the particles appearing to come up from the Antarctic Ice must point to physics outside the standard model.
Karen Drake of Bristol's Engine Shed joins Malcolm and Andrew before John Ford pops in.
Malcolm and Andrew are joined by Tom Adams to discuss his new show The Lesser Sun, which he just happens to be making with our Andrew Glester.
Tom even performs a song from the show all about the astronaut Michael Collins.
All that plus the latest science news and chat.
John Ford steps in for Andrew as Malcolm and John discuss a whole host of science news stories.
The only problem for John is that Andrew was tasked with turning the show into a podcast so John didn't get away with his scandalous remark about Andrew.
In a first for the Love and Science podcast, we'll also hear content which wasn't in the original radio show including Andrew in conversation with Dr Lucy Quinn (of the Blue Planet 2 series and the British Antarctic Survey) and Dr Stephen Wilkins who is going to be using the James Webb Space Telescop to probe space like never before.
This is our last show until September. Rest your ears and we'll be back then.
Malcolm and Andrew delve through the latest science stories including discovering the real reason we hate the sound of our own voices and a new invention to combat motion sickness.
It's an eventful week for the show as Boris Johnson resigns while we're live on air.
We also manage to concentrate on the science news and it's a packed show in which we discover a whole lot including that neckties decrease blood flow to your brain by 7.5%. Bad news for David Cameron who once famously (and apparently stupidly) asked Jeremy Corbyn to do up his tie.
Crows using vending machines, Oumuamua's mytery solved and Achintya Rao tells us about the latest developments at the LHC at CERN.
This week we hear Esther Clifford read the short story she has written for the BBC's short story competition. Jamie Love talks about his experience with Koko the gorilla whilst he was making a documentary about her. Scienticts believed they have successfully edited the genes of pigs to make them immune to the most expensive disease they get. Scientists are blaming our "obsessively clean" lifestyles for the rise in hayfever! And finally, the Royal Horticultural Society are going to test out gardeners' tricks to keep away slugs, under controlled environments for the first time ever - results this autumn!
This is my last week on BCFM and I'm so sad to be leaving, it's been an absolute pleasure, and thanks for listening! Hopefully Malcolm and Andrew will keep you entertained enough on their own. - Hannah
As promised, the info on gene-edited pigs: https://www.theguardian.com/science/audio/2018/jun/22/gene-edited-pigs-can-we-engineer-immunity-science-weekly-podcast
This week Malcolm and Hannah are joined by Jenny French and Philippa Gardom! We hear about the Cheltanham Science Festival, and the Festival of Nature, Jenny announces the WINNER of the photography competition she has run so listen out incase it's you!
Doug Vakoch, of METI, talks about the nature of language, and whether we can use some universal laws to talk to aliens! We also hear about a woman who has beaten an extremely advanced form of cancer through an experiementla treatment which boosted her own immune system to fight it back. We also hear about the fluctuating methane levels on Mars which can't be explained easily through natural phenomenon, or can it?
Andrew's message out into space is still going strong, telling the universe "if you have been watching our television shows, I'd like to formally apologise for everything before and after Carl Sagan's Cosmos". What would you say to an alien if you met one?
This week Malcolm, Andrew and Hannah are joined by Rosie McCallum and Jenny French to discuss Bristol's Festival of Nature, this weekend. Find out what they've got on by checking out their website here. We remember the fouth man on the moon Alan Bean, and the excitement before his moon walk. We also hear about scientists on the hunt for Nessie in Loch Ness, how the dino ancestors of birds survived the K-T extinction, the recent reporting on puffin numbers in the Farne Islands, and to what extent can you trust your suncreams claims!
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This week it's Malcolm and Hannah again without Andrew. We give the space news a crack ourselves to not leave you without. We hear from Charlie Carter about arachnophobia and we discuss the shocking impact humans are having on our so called protected areas, detecting the legacy of the first stars in our universe, whether or not they have managed to transplant, and whether clothes moths are on the rise!
We hear from Professor Mario Molina, who won the Nobel Prize for demonstrating that CFCs were causing the hole in the ozone layer and he tells us which politician he thinks is being simply "irrational".
We also hear about Donald Trump's administration calling an end to the funding for NASA to study greenhouse gas emissions...
