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BBC Radio 4
Categorias: Ciencia y Medicina
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The James Webb Space Telescope is finally in business - what further treasures will it find? Also, the origins of the International Moratorium on Whaling, 40 years old this month. This week NASA invited President Joe Biden to help them publish the first of five images of full scientific value from the newest super telescope now operating a million miles away from us. It is capable of gazing as far deep into the sky as humans have ever gazed. That first image, an upgrade of one of the Hubble Telescope's "Deep Field" shots from some years ago, shows some of the oldest matter ever seen, including light distorted into smudges and whorls by the gravitational field of galaxies in line of sight from us, much nearer and younger than the light being bent around them. The other images show even more of what the telescope is capable of seeing. Dr. Stefanie Milam of Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland, US and BBC Science correspondent Jonathan Amos talk to Gaia about this new, exciting phase in astronomy. This month marks 40 years since the International Whaling Commission decided to pursue a moratorium on commercial whaling. Many whales are still struggling, but scientists have seen several species recover since then. The moratorium followed campaigning in the 1970s by such groups as Greenpeace, and even the commercial success of audio recordings of humpback whales, released by Drs. Roger and Katy Payne. Greenpeace co-founder Rex Weyler describes to Gaia the motivations behind the original Save the Whale campaign, and some of his memories of intercepting a Russian whaling ship in 1975. Since 1982, cetacean science has come a long way, and scientists know far more about whale's behaviour, vulnerabilities and interaction with ocean climate and ecosystems than we did back then. Dr. Asha De Vos of the University of Western Australia describes the science, including some recent findings on the continued perils of anthropogenic noise to these giants of the deep. Presenter Gaia Vince Assistant Producer Joleen Goffin Produced by Alex Mansfield
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471 - Deep Space and the Deep Sea - 40 years of the International Whaling Moratorium. Thu, 11 Aug 2022
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470 - Robotic Thumbs, Mending Bones with Magnets, and the State of Science this Summer Thu, 04 Aug 2022
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469 - 10 Years of the Higgs Boson Thu, 28 Jul 2022
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468 - Engineering Around Mercury, Science Festivals, and The Rise of The Mammals Thu, 21 Jul 2022
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467 - Inside Sentience Thu, 14 Jul 2022
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466 - Miscounting Carbon, EU Funding Stalemate, and How to Make a Royal Hologram Thu, 07 Jul 2022
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465 - A Reign of Science Thu, 30 Jun 2022
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464 - Monkeypox, Pompeii aDNA, and Elephant Mourning Videos Thu, 23 Jun 2022
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463 - Buried Mars Landers, Freezing Species, and Low-Tide Archaeology Thu, 16 Jun 2022
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462 - Running Rings Around Matter Thu, 09 Jun 2022
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461 - Precious Metals, Earlier Eggs, and Meaningful Meteorites Thu, 02 Jun 2022
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460 - The Ebb and Flow of the Tidal Power Revolution Thu, 26 May 2022
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459 - Building Better Engagement Thu, 19 May 2022
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458 - A Trip-Switch for Depression? Thu, 12 May 2022
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457 - Declining Data, Climate Deadlines and the Day the Dinosaurs Died Thu, 05 May 2022
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456 - How can the UK get to zero carbon? Thu, 28 Apr 2022
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455 - Racial inequality in UK science Thu, 21 Apr 2022
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454 - Global food security during Ukraine conflict Thu, 14 Apr 2022
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453 - High Seas treaty talks and discoveries from the deep Thu, 07 Apr 2022
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452 - Cyber frontlines in Ukraine Thu, 31 Mar 2022
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451 - Inside Science is now first on BBC Sounds Fri, 04 Mar 2022
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450 - World’s largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye Thu, 24 Feb 2022
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449 - COVID-19: Beginnings... and endings? Thu, 17 Feb 2022
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448 - Fusion energy smashes world record Thu, 10 Feb 2022
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447 - The Continuing Story of the Nuclear Waste Bill Thu, 03 Feb 2022
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446 - Predicting Long Covid, and the Global Toll of Antimicrobial Resistance Thu, 27 Jan 2022
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445 - The 'perfect' depth for a destructive eruption Thu, 20 Jan 2022
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444 - The Rutland ‘Sea Dragon’, An Astronomer's Christmas and some Animal Magic Thu, 13 Jan 2022
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443 - Deep ocean exploration Thu, 06 Jan 2022
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442 - A new space age? Thu, 30 Dec 2021
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441 - The Origin of Celtic Culture in Britain? Thu, 23 Dec 2021
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440 - The James Webb Space Telescope Thu, 16 Dec 2021
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439 - Initial Omicron Lab Data, Creative Naps, and Fishy Sounds. Thu, 09 Dec 2021
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438 - When Pandemics Collide Thu, 02 Dec 2021
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437 - Malaria: what's in it for the mosquito? Thu, 25 Nov 2021
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436 - Yet More Space Junk; COP-up or COP-out; The End of Bias. Thu, 18 Nov 2021
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435 - Propane: Keeping Your Cool as the World Warms Around You Thu, 11 Nov 2021
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434 - How Whales Farmed For Food, COP progress, and The Last Stargazers Thu, 04 Nov 2021
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433 - Atmospheric Pollutants and Where to Find Them Thu, 28 Oct 2021
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432 - The Possible Impact of false-negative PCR Tests Thu, 21 Oct 2021
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431 - Early Alzheimer's Alert Thu, 14 Oct 2021
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430 - Surprising choice for Nobel prizes in a pandemic? Thu, 07 Oct 2021
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429 - Covid vaccine boosters; why we don't have a tail; cassowary domestication; Royal Society Science book prize shortlist Thu, 30 Sep 2021
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428 - La Palma volcano; wind energy in the UK; origins of SARS-Cov2; Formula 1 safety Thu, 23 Sep 2021
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427 - Perseverance drills on Mars; space tourism; Australian fire debris and algal blooms; DNA vaccines against Covid Thu, 16 Sep 2021
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426 - Climate change and oil and gas exploration; cutting methane emissions; African wild dog populations; freezing eggs and sperm Thu, 09 Sep 2021
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425 - Rugby and the brain Thu, 02 Sep 2021
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424 - Window to solve pandemic origins closing Thu, 26 Aug 2021
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423 - Mammoth Journey Thu, 19 Aug 2021
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422 - IPCC report - extreme weather events Thu, 12 Aug 2021