Podcasts Science Science On Top SoT 30: Plucky Little Cycads

SoT 30: Plucky Little Cycads

Published: Oct. 27, 2011, 11:58 a.m.

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Hosts:\\xa0Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, and Lucas Randall.

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A new way to turn adult cells into embryonic stem cells, Cycads not so ancient after all, nanotube fibres that twist and untwist could propel nanobots. Astronomers may have directly imaged a planet in the process of forming, the IQ of teenagers fluctuates, and the world\'s biggest virus: MEGAVIRUS.

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The book Penny mentions is\\xa0Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History, by Stephen Jay Gould.

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