This week on Science Weekly with Alok Jha, Mike Silverman discusses his autobiography Written in Blood, which traces his 30-plus years working in forensic science. Mike talks about the incredible advances in forensics and why this branch of science has become so vital to prosecuting crime.
As swathes of the UK remain under water after weeks of storms and flooding, Alok is joined by the head of the Guardian's environment desk, Damian Carrington, to discuss why this country has been so badly affected – and was seemingly so ill-prepared.
Finally, Alok is joined by Observer Tech Monthly commissioning editor Nicola Davis and Dr Emily Grossman, an expert in molecular biology and genetics, to discuss this week's science stories including the bacterial ecosystem in your gut – and how that can affect your health – and why Marius the giraffe had to be sacrificed for the greater good of giraffe-kind.
Emily is currently appearing on Sky1's new fact-based panel show, Duck Quacks Don't Echo, hosted by Lee Mack, which is being broadcast in the UK every Friday at 10pm.
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