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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: 02/02/2012

02/02/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Material World, 02/02/2012

Genome ethics, having friends takes brains, emotional art, and triggering an ice age.

Quentin Cooper discusses sharing genetic information, the link between brain size and how many friends you have, researching emotion in art, and what triggered the Little Ice Age.

Quentin Cooper discusses a survey of ethical attitudes to sharing genome information; why having many friends calls for a bigger brain; how the last of our So You Want to Be a Scientist finalists plans to study emotional responses to art; and how volcanic eruptions triggered a little ice age.

Producer: Martin Redfern.

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