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Podcast: Smashing atoms at the LHC, becoming a medic, and finding Arctic bees

Published: Oct. 19, 2022, 9:41 a.m.

In this edition: We discover the latest science at the Large Hadron Collider, meet a medical student, and help the BBC find bees in Lapland.

News: New health funding and Lates programme preview \u2013 We celebrate the Imperial Biomedical Research Centre receiving \xa395m to develop new treatments, technologies and diagnostics and branch into new areas, and look forward to the new Imperial Lates programme of science outreach events.

What\u2019s new at the Large Hadron Collider \u2013 We catch up with Dr Mitesh Patel to find out what the LHC has found so far, what it\u2019s still looking for, and what upgrades might allow researchers to discover.

Feeling like a scientist: the medical student \u2013 When does a scientist first start to feel like one? We continue our series exploring the careers of some of our scientists with Tani Akinmoladun, a medical student looking forward to applying science in a clinical setting.

Helping the BBC find bees in the Arctic \u2013 We hear about Dr Richard Gill\u2019s adventures in Lapland, helping the Frozen Planet II team tell the story of his research subjects: bumblebees.