Elsewhere, Lyra gets her question put to Professor Alice Roberts, "How do we grow?" and Andrew visits Creative Reactions, an art exhibition taking place at Hamilton House this week as part of the Pint of Science festival. Charlotte Mugliston and Mary Rouncefield guide Andrew and all you listeners round some of the exhibition.
Two Professors, a Nobel Prize winner and an exhibition about art and science. Don't tell us we don't bring you the good stuff!
Show notes
Andrew spoke to Professor Mario Molina as he was at 3M for the wonderful Nobel Prize Inspiration Initiative (NPII) event which "seeks to bring the Laureates into closer contact with the worldwide scientific community, and especially with an audience of young scientists."
This week Malcolm and Hannah are sadly without Andrew, meaning a bit less space news. We discuss the infestation of toxic caterpillars in London, the top three things we need to address to help gorilla and chimp populations, and how Nasa and ESA intend to fire rocks from Mars back to Earth.
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This week Malcom, Andrew and Hannah discuss this week's science news. We learn about asteroid mining, the enzyme which can break down plastic, advancements in understanding motor neurone disease, and Lyra asks the big question of where everything was before the big bang.
P.S. I don't really dislike cows, and I'm sorry I said that. My appologies to cows.
Malcolm and Andrew were joined by Jamini Thakrar and Alfie Wearn and conversations ranged from hypersonic travel around earth to dementia. We talked about the salty, icy lakes on Earth that might give us clues to life in the oceans of Jupiter's moon Europa and Pint of Science, the festival that brings all the wonderful work being done by scientists in cities around the world to you, in the company of a pint.
This week we have a full house at BCFM!
Malcolm, Hannah, and Andrew are joined by Alfie Wearn, Romain Costil, Jamini Thakrar and Catherine Gilmore who discuss their involvement in the upcoming Pint of Science events around Bristol, and Maddy Nichols tells us a bit about what it was like working at the Paralympics fixing prosthetics.
Malcolm and Andrew are joined again by Arran and Rosie again to discuss this week's science news.
This week, Malcolm and Hannah are joined by Rosie and Arran to discuss how much plastic is in bottled water, how we can hope to clear up all the space junk with a harpoon, and what lightning from volcanoes sounds like.
This week we hear back from Pavel Goldstein about his research into holding hands and how it can reduce pain, and from Peter Beck for a bit more information about his disco ball in space. We also talk about the "out of control" space station which is due to enter the earths atmosphere sometime soon, and how introducing a predator can help boost a squirrel population.
This week, Malcom, Hannah, and Andrew discuss how you can use radio waves to uncover secrets from the cosmic dawn, the 1.5 million penguin super-colony recently discovered, how diabetes has now been found to be at least five different diseases.
This week Andrew, Hannah, and Malcolm discuss an amateur astronomer who discovered a supernova as it was happening, new research into which anti-depressants appear to be the most effective, the art that Neanderthal man may have made, ketamine on the brain, and had you noticed that it's getting a bit cold lately?
This week Hannah and Andrew discuss the cherry red Tesla which is was shot into space, and we hear from Nicky Young about the earthquake we felt on Saturday, and from Dr. Michaela Musilová about what she's going to be up to for 8 months in an analogue of Mars.
If you'd like to hear more about the analogue of Mars you can find the rest of the interview here on The Cosmic Shed.
This week Malcolm, Juliana, and Hannah discuss the Cheddar man, how you can put plants to sleep with anaesthetic, the asteroid which is going to fly by, and Romeo the frog who cant find a mate.
This week Hannah and Malcolm are joined by Juliana to discuss three person babies, who's more likely to be bitten by a dog, how we can measure ice from space with lasers, and orcas who can talk like people.
This week we discussed tool use in crows, space graffiti, and heard from Professor David Newbold about the difference between Physics and Astronomy.
This week we have Ben Sykes on the show to talk about the Bloodhound Project which aims to get a car to 1000 mph.
We discuss the use of herbal medicine observed in Orang Utans, how alcohol can irreversibly damage your genome, the importance of sleep, and how citizen scientists have identified new planets through Zooniverse.
In the first show of the new year, Hannah and Malcolm recap their favourite stories from last year.
We revisit the incubation premature lambs in fluid-filled bags and the crash of Cassini, have an interview with Seth Shostak about the search for extra terrestrial life, and hear news about the bomb cyclone's effect on iguanas.
In the last show of 2017, Malcolm, Hannah and Andrew are joined by Juliana Cuccaro to discuss a whole host of science stories.
