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That's Mika's handwriting you see on the blackboards in the SGU

Andrew mentions The Asteroid Trillionaires

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Russell climbed on board the James Clarke Ross and headed South.

It's an action packed episode today as Russell Arnott reports back from his exciting science expedition to Antarctica on the RRS James Clarke Ross.

Russell had many adventures. Tune in to find out more.

The James Clarke Ross is a British Antarctic Survey ship and Russell was on board for a whole host of adventures including the saving of a baby dolphin.

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show notesThis episode of The Cosmic Shed podcast is being feature by the wonderful Festival of Nature 2020The Cosmic Shed is part of the Stimulus NetworkThe Cosmic Shed was named as one of the Guardian's Favourite podcasts and you can subscribe hereRussell Arnott is a friend of the shed and a Researcher in Phytoplankton

Professor Jim Al-Khalili makes some of our favourite science documentaries. He's professor of Theoretical Physics, Chair of Public Engagement in Science at the University of Surrey and now he's written a Science Fiction novel.

We're delighted to welcome him to this very special episode of The Cosmic Shed.

Jim Al-Khalili and our Andrew at Cheltenham Science Festival

Jim and Andrew were chatting at Cheltenham Science Festival in 2019.Listen by pressing play or download via your usual podcast app.

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Get your copy of Sun Fall by Jim Al-Khalili hereJim first joined us for our episode on Jurassic World way back in Episode 9 of The Cosmic Shed

Jim recommends The Three Body Problem bu Liu Cixin

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Are computer games really bad for us? Is Psychology in a bit of a mess? Who did Andrew meet at MCM ComicCon?

All these questions, and more, answered in this episode of the Cosmic Shed as we're joined by Dr Pete Eetchells, author of the wonderful book, Lost in a Good Game and researcher in the short and long term effect of video games.

Dr Pete Etchells and his wonderful book Lost in a Good Game.

Pete and Andrew discuss all things video games and we hear from some game developers including the people behind Eleven Eleven, a new way of storytelling in VR from Syfy.

We hear from the people developing the new Doctor Who VR game The Edge of Time and hear about the wonderful work being done by Special Effect, the charity who specialise in helping people with disabilities get gaming.

Aside from that, there are a surprise guest or two...

Special Effect design gaming set ups for disabled people to get them gaming - brilliant.

A packed and rather wonderful episode of the Cosmic Shed. We know what you're thinking...what about the Science Fiction?! Don't worry. We're the shed. It's in there. Just listen in.

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You can find out more about the wonderful Special Effect here, including how you can help them or vice versa

You can buy Pete's wonderful Lost in a Good Game Book here

Get your tickets for the next MCM Comic Con here

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Up from the deep, you know the rest. We're joined by Aardman's Tom Vincent to explore all things Godzilla ahead of the new film in cinema's and Ti and Tom's Godzilla-Geddon in Bristol on May 25th.

Ti and Tom in The Cosmic Shed

We also hear from Dr Olivier Lambert, the co-author on the paper on the discovery of a Four Legged Whale with teeth. Yes, really. It was discovered just off the coast of Peru and dates back some 50 million years.

Godzilla and the Four Legged Whale with big teeth

Settle in, it's time for Godzilla and The Cosmic Shed. Listen in the usual way you listen to podcasts or press play on this page.

show notesGet your tickets for Godzilla-geddon here

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It's Star Wars Day, May the 4th, and we're joined by Mark O'Connell, author of the wonderful book Watching Skies: Star Wars, Spielberg and Us.

Mark is, like our Ti, an author and the two of them sat down to discuss all things Star Wars and 80s nostalgia for this special Star Wars Day episode of the Cosmic Shed.

Pop on your Walkman, press play on the tape and go for a bike ride through the golden era of American cinema.

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You can get your own copy of Watching Skies hereYou can get your own copy of Ti's book Born to be Bad hereOur episode featuring Joonas Suatamo (Chewbacca) is here Our episode featuring Zach Galligan (Gremlins) is hereOur episode on the Physics of Star Wars is hereOur episode featuring Cavan Scott (Star Wars author) is here C3PO is played (in this episode of the podcast) by Alfie WearnOur episode on some rather interesting Star Wars research is hereOur episode on Ready Player One is here

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We're joined by neuroscientist Dr Felicity Inkpen as we delve into Michel Gondry's 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Can we remove memories? Should we? Would we?

Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Andrew, Maddy and Steve gathered with Dr Felicity Inkpen in the shed and this fun and fascinating chat ensued. Happily, it's now a podcast so you can listen to it and no unethical company can remove it from your mind.

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Dr Felicity Inkpen is a Physicist turned neuroscientist and an artist.

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It's not mentioned in the episode but Dr Felicity Inkpen is also an artist

You can hear our episode on PIXAR's Inside Out here

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Robert Llewellyn (Red Dwarf, Fully Charged, Science Fiction author, Scrapheap Challenge, Carpool) joins Andrew ahead of the Fully Charged Live event at Silverstone (June 7-9, 2019).

Andrew and Robert have a wide ranging chat all the way from Red Dwarf, through to the wonderful News From Trilogy and, of course, electric cars.Download, press play or head over to wherever you subscribe to us from to listen now.

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You can get your tickets for Fully Charged Live here

The Cosmic Shed is part of The Stimulus Network

Robert's Science Fiction Trilogy of novels are here

It's an action packed episode today as Russell Arnott reports back from his exciting science expedition to Antarctica on the RRS James Clarke Ross.

The James Clarke Ross is a British Antarctic Survey ship and Russell was on board for a whole host of adventures including the saving of a baby dolphin.

show notes

The Cosmic Shed is now part of The Stimulus NetworkRussell Arnott is a friend of the shed and a Researcher in Phytoplankton

There were so many ways this episode could have gone. We explore the wonderful Spider-man into the Spider-verse and the science of multi-verses.

Miles Morales is Spider Man

Ti and Andrew are joined by Professor Jo Dunkley, professor of Physics and Astrophysics at Princeton University and try not to get too tangled up in her  research into the Cosmic Microwave Background or caught in the discussion about Dark Matter before we end up wondering if we really can spark a whole new universe just by typing this word instead of this one.

Professor Jo Dunkley authored Our Universe.

Ben also pops in for a poem. In other words, it's a brand new episode of The Cosmic Shed and it's about Spider-Man.

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You can explore more of these wonderful discoveries and ideas in Jo's book: Our Universe - An Astronomer's Guide

You can see Ti's appearance on Who wants to be a Millionaire here

You can see Donald Glover on Spider-Man here