Science Of The Times

De: Tim Coulson And Syma Khalid
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  • Do you want to learn a little more about topical science findings? Do many of the science stories you hear leave you with unanswered questions? Syma and Tim will discuss in non-technical language and in a fun and engaging style, recently published science findings. Guests will be authors of these papers and will include some of the world’s most exciting scientists who are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge. Covering, among other things, artificial intelligence, the search for alien life, the latest treatments for diseases, quantum computers, the science of football and topics requested by listeners, the half hour episodes will leave listeners feeling a little more knowledgeable about cutting-edge science and how scientists make discoveries.
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  • Unravelling the secrets of our genes.
    Mar 11 2025

    Tim and Syma’s guests are Gordon Sanghera and Lakmal Jayasinghe of Oxford Nanopore Technologies. They discuss how their elegant technology is transforming the ease with which we can now learn what information is contained in our genes and how this is being used already in hospitals to detect for example, cancers in children. Gordon gives his vision of what might be achievable in the future.

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    49 m
  • Smart Male Fish Get The Girls!
    Mar 5 2025

    Later in this episode, Tim flies solo in the wake of Syma's imminent departure for duties on the west coast of the US!
    Tim's guests are Ivan Vinogradov and Michael Jennions, both of the Australian National University, and co-authors of the scientific paper 'Paternity analysis reveals sexual selection on cognitive performance in mosquitofish".

    It would appear that smarter male fish are more likely to mate and produce more offspring! How on earth could this be true?!!

    Join Tim, Ivan and Michael to find out.

    Link to the paper - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02645-3

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    31 m
  • Hello! Welcome to our new podcast.
    Feb 26 2025

    In this introductory episode, Syma and Tim introduce themselves and explain what subjects and ideas they hope to bring to their audience, and some of the things they will be covering in future episodes.

    Subscribe now for future episodes!

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    31 m

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