Alison Smith from the University of Cambridge joins us to discuss what single-celled organisms can do to cure our addiction to oil. Oh, and perhaps help make vitamins and pharmaceuticals too. Here's a video of some of her work.
Two of Britain's scientific heavyweights get together for a chat about pre-Cambrian creatures, neotenous sea squirts and the larynxes of operatic sopranos. Richard Dawkins and David Attenborough shoot the breeze (and it's worth a listen just to hear that voice).
James Randerson and Ian Sample are in the studio to discuss the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the coalition government's proposals to cut science funding and how men should move if they wany to look irresistible on the dancefloor (and avoid looking like their dads). No, seriously.
Here are our new Guardian science blogs (as mentioned in the show):
The Lay Scientist by Martin Robbins
Life and Physics by Jon Butterworth
Punctuated Equilibrium by GrrlScientist
Political Science by Dr Evan Harris
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