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Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines. Each week, scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects

Material World: 07/07/2011

07/07/2011

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 07/07/2011

Quentin hears about krill, sensations at the Royal Society, and the science of body art.

Quentin Cooper hears how krill fertilise the ocean, visits the Royal Society's Summer exhibition to investigate sight, sound and smell and hears how science meets art.

This week, Quentin Cooper hears how krill fertilise the Southern Ocean. He visits the Royal Society's Summer Science exhibition to hear about hearing, see about seeing and smell rotten fish. And he hears how science meets art in a new exhibition in which the artist is his own canvas.

Producer Martin Redfern (BBC).

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