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Reindeer castration, plants get chatty and more quirky science revealed.
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Our hunt for perfect stillness takes us back to the early days of science and into space
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How Green Are Electric Vehicles?
The future is electric but are zero emission vehicles as clean as the manufacturers claim?
Is Hypnosis a Real Thing?
Can science explain what’s going on when someone is hypnotised?
What Shapes Our Musical Taste?
Why does one person’s heavenly music sound like boring noise to another?
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Will we run out of groundwater and what will happen if we do?
Do Plants Talk about Sex?
Plants do communicate, but what are they talking about? Sex seems a likely answer
Where Do All Our Vegetables Come From?
Have you ever seen a Brussels sprout growing in the wild? Neither has listener Pogo.
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