
The Infinite Monkey Cage
BBC Radio 4
Categorias: Ciencia y Medicina
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Brian and Robin are joined by palaeontologist Dr Susie Maidment, evolutionary biologist Dr Tori Herridge and comedian Dave Gorman to pitch giant creatures against tiny creatures in their bid to avoid extinction. They explore the scale of life and ask why are some organisms large and some small and what is the optimum size for successful survival. From the prokaryotic cell to the grandest dinosaur, how does the modern synthesis explain the huge variation in scale, form and function. What are the advantages and disadvantages to being huge like the dinosaurs, or was it their size that really did them in, in the end?
New episodes released Wednesdays. If you're in the UK, listen to the newest episodes of The Infinite Monkey Cage first on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyF
Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem
Episodios anteriores
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197 - The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?) Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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196 - How I is AI? Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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195 - The Science of Coincidence Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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194 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Audience Favourites Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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193 - Octopuses! Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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192 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Infinity Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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191 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Being Human Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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190 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Oceans Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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189 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Building a Universe Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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188 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Strawberries Wed, 04 Oct 2023
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187 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Movies Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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186 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... Space Travel Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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185 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... The Apocalypse Wed, 13 Sep 2023
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184 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Supernatural Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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183 - Welcome to The Infinite Monkey's Guide To... Tue, 05 Sep 2023
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182 - Cosmic Dust Sat, 05 Aug 2023
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181 - Ancient DNA Secrets Sat, 29 Jul 2023
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180 - The Secret Life of Sharks Sat, 22 Jul 2023
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179 - The Magic of Mushrooms Sat, 15 Jul 2023
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178 - Bees v Wasps Sat, 08 Jul 2023
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177 - Supervolcanoes Sat, 01 Jul 2023
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176 - Are we what we eat? Sat, 24 Jun 2023
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175 - Magic Materials Sat, 25 Mar 2023
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174 - How Far Can the Human Body Go? Sat, 18 Mar 2023
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173 - How to Commit the Perfect Murder Sat, 11 Mar 2023
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172 - How to think like a mathematician Sat, 04 Mar 2023
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171 - Australia’s Scary Spiders Sat, 25 Feb 2023
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170 - Southern Skies Sat, 18 Feb 2023
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169 - Why does wine taste good? Sat, 24 Dec 2022
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168 - The Deep Space Network Sat, 17 Dec 2022
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167 - The Age of Conspiracy? Sat, 10 Dec 2022
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166 - Can we cure ageing? Sat, 03 Dec 2022
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165 - Hunting for Exoplanets Sat, 26 Nov 2022
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164 - Exploring our solar system Sat, 19 Nov 2022
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163 - What have we learnt from Covid? Sat, 12 Nov 2022
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162 - How to Teach Maths Sat, 03 Sep 2022
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161 - Brains Sat, 27 Aug 2022
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160 - Astronauts Sat, 20 Aug 2022
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159 - Black Holes Sat, 13 Aug 2022
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158 - The Wood Wide Web Sat, 06 Aug 2022
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157 - Exploring the Deep Sat, 30 Jul 2022
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156 - Bats v Flies Sat, 23 Jul 2022
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154 - What is Life? Mon, 20 Jul 2020
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152 - A History of Rock Mon, 15 Feb 2021
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151 - The Fundamentals of Reality Mon, 08 Feb 2021
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150 - The Science of Cooking Mon, 01 Feb 2021
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149 - Neanderthals Mon, 25 Jan 2021
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148 - Under our Night Sky Mon, 18 Jan 2021
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147 - In Praise of Flies Mon, 11 Jan 2021
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146 - Does Time Exist? Wed, 26 Aug 2020