In this week's show we ask, why bother with science? Our guest, teacher and filmmaker Alom Shaha, expresses his passion for the subject. He has been spreading the gospel of science through his website whyscience.co.uk where a host of fellow educators and scientists explain on camera why they think science is important.
In a recent blog on our site, Alom revealed why he decided to make a film that would help science teachers persuade their pupils to sit up and take notice. In the podcast, he tells us what he thinks about the way science is currently taught.
We also speak to a doctor who climbs Mount Everest in the name of medicine. Mike Grocott tells us about Xtreme Everest, a project by a team of doctors at University College London to study the effects of high altitude and low oxygen on the human body. The information will be used to improve the survival chances of intensive care patients.
We discuss the latest Guardian Science Book Club title The Strangest Man, by Graham Farmelo, on the peculiar life of quantum genius Paul Dirac. And finally, the newsjam reveals a machine that could put scientists out of business, chicks that can do arithmetic, and robots controlled by thought alone.
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