Tag Archives: Tanguy Chouard

Of Mice and Flies

How do you make a fly with the same genes you use to make a mouse? It’s complicated. But that’s what Big Science is all about.

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Truth, Gödel and Science Fundamentalism

Science is all about truth, right? So anything that is true can be determined by science, right? Probably not. In this week’s episode, we discuss Gödel’s incompleteness theorems with mathematician Edmund Harriss, and explore what it means for science, truth and the Infinite Monkey Cage.

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Fukushima meltdown

In the light of events at the Fukushima nuclear plant following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, we discuss nuclear power and the implications of the unfolding situation.

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What does life know?

This week we start with the question, what does DNA know about the Universe? But, as usual, we don’t stay on topic for long, instead segueing into a much more interesting discussion of Sarah Palin, fruit flies and cancer.

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Proteins, the building blocks of life, part two

There’s more to life than DNA… much more. This week we continue our exploration of proteins, the true building blocks of life. How are they made? And what exactly do they do?

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Proteins, the building blocks of life, part one

This week we go beyond DNA to the real workhorses of life, proteins. How are they made? What do they do? And how do they interact to build a hedgehog?

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DNA, blueprint of life? Part Two

This week we continue to ask whether it’s meaningful to describe DNA as the blueprint of life. And if the blueprint isn’t in DNA where the hell is it?

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DNA, blueprint of life? Part One

This week we talk DNA, with Nature’s biological sciences editor, Tanguy Chouard. Is it really a blueprint? If not, why not?

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