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Kirsten’s in Russia, lots of science talked, and the Weird from Washington with Dr. Michael Stebbins.

the end of the world, viral warfare, gravity wave detectors, extreme organisms, anti-herpes corn ONE FROM THE ARCHIVES

Science and music: What is it about music that moves us? Why does it seem to be universal in humans? And what can science tell us about the hows and whys of our musical minds? Find out in this extended interview with music psychologist John Sloboda and Nature's Phil Ball.

It's 150 years since Darwin's theory of Evolution was presented to the Linnean Society, and so we've Naturally Selected the Science of Evolution! We find out why scientists have revisited a textbook example of natural selection in action, find out why horny sheep are gambling on good weather and how bacteria in the lab can evolve into a new species! We find out why tragedy almost kept Darwin's ideas from ever being seen, by looking at the archives of his own letters. Plus, why crocodiles chat from inside their eggs, a new way to send messages underwater and why Martian soil would be good for growing cabbages! And in kitchen science we find out which surface is best for keeping ice cool.

One hundred years after the Tunguska event in Siberia, scientists review what they've learned about the mysterious blast from the heavens.

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This summer, NASA engineers will try to realize a dream older than the Space Age itself: the deployment of a working solar sail in Earth orbit. The name of the device is NanoSail-D and it is scheduled for launch onboard a SpaceX Falcon 1 rocket as early as July 29, 2008.

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26 June: Explosive underwater volcanoes, the largest impact structure in the Solar System and why Darwin, not Wallace, became biology's biggest celebrity.

LHC Won’t Suck, Handy British Neandertals, Robo-Disco Attack!, End of the World, Jonathan Calls, Old Sand Clues, Bye-bye Birdie, Silly-Con, A Weighty Hormone, Squirrelly Sex, Croco Hears A Who, Crazy Ass Frogs, Chemical Similarities, Reducing Retardation, Hungry Hungry Black Hole, and Superplane!

In 1967, Surveyor 3 landed on the Moon. Two years later, Apollo astronauts visited the little unmanned spacecraft and brought pieces of it home to Earth. Now, a portion of Surveyor's robotic arm, the scoop it used to sample moondust, is teaching researchers some long-lost secrets.

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dinosaur cloning, solar sail regattas, Star Wars laser drones, and various NASA bashing ONE FROM THE ARCHIVES

19 June: A pair of not-so-identical twin stars, how McDonald's golden arches drive business and the genome club's newest member.

Meteoric Rise Of Life, Icy Mars, TWIWorld Robot Domination, Coffee, Coffee, Coffee!!!, How Much for the Kidney?, Eyes to the Brain, and The Weird From Washington w/ Dr. Michael Stebbins

Get Red Hot and Dirty with the Naked Scientists as we explore the science of volcanoes. We discover how the heat from hot rocks can be used to work out what gases are emerging, how likely a volcano is to erupt and whether it will go with a bang or a whimper. We also hear how hot runny rock can shatter under pressure to trigger an earthquake, and dip into the cooler, dirtier world of mud Volcanoes, like Lusi, which is currently pouring millions of gallons of mud onto the island of Java. Plus, we find out how a small date plant made history by being the oldest seed ever to germinate, why the paper of the future could be as tough as iron, and, in Kitchen Science, Ben and Dave provoke an eruption of their own!