Environmental scientist, Dr Iain MacDonald, tells Matilda all about Carbon Capture Storage and it's amazing potential to help combat global warming. We also have one of our tastiest experiments yet involving three different chocolate bars and milk! We're simulating carbon flow in rocks, promise.

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Matilda chats to Ilan Kelman about his work on disaster and risk in island communities, learns how to survive two weeks in the studio, and discovers that islands aren't always surrounded by water. Plus our weekly science news round-up!

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Today we are joined by Pankaj Chandak talking about some of the most recent advancements in transplant surgery. Think robots, 3D printing and organs living outside the body.

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1) AR Rahman - Bombay Theme

Natural History Museum curator Jeff Streicher takes us on a tour behind the scenes at the museum and talks about specimen collection, dissection and molecular biology with frogs, snakes and worm lizards abound.

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1) Chon - Waterslide

Today we are talking to Andrew Grieve Senior Air Quality Analyst at King's College. We talk about pollution across foggy London town and how we are measuring monitoring and improving the air across the city. Best enjoyed over a bowl of pea soup!

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1) Whitechapel - Blue Rose Code

Dr Sam Wass, a developmental psychologist from the Secret Life of 4 Year Olds, reveals what it's like to work on the show and the incredible insights it has given into the intense experience of being a child! He also shares his own research into stress and concentration in babies, the difference between a dandelion kid and an orchid kid, and tests whether Matilda's memory is affected by a loud noisy environment.

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This week we are joined by Alzheimer's Research UK fellow Selina Wray to talk about her exciting work trying to understand what are the causes and roots to possible treatment of Alzheimer's.

We are joined this week by Huntington's Researcher Dr Ed Wild. We talk causes, symptoms and some very exciting new therapies. We also find out how long is takes to fall through the earth, puzzle with us.

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1) They Might Be Giants - Mammal

We are joined this week by the electrifying Rhys Phillips to talk all about lightning. Rhys is a researcher from Airbus who tells us how it forms and what to do about it when it hits planes. We have our usual mix o' music chosen by Rhys, science news and facts galore.

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1) Snarky Puppy - Thing of Gold

The Simpson's might be one of the most successful TV shows ever written, but it's also the most mathematical! Science writer Simon Singh shares the in-jokes, hidden references and maths tributes from the show, as well as his own love of Fermat's infamous Last Theorem and why it's important to stretch young mathematicians. Plus we ponder the point of proofs and have a go at disproving the Collatz Conjecture.

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