Robin Murphy, senior lecturer from the Institute of Behavioural Neuroscience at University College London, joins the pod to discuss rule learning in rats and how that challenges what we think about the human brain.
In the Newsjam, we explore life on Mars, stem cells, clear skies across Europe and Victorian novels.
As ever, science correspondent Ian Sample lends his wisdom.
James Randerson goes behind the scenes at the Jodrell Bank Observatory, home of Britain's biggest radio telescope. Listen to an extended version in the latest Science Weekly Extra podcast.
WARNING: contains strong language.
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