Alex Vail is a scientist come Cameraman who worked on the Blue Planet 2 series
We hear from the people behind the BBC's stunning Blue Planet 2 series as well as the man inside the Wookie...Chewbacca. Timon Singh, Joonas Suatamo (Chewbacca) and Andrew
Timon Singh, Chewbacca and Andrew
To hear more of those conversations, visit www.thecosmicshed.com
Show notes
Andrew also mentions this NASA article about 8 exoplanets which nearly match planets in Star Wars Thanks for joining us in 2017. See you in 2018.
Hannah, Malcolm and Andrew discuss a new Avatar therapy which is helping voice hearers and the neutrinos which actually do interact with our planet before we hear from Douglas Vakoch, an American search for extraterrestrial intelligence researcher, psychologist, and president of METI, a nonprofit research and educational organization devoted to transmitting intentional signals to extraterrestrial civilizations.
Doug tells us why he thinks we're safe enough to be calling out to potential alien civilisations and discusses the message METI have just sent out to a nearby solar system.
Andrew also catches up with geologist Leanne Staddon to discuss the interstellar asteroid Oumuamua and Leanne's own research looking at the earliest materials on Planet Earth.
We all then find a way to thank the spiders before John Ford pops in for a couple of things that happened on this day.
Malcolm, Hannah and Andrew dissect the latest science stories as controversial head transplants and gene editing hit the headlines.
Andrew tells us about his latest adventure bringing Andy Weir, author of the Martian to Bristol and we hear how having a dog is really good news if you live alone.
We also hear from Dr Dean Burnett, author of The Idiot Brain.
It wouldn't be Love and Science without some astronomy though so Andrew tells us about the latest attempts to contact alien life.
Malcolm and Andrew discuss the star that wouldn't die, a giant planet and hear from Prof James Hough OBE FRS.
Sheep that can recognise faces, Blue Planet 2, elastic bras and a whole host more crop up as John Ford pops in towards the end of the show.
Malcolm is joined by a host of guests for a packed show this week and we begin the show by discussing Nigel Lawson being wrong again.
We hear from Ian Jones of the LIGO collaboration on the new discovery of colliding Neutron Stars.
Malolm is joined by Robert Goddard and Jamini Thakrar for another delve through the science headlines.
On today's 'Love and Science' show - Andrew and Malcolm are joined by the Lightyear foundation - the charity that helps EVERY child get access to a good science education.
Robert Massey of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Lightyear Foundation, along with Katie Sparkes, CEO of the Lightyear Foundation with Malcolm and Andrew.
We hear from Astronomer Royal - Lord Rees. We find out where gold and silver come from (not locally apparently), why the lack of midges on your wind screen is a bad thing and why wolves get a bad rap.
Andrew also reports back from UWE's new Envirotron where Nicol Caplin took him on a tour of UWE's new, hi-tech installation.
All this and more on today's 'Love and Science',
Andrew and Hannah were joined by Tushna Commissariat from Physics World to discuss the Nobel Prize for Physics 2017, given to LIGO for the discovery of Gravitational Waves.
Here is a photo of LIGO, taken by Tushna herself on her trip there, which can read all about here
Photo credit: Tushna Commissariat.
We also talk about the controversy surrounding the Nobel Prize and the pseudoscience in the abortion debate.
Professor Ethan Siegel even pops in to explain why some stars appear to be older than the universe. Spoiler: They aren't.
Prof Ethan Siegel doesn't look like the image you had in your head, does he?
Credit for the illustration of gravitational waves above is Henze NASA.
Malcolm and Andrew were delighted to be joined by Dr Suzie Imber, a space scientist and winner of the wonderful BBC show Astronauts: Do you have what it takes? Andrew and Suzie chatted about the show and Suzie's research as well as Elon Musk's plans to colonise Mars.
With the discovery of graitational waves coming from two massive black holes hitting the news last week, Andrew and Malcolm were very fortunate to be joined by Professor Gabriela Gonzalez of the LIGO facility to talk about the significance of the discovery.
A fair few other science stories crop up before John Ford pops in to tell Malcolm and Andrew what they could have been talking about instead.
Malcolm and Hannah discuss the week's news as Andrew takes the day off to watch Star Trek.
