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Little Atoms 272 – Tim Birkhead & Birdsense: What It’s Like to be a Bird

March 29, 2013

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Tim Birkhead is a professor at the University of Sheffield where he teaches animal behavior and the history of science. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and his research has taken him all over the world in the quest to understand the lives of birds. Tim has written many books, including Among […]

Little Atoms 271 – Podcaster Therapy – Shift Run Stop with Leila Johnston & Roo Reynolds

March 15, 2013

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This is the third in a series of Little Atoms interviews in which Neil Denny talks to the producers of podcasts he likes about why they do what they do. Call it podcaster therapy! Shift Run Stop is a comedy podcast presented by Leila Johnston and Roo Reynolds and full to the brim with games, geeks […]

Little Atoms 270 – Will Storr & The Heretics: Adventures with the Enemies of Science

March 8, 2013

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Will Storr is a longform journalist and novelist. His features have appeared in various publications, including Guardian Weekend, The Times Magazine, GQ, Marie Claire and the Sydney Morning Herald. He is a contributing editor at Esquire magazine. He has been named New Journalist of the Year and Feature Writer of the Year, and has won a […]

Little Atoms 269 – Ann Druyan: Voyager, Cosmos and Carl Sagan

March 1, 2013

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Ann Druyan is an author and television and film writer & producer whose work is largely concerned with the effects of science and technology on our civilization. She was co-writer with Carl Sagan and Steven Soter of the Emmy and Peabody Award winning television series COSMOS, and as the founder and CEO of COSMOS STUDIOS, she is currently working […]