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Question & Answer Christmas Special

Quentin Cooper invites a panel of experts to answer science questions from listeners.

• 30 mins

Global Science

Quentin Cooper is joined by a panel to discuss the role of science in our world.

• 30 mins

Vindolanda Texts - Deep Tropical Ocean Kelvin Waves

Quentin Cooper reports on a new technique which is shedding light on life in Roman times.

• 30 mins

XEUS: A New Space X-Ray Telescope - Plant Disease Immunisation

Quentin Cooper, Gary Lyon and John Lucas discuss how to protect plants from viruses.

• 30 mins

Talking Bacteria - Self Healing Materials

Quentin Cooper investigates the complex chemical language used by bacteria.

• 30 mins

Systems Biology - Anthropocene Era

Quentin Cooper investigates the science of systems biology.

• 30 mins

Fossil Colourisation - Symmetry

Quentin Cooper explores how fossils reveal information about dinosaurs' skin colourings.

• 30 mins

Cosmic String - Antarctic Volcanoes

Quentin Cooper learns about an Antarctic volcano which erupted more than 2,000 years ago.

• 30 mins

Solar Panel Technology - Gravitational Lenses

Quentin Cooper investigates solar power and how it can most effectively be utilised.

• 30 mins

Fungi Exploitation - Electron Microscopes

Quentin Cooper explores incredible advances in microscope technology.

• 30 mins

Animal Robots - Plate Tectonics

Sue Nelson explores the world of animal robots.

• 30 mins

Smart Holograms - Batteries of the Future

Sue Nelson investigates research into a new generation of lighter and cleaner batteries.

• 30 mins

75th Anniversary of Polythene - Sound Perception

Quentin Cooper investigates research into how the brain processes complex sounds.

• 26 mins

HECToR The Supercomputer - Skin Cancer

Quentin Cooper investigates HECToR, Britain's new national supercomputer.

• 26 mins

Redefining the Kilogram - Mapping Membrane Proteins

Quentin Cooper investigates plans to redefine the standard measure of a kilogram.

• 26 mins

Humans and Crops - Rosalind Franklin

Quentin Cooper reveals how domesticated crops spread through Europe.

• 26 mins

Blood Brain Barrier - The Domesday Book and Dead Sea Scrolls

Quentin Cooper explores the Blood Brain Barrier.

• 26 mins

Designer Soils - Stealth Warships

Quentin Cooper explores new research into keeping warships and aircraft undetected.

• 26 mins

Tissue Engineering - Swarm Intelligence

Quentin Cooper explores how human tissues are being grown by using man made 'scaffolds'.

• 26 mins

Severn Barrage - Skeletons and TB

Quentin Cooper follows research into how the TB bacterium has evolved over the centuries.

• 26 mins

Predicting Natural Disasters - Forensic Engineering

Quentin Cooper reports on ingenious new techniques in the fight against crime.

• 26 mins

Science Vs the Rest of the World

Quentin Cooper talks to scientists at the Hay Literary Festival.

• 26 mins

Telescope - Randomness

Quentin Cooper looks at materials that can map decay in a child's teeth.

• 26 mins

Seaweed and Iodine - Kamchatka Forest

Quentin Cooper looks at the iodine content of seaweed and its connection to local weather.

• 26 mins

The Baby - Wonderland

Quentin Cooper celebrates the 60th anniversary of the modern computer.

• 26 mins

Parasite Adaptation - Fire Safety Engineering

Quentin Cooper explores the latest research into the sexual habits of the malaria parasite

• 26 mins

Bee Declines - Tungunska Fireball

Quentin Cooper investigates the huge fireball that exploded in June 1908 in Siberia.

• 26 mins

Metabolomics - Ocean Acidification

Quentin Cooper is joined by Julian Griffin to discuss the potential of metabolomics.

• 26 mins

The Art and Science of Science Fiction Writing - Medieval Mosaic Preservation

Diana Edwards and Quentin Cooper discuss restoration in Venice's Basilica di San Marco.

• 26 mins

Life on Mars - Sports Drug Testing Science

Quentin Cooper explores the possibility of past or future life on Mars.

• 26 mins