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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
James Randerson

Science Weekly: the Science of Flirting

Prepare thyself for another helping of Science Weekly -- this week, a mix of love, sex, death, and everything in between.

James Randerson's in the hotseat, with able deputies Bobbie Johnson, Nell Boase, and producer Ben Green also offering opinions and occasionally dazzling insight on the week's science news.

As we approach Valentines day, cultural anthropologist Jean Smith talks to us about the science of flirting. She's spent most of the last decade travelling around the world researching the ways people from different cultures and nationalities interact. Jean also runs walking and flirting tours of London if you feel like you need a helping hand in that department. Don't forget to post your most cringeworthy chat up lines -- given or received! -- on the blog below.

We also tackle the NASA love triangle, the brain scanning technique that can almost read your mind, and, rather more seriously, we ask what right archaeologists have digging up bones that are thousands of years old.

Still need convincing that this is half-an-hour well spent? Troubadour physicist Jonny Berliner returns to the pod with another exlusive performance - hear more at MySpace.

It's our (sort of) Valentine's Day special, people. Enjoy.

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