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The Breaking Science team explore how fish play an important role in the marine inorganic carbon cycle; how shiny crops could reduce global warming; how stress causes temporary attention problems; ...the development of wireless micrograbbers that have potential surgical applications; the discovery that finger ratios and testosterone levels predict long-term profitability in high frequency traders; and how rogue antibodies produced within joints themselves causes rheumatoid arthritis.Plus in 'Stuff and Non-Science', are daddy long-legs all that venomous?
The Breaking Science team explore how fish play an important role in the marine inorganic carbon cycle; how shiny crops could reduce global warming; how stress causes temporary attention problems; ...the development of wireless micrograbbers that have potential surgical applications; the discovery that finger ratios and testosterone levels predict long-term profitability in high frequency traders; and how rogue antibodies produced within joints themselves causes rheumatoid arthritis.Plus in 'Stuff and Non-Science', are daddy long-legs all that venomous?
| Series: | Breaking science |
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| First transmission date: | 2009-01-18 |
| Original broadcast channel: | BBC radio |
| Published: | 2009 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OU Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:25:00 |
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| Producer: | Diana O'Carroll |
| Presenter: | Chris Smith |
| Contributors: | Chris Smith; Helen Scales; John Coates; Constantino Pitzalis; Stuart Hine |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Production number: | AUDA752B |
| Available to public: | no |
