As the dust settles after the discovery of a Higgs-like boson, Guardian science correspondents Alok Jha and Ian Sample look to the future of the LHC.
Also on the pod agenda this week are the UK's announcement that all publicly funded research will be open access within two years, and the European Commission's endorsement of the principle of free access to such data.
Finally, we have an interview with synthetic biologist Craig Venter after his keynote speech to the Euroscience Open Forum 2012 in Dublin: What is life?
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