FT Science with Clive Cookson

By: Financial Times
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  • Financial Times Science is presented by Clive Cookson, covering every scientific perspective from biomedicine to space. FT Science is no longer being updated, so visit the FT science page for the latest science news.

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Episodes
  • Gardening, medical ethics, disclosure of information

    Gardening, medical ethics, disclosure of information
    Sep 20 2011
    In this week's podcast: We talk to the head of science at the Royal Horticultural Society about the science of gardening and about a new competition he has launched to encourage biodiversity in gardens, called The Big Wildlife Garden; we talk to Amy Gutmann, chair of the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, about an awful breach of ethics which involved US researchers in Guatemala infecting people with sexually transmitted diseases without their consent; and, Deborah Cohen reports for the BMJ on an unprecedented disclosure of product information by a medical technology company.Presented by Clive Cookson with Andrew Jack and Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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    20 mins
  • Live from the British Science Festival

    Live from the British Science Festival
    Sep 13 2011
    We are live from the British Science Festival in Bradford, for this week's podcast. Astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, President of the British Science Association, joins Clive Cookson and FT Science regular, Diana Garnham, to talk about her presidential address, on the theme of science and culture. She also talks about the influence of poetry in her life and reads a couple of poems.Nadia Ramlagan from AAAS reports on the love songs male hummingbirds make with their tail feathers to attract femalesPresented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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    14 mins
  • The scientific workforce and, is chocolate good for your health?

    The scientific workforce and, is chocolate good for your health?
    Sep 6 2011
    In this week's podcast: we review a report by the Science Council on the scientific workforce; we talk to Jonathan Wood, medical and scientific press officer for Oxford University, about his internship at the FT; and, Duncan Jarvies from the BMJ asks whether eating chocolate is really good for your health.Presented by Clive Cookson with Diana Garnham.Produced by LJ Filotrani

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    16 mins

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