This week on Science Weekly with Ian Sample we meet Robbert Dijkgraaf to discuss the history and future of one of the great institutions that foster great ideas in science and philosophy, the Institute for Advanced Studies based in Princeton in the US. Dijkgraaf also talks about the importance of bringing leading scientists from different fields together under one roof and why breakthroughs in science often come from unexpected places.
To discuss some of this week's big science and environment stories, Ian is joined by Jessica Aldred, production editor on the Guardian environment desk, and Nicola Davis, commissioning editor of Observer Tech Monthly. The team discuss a recent report on the health of the Caribbean's coral reefs and why in little more the 20 years' time the reefs may be dead if action is not taken now. They also talk about the UK's first robot strategy report and how analysis of alleged yeti samples reveals plenty of dog hair but also DNA from a lost species of bear.
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