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Sue Armstrong – A Matter of Life and Death

May 28, 2010

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[display_podcast] Sue Armstrong is a science writer and broadcaster living in Edinburgh. As a foreign correspondent she worked for a variety of media including the New Scientist and BBC World Service. She has also undertaken a variety of assignments writing reports for the World Health Organisation and UNAIDS. Sue’s latest book is A Matter of Life […]

Martin Robbins – The Lay Scientist

May 21, 2010

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[display_podcast] Martin Robbins is a researcher and science writer. He currently works in R&D solving scientific problems for a small software company, and previously worked as an ecological modeller for the British Antarctic Survey. The common research theme in Martin’s career to date has been understanding complex systems in various domains. Martin is the proprietor […]

Philippe Legrain – Aftershock

May 14, 2010

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[display_podcast] Philippe Legrain is a journalist and writer, based in London but interested in the whole world. He is fascinated by how economics, politics and culture combine to form the big picture and how the world is coming together through globalisation while becoming ever more diverse through cultural mixing and individual choice. Philippe writes primarily […]