Andrew Russell, a meteorologist at the University of Manchester, discusses weather forecasting, clouds and geo-engineering. He's planning a project at the Manchester Science festival to see if it really does rain more at weekends.
Guardian science correspondent Ian Sample joins us for the newsjam. We discuss the epigenome, which is a roadmap for genes, how cancer can be passed on in the womb, and we look back at Nasa's LCROSS mission.
Our religious affairs editor Riazat Butt visits a new monastery in North Yorkshire to look at its eco-friendly design.
Ahead of their performance at Sci-Fi London's Oktoberfest, comedians Steve Mould and Gemma Arrowsmith (Mould and Arrowsmith) come into the studio to tell us why science is funny.
We also take a look at some of the comments posted by listeners following the penisology podcast.
WARNING: contains strong language
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