Andrew, Hannah and Maddy take the helm to discuss Cassini, the end of the world, the science of genders, how do teeth grow and so much more in today's Love and Science
You can get tickets for Science Show off, featuring Maddy, on the Grain Barge here
Malcolm and Andrew are joined in the studio by Tim Gregory to discuss the wonderful BBC Two series Astronauts: Do you have what it takes which stars Tim.
As you can see from the picture, they had a wonderful time and you can listen to the resulting podcast here now. The podcast was recorded in the new BCFM studios and there was a small problem with the sound so we apologise for the slightly less than perfect audio but think you'll agree that Tim is worth it.
Tim, Andrew and Malcolm also discuss the awe of the wonderful Cassini mission and how dogs vote by sneezing...no really!
There's an alien moon outside our solar system, a moon with the possibility of alien life within our solar system and up to half the matter in our galaxy coming from supernova explosions in our galactic neighbours for Malcolm, Hannah and Andrew to explore in today's episode of Love and Science.
The Huygens probe snapped the above images of Saturn's Moon Titan.
Somehow, they also find time to discuss the hoped for return of crickets and the darkening of Greenland.
Finally, John Ford pops in to give us some interesting titbits that happened on this day in science history.
That's our last show for the summer. See you in September.
Malcom and Hannah return for another show packed full of science news and science chat.
We'll pop some proper notes for this here, later. We just wanted to you to have this for your ears sooner.
Malcolm is joined in the studio by Hannah Bestwick again to discuss the latest science news.
Andrew joins in briefly with Dr Sarah Tesh from the International Conference of Women in Physics to discuss the appointment of Jodie Whittaker to the role of Doctor Who
Malcolm and Hannah discuss the stunning new images of Jupiter's Red Spot, Dippy being replaced by a Blue Whale at the Natural History Museum and the pivotal moment for Butterflies
Malcolm and Andrew are joined in the studio by Hannah Bestwick to discuss a whole host of topics including a strange coincidence in the mass and alignment of exoplanets lurking in the Kepler data, birds making their own drumsticks to beat jungle beats and the chance for 10,000 citizens to go into space.
Sophie Pavelle joins live on the phone as she celebrates completing her 300 mile trek around the Cornish Coast for Sophie's Wild Cornwall.
Alice Whale also joins the show on the phone to tell us all about Tech Spark Uk and the SPARKies awards
Dame Evelyn Glennie, Hannah Peel and Michael Perreur Lloyd join Andrew for this week's Love and Science.
Michael tells us about his work on LISA and LISA Pathfinder as ESA give LISA the green light to hunt for gravitational waves in space.
Dame Evelyn Glennie tells us about what science means to her as she tours her new show Sounds of Science.
Hannah Peel joins Andrew for a chat about her work as a musicians inspired by science.
Sophie Pavelle give us an update on her travels round the coats of Cornwall and John Ford pops in to wish a couple of very important things a very happy birthday.
It's an interview packed show this week as Andrew, freshly back from the wonderful Cheltenham Science Festival, is joined by Professor Alice Roberts, former NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan, Philosopher, scientist and poet Professor Ray Tallis and Dr Lauren Gavaghan.
Up first is Prof Alice Roberts to answer our listener Lyra's question "How do we grow?" Alice also discuess the stunning new discovery of "The first of our kind". We also hear of the Professor's forthcoming book and book tour "Tamed".
Alice is followed swiftly by Ellen Stofan who tells us about her favourite mission (Cassini) and just what it takes to be Chief Scientist at NASA. If you're looking for Andrew from now on, he'll mostly be looking at NASA's NIAC pages.
Ellen Stofan's work has laid the way for humans to walk on Mars. On this show, Ellen is followed by Professor Raymond Tallis who shares his concerns about the way politicians misuse science
Ray Tallis also mentions Jeremy Hunt's plans for the NHS and is followed on the show by NHS constultant Dr Lauren Gavaghan.
Lauren tells us why she is fighting for the NHS.
Malcolm is joined by Ben Sykes to talk all about the Bloodhound SSC project.
Here's a film Ben made with several other students from the MSc in Science Communication at UWE all about the project.
In the film (and the screenshot above) you may well recognise Tay from the previous episode of Love and Science.
Malcolm also begins to express his dismay at Donald Trump's decision to pull out of the Paris Climate agreement.
Andrew was delighted to be joined in the studio by Tay Aziz who is a member of the Live Sciences team at At Bristol and is just beginning a project looking at perceptions of Women in Science.
Andrew and Tay discovered how we all don't see the world as it really is and actually prefer the fake version of reality to the real thing.
