Robin Ince chats to Nobel Prize winner Sir Paul Nurse about his thoughts on the UK's position on COVID-19, the possibility of life on Venus and his new book, What is Life? To hear an extended version of this interview, subscribe to our Patreon at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Andrea Sella and Saiful Islam to talk phosphine production, lithium batteries and acid spills...

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Yesterday's the Royal Astronomical Society said they had detected what they suspect to be phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus. After ruling out all the usual ways this was possible, they have said that it is either indicative of a new type of chemistry or, possibly, microbial life. This obviously generated a lot of questions from Shambles viewers so we've done a quick Q and A special to put some of those we've been sent in the last 12 hours to one of our regular Shambles experts, Prof Chris Lintott, astrophysicist and co-host of The Sky at Night. If you enjoyed this and would like to directly support what we do at the Cosmic Shambles Network visit patreon.com/cosmicshambles And go check out The Sky at Night special on the BBC iPlayer

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Susie Maidment and Paul Barrett to talk dinosaurs, dinosaurs and more dinosaurs!

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Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Chris Jackson and Tara Shine to talk the Earth, the sky and the sea... Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Katie Steckles and Sammie Buzzard to talk glaciers, anti-bubbles and homemade calculators...

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A Science Shambles - Book Shambles crossover episode as we returned (virtually) to the Royal Albert Hall. Robin Ince, Helen Czerski and Josie Long are joined by very special guest, astronaut Captain Samantha Cristoforetti. Samantha holds the record for the longest uninterrupted spaceflight by a European astronaut (199 days, 16 hours) and is also the first Italian woman in space. She chats with the Shambles crew about her time aboard the ISS and her new book, Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut. Later we're also joined by musical guest Tanita Tikaram for a couple of songs and a chat about why her songs are often taken to space! Watch the episode on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Katie Mack and Jen Gupta to talk black holes, the death of the Universe and solar radiation...

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Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Jon Butterworth and Brenna Hassett to talk plague teeth, LHC detritus and electric fish...

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Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm GMT on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Anil Seth and Ginny Smith to talk consciousness, brains and misfiring memories... Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles