| A Good Science Read: Metabolism |
Professor Tim Coulsen and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss Burn: the Misunderstood Science of Metabolism by Herman Pontzer and Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death by Nick Lane. |
Frances Ashcroft, Tim Coulsen |
4 March, 2025 |
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| A Good Science Read: 'The Fly Trap' and 'As If Human: AI and Artificial Intelligence' |
Professor Sir Charles Godfray and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss The Fly Trap by Fredrik Sjöberg and As if Human: AI and Artificial Intelligence by Neil Shadbolt and Roger Hampson. |
Charles Godfray |
24 January, 2025 |
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| A Good Science Read: Why Sex Matters |
Professor Russell Foster and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley and Dr Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation by Olivia Judson. |
Russell Foster, Frances Ashcroft |
15 October, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: A Walk on the Wild Side |
Professor Richard Fortey joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake and Wilding by Isabella Tree. |
Richard Fortey, Frances Ashcroft |
15 October, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: On the Origin of Modern Humans |
Professor Chris Miller and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss 'Who We Are and How We Got Here' by the Harvard geneticist David Reich. |
Chris Miller, Frances Ashcroft |
15 October, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: How everything works |
Dr Roger Highfield joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Pain: A Ladybird Expert book by Irene Tracey and A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson. |
Frances Ashcroft, Roger Highfield |
14 May, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: How humans changed the landscape and ourselves |
Professor Peter Burge joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Dust: The Modern World in a Trillion Particles by Jay Owens and The Species that Changed Itself or How prosperity reshaped humanity by Edwin Gale. |
Frances Ashcroft, Peter Burge |
30 April, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: Evolution - from Fossils to Finches |
Professor Paul Smith and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss Wonderful Life by Stephen Jay Gould and The Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner. |
Frances Ashcroft, Paul Smith |
16 April, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: The Secret Life of the Cuckoo |
Professor Richard Boyd joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss Cuckoo - Cheating by Nature by Nick Davies. |
Frances Ashcroft, Richard Boyd |
1 April, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: The importance of Mathematics and Engineering |
Professor Marcus du Sautoy joins Professor Frances Ashcroft to discuss A Mathematician’s Apology by GH Hardy and Exactly: How Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester. |
Frances Ashcroft, Marcus du Sautoy |
18 March, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read: The Story of Penicillin |
Professor Matthew Freeman and Professor Frances Ashcroft discuss "The Mould in Dr Florey's Coat" by Eric Lax |
Frances Ashcroft, Matthew Freeman |
4 March, 2024 |
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| A Good Science Read |
Professor Frances Ashcroft gives a short introduction to this exciting new series |
Frances Ashcroft |
27 February, 2024 |
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