Andrew also catches up with the wonderful Dr Julie Dunne of Bristol University to explore how 10,000 years ago everyone on earth was Lactose Intolerant...
Peggy Whitsun goes on an unplanned Space Walk tomorrow and Andrew and Tay ponder that and much more about the night sky, includng NASA calling for ideas for a mission to Europa to look for alien life.
We also hear how Instagram has got a bad bit of PR recently with a study showing it is bad for young people's self esteem.
Malcolm and Andrew were delighted to be joined in the studio by Ailsa Nailsmith, a phd student researching Volcanoes and the risks associcated with them.
Ailsa told us all about her volcano Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala and vulcanism more widely and had us both enthralled.
Malcolm told us all about his recent trip to Bulgaria where he gave a talk all about the intersection between Religion and Science.
Andrew nearly falls off his chair with excitement several times as he tries to pick his highlights from the first findings of the Juno mission.
Jupiter's pole as photographed by NASA's wonderful Juno mission
John Ford pops in at the end for an on this day and tells us this is one of our best ever shows. We hope you agree.
Malcolm and Andrew are joined in the studio by Sophia Pavelle, Rachel Botrugno and Jamini Thakrar to discuss the origins of Mars, the awful fate of one of the UK's most precious creatures and much, much more.
Left to right: Malcolm, Andrew, Jamini, Rachel and Sophia.
Sophia tells us all about her 300 mile walk around the coats of Cornwall this summer to explore the wildlife and discover how social media can engage people with science and nature. You can find out more on her website.
Jamini and Rachel tell us all about Pint of Science including this rather unmissable opportunity to meet and hear from the man who has saved the lives and mental health of so many new born children. Get your tickets now.
We also chat about the effect of some pesticides on bees.
Andrew is joined in the studio by Harriet Croome as they discuss bird poaching with Chris Packham, Karsten Becker tells us about his plans to send two rovers to the Moon in 2018, hitching a ride on one of Elon Musk's rockets and Grace Mullally joins us to tell us all about a brand new exhibition exploring CRISPR technology coming to Bristol this week.
Karsten Becker is head of electronics at PTScientists who are sending two rovers to the Apollo 17 landing site next year. This is what they look like.
Chris Packham was talking to Andrew at the March for Science in Bristol
The SynBioExpo exhibition runs Tuesday 25th April to Saturday 29th April. Open 10am – 6pm daily. Admission is free. For more information visit their Facebook page or click on the image below.
Here is Alice Roberts on the "Hobbits" Homo floresiensis.
Malcolm and Andrew were delighted to be joined in the studio by three of Bristol's Pint of Science team (left to right: Jamie Thakra, Sharon Hook and Hanna Isotalus).
Pint of Science is a three day festival which comes to Bristol, along with several other places around the world, where science comes to the pub. We hear all about it. Get your tickets here now
We also talk about Mars losing its atmosphere, as revealed by NASA"s Maven mission and how we are missing a vaccine for Lyme's disease even though we actually have a vaccine for it!
Guests galore as Andrew tries to fill the void left by Malcolm. Luke Jerram tells us about his stunning artwork Museum of the Moon, Emeline Bolmont tells us about the tidal effects on and of the Trappist 1 planets and Andrew is joined in the studio by Maddy Nichols and Steve Bullock to discuss all that and much more.
Dinosaurs are reclassified, the waters on Mars are Tsunamis in one report and not the cause of streaks in another.
This handy graphic from the BBC explains the Dinosaur reclassification we talk about.
Malcolm and Andrew are joined by Dr Dean Burnett, author of Idiot Brain and the Brain Flapping blog on the Guardian website to discuss just how wrong Ben Carson was about the way the brain works in his speech this week.
The Boaty McBoatfaces (3 submarines looking into Climate Change) launch on their first mission and Malcolm and Andrew discuss the findings that Memory Palaces are scientifially demonstrated to boost your memory significantly.
There's also the news that Andrew's podcast The Cosmic Shed is up for an award. The Bristol Life Awards, in fact.
Malcolm and Andrew also consider whether Fast Radio Bursts could really be aliens and how our brains fill in the gaps of words when we don't actually hear them.
