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Radio 4,05 Aug 2010,30 mins

05/08/2010

Material World

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Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines. This week we're back discussing the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and how the leaking well will be permanently sealed. Quentin finds out how proteins can function without water and the science of snails - do they have a homing instinct? The producer is Ania Lichtarowicz.

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