Alok Jha

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  Nasa's Curiosity rover finds water in Martian soil

  26 Sep 2013:

  Dirt sample reveals two pints of liquid water per cubic feet, not freely accessible but bound to other minerals in the soil

• Genetic modification proposed to save endangered species

  26 Sep 2013: Biologists suggest genes might be introduced even from other species to help survival in changing climatic conditions

• Science Weekly podcast: life beyond Earth – the search for habitable worlds

  Audio (45min 15sec), 23 Sep 2013:

  Astrophysicist Dr Athena Coustenis provides an update on the search for alien life. Plus, the new IPCC report on climate change, and what zebrafish are teaching us about genetics

• Stephen Hawking's big ideas ... made simple - video animation

  Video (2min 44sec), 19 Sep 2013:

  Learn about black holes, Hawking radiation, the big bang and creation of the universe in just two and a half minutes

• It's too soon to blame paracetamol for rising childhood asthma rates

  16 Sep 2013: Alok Jha: Research has so far failed to establish that paracetamol increases the severity of asthma symptoms in children

• Science Weekly podcast: Shooting badgers and 'hacking' the climate

  Audio (50min 02sec), 16 Sep 2013:

  As the UK badger cull gets under way, we discuss the methods and whether it's likely to work. Plus, geoengineering, Voyager 1 and epigenetics

• What are Maxwell's Equations?

  15 Sep 2013:

  Alok Jha: How a Scottish physicist formulated the equations that showed us how to electrify the world

• Met Office promises new tools to better understand global warming

  13 Sep 2013: Briefing sums up new techniques used to build climate models that will be included in forthcoming IPCC report

• Ig Nobel prize for discovery that opera is good for a mouse's heart

  13 Sep 2013:

  The Ig Nobels also recognised work on dung beetle navigation, walking on water, and predicting when cows will sit down

• Astronomer royal calls for 'Plan B' to prevent runaway climate change

  11 Sep 2013:

  Lord Rees appeals for research into geoengineering technologies in case efforts to curb carbon emissions fail

• Alcohol marketing in TV football should be restricted, say scientists

  11 Sep 2013:

  Study suggests football fans see around two references to alcohol brands every minute when they watch matches on TV

• Tech & Science Weekly podcast: untangling the web

  Audio (43min 55sec), 10 Sep 2013:

  Aleks Krotoski discusses her new book about how the web has turned our social and family lives inside-out, and what it has done to our privacy and our concept of celebrity

• Montana Duelling Dinosaurs could fetch $9m at auction

  9 Sep 2013: Fossil is remains of two dinosaurs – a herbivorous ceratopsian and a predator that may be a young T rex or a new species

• Alzheimer's may be linked to better hygiene, say scientists

  4 Sep 2013:

  Reduced contact with infectious agents might stall development of key elements of immune system, researchers suggest

• Brain-training video games may help reverse cognitive decline in old age

  4 Sep 2013:

  Older people who played a specially designed game improved their multitasking abilities, memory and attention

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