Michael Gillon is the lead scientist on the Trappist project which found the seven exoplanets orbiting the star Trappist 1, just 40 light years from Earth and we are thrilled to say that he joined us for this episode of Love and Science. He tells us just how they found those planets and what we might see in the sky if we were to be standing on the surface of one of them. Quite simply amazing. You can hear the full interview over on Andrew's other podcast The Cosmic Shed.
An update from MAVEN, NASA's Mars probe tells us how Mars lost its atmosphere and we hear from Sarah Moore of the Avon Wildlife Trust on the reasons for the delay in the government's Nature report and we also hear about how elephants sleep and Andrew wonders how they can remember so well without enough REM sleep.
Love and Science is a radio show on BCFM. Malcolm Love and Andrew Glester present an hour of fascinating facts, interviews and reviews from the world of science.
The podcast does not include any of the music from the original radio show. To hear that you need to tune in on Monday afternoons to BCFM on 93.2FM in Bristol or online here.
NASA announced the discovery of a treasure trove of planets and, in this show, Malcolm and Andrew try to contain their excitement as they discuss this amazing discovery.
The (relatively) newly discovered continent of Zealandia makes us ponder just what else is lurking in our oceans and we hear about the never endingly wonderful world of animals with birds feeling a sense of justice and bees playing golf.
Natural History filmmaker and star of BBC Two's Special Forces - Ultimate Hell Week, Katy Parrott joins Malcolm and Andrew to chat about natural history film making and what on earth possessed her to sign up for Ultimate Hell.
Dr Steve Wright is the second guest of the show and he joins in for a fascinating chat about drones, both racing and autonomous.
Besides all that, the de-extinction of mammoths edges closer, Space X have another successful launch and much more.
Malcolm consoles himself with the lack of Andrew in the studio by delving deep into the science news and the science behind the headlines.
Black Mirror and the link with bees, whales saving themselves and much more in this episode of Love and Science.
Malcolm is also joined on the phone by Dr Gabirelle Hogan-Brun to discuss her new book "Linguanomics. What is the Market Potential of Multilingualism?"
All that plus understanding how our planet formed and the fate of a star being sucked into a black hole.
Malcolm and Andrew were delighted to be joined in the studio by Professor Rich Pancost, Director of the Cabot Institute.
Richard told us all about the work he and the Cabot Institute do and joined us to discuss the immigration policy of bees, sending tiny space craft to (and stopping them at) at Alpha Centauri and what Trump and Brexit might mean for science.
A whole lot more came up in conversation in this episode of Love and Science.
Left to right: Malcolm, Professor Richard Pancost and Andrew
You can hear more of the good professor as he discusses Planet Earth 2 and the science thereof on Andrew's other podcast The Cosmic Shed.
Andrew was joined in the studio by Maddy Nichols, a nanoscientist from the University of Bristol for a look behind the science headlines.
Andrew mentions this stunning video of planets orbiting an alien star...from NASA, obviously as Andrew and Maddy discuss looking for atmospheres on exoplanets.
Maddy tells us how the world of science is feeling where she is right now with the way Donald Trump and Brexit are affecting things.
We also hear from New York Times Bestseller Rachel Ignotofsky on her book Women in Science and a whole lot more
Malcolm Love was not in the studio for this show but will be back next week.
Malcolm finds himself discussing the impact of Donald Trump on the world of Science and the science of whether we should eat toast. Beth Shapiro talks to Andrew about the possibility of cloning dinosaurs and Antony Poveda finds out how to see cosmic rays from the other side of the universe appearing in your pint glass. All that and a fair bit more in this episode of the Love and Science podcast.
More of the Beth Shapiro interview is available along with more on Cosmic Rays in the Jurassic World episode of Andrew's other podcast The Cosmic Shed.
Love and Science is a radio show on BCFM. Malcolm Love and Andrew Glester present an hour of fascinating facts, interviews and reviews from the world of science.
The podcast does not include any of the music from the original radio show. To hear that you need to tune in on Monday afternoons to BCFM on 93.2FM in Bristol or online here.
This is the very first podcast version of Love and Science.
Love and Science is a radio show on BCFM. Malcolm Love and Andrew Glester present an hour of fascinating facts, interviews and reviews from the world of science.
In this, the first episode of 2017, Malcolm and Andrew look forward to what looks like a promising year of science, including the end of the Cassini mission which has provided us with some amazing science and stunning images of Saturn like this.
The podcast does not include any of the music from the original radio show. To hear that you need to tune in on Monday afternoons to BCFM on 93.2FM in Bristol or online here.