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BBC Inside Science: Scottish GM ban, Earth's magnetic field, OCD, Birth of a new galaxy

13/08/2015

Scottish GM ban, Earth's magnetic field, OCD, Birth of a new galaxy

BBC Radio 4 - BBC Inside Science, Scottish GM ban, Earth's magnetic field, OCD, Birth of a new galaxy

Scottish GM ban, the Earth's magnetic field, life with OCD, and how galaxies are born.

Science news with Adam Rutherford. Scotland bans GM crops, how to model the Earth's magnetic field, life with OCD, and new research reveals how galaxies are born.

As Scotland announces it ban on GM crops and with the current post of chief scientific adviser for Scotland vacant, Adam talks to the previous post holder, Professor Muffy Calder about the role of science advice to government and her reaction to news of the ban. The Earth's magnetic field is weakening which could be a sign that the magnetic poles are soon due to flip. Daniel Lathrop and team at Maryland University are trying to model the Earth's magnetic field using a large molten globe of sodium. Should we be worried if a flip is on the cards? Royal Society Winton book prize short-list: Science writer, David Adam, author of 'The Man Who Couldn't Stop' talks to Marnie Chesterton about his experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Adam hears about the birth of a new galaxy seen for the very first time. He talks to Chris Martin from Caltech about his latest galactic research published in Nature.

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