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Science programme reporting on developments across the disciplines

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: 12/01/2012

12/01/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 12/01/2012

Teaching computer science, mapping dark matter, emerging pests and nasty noises.

Quentin Cooper reports on teaching computer science, mapping dark matter, emerging garden pests and amateur science to investigate nasty noises.

This week, as Education Secretary Michael Gove calls for better computer science in schools, Quentin looks at how cheap or open source software and hardware could help. Seeing the invisible: the most detailed map of dark matter in the universe has been unveiled at this weeks' meeting of the American Astronomical Society. Royal Horticultural Society reveals its list of the worst garden pests of 2011. And Adam Rutherford samples horrible sounds with So You Want To Be A Scientist finalist Izzy Thomlinson.

Producer: Martin Redfern, Victoria Kent.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

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