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Re:The hammer-feather drop in the world’s biggest vacuum cha... by gadders on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @10:47AM (#8557082)
I agree. Have you ever tried listening to The Infinite Monkey Cage on BBC Radio 4? [1]

It's motto seems to be "Look at us! We're scientists but we're so wacky!!!111"

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00snr0w

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Re:The hammer-feather drop in the world’s biggest vacuum cha... by JonnieCache on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @10:51AM (#8557112)
Robin Ince certainly has a lot to answer for.

Ben Goldacre is the master of this style of science communication. Friendly and fun and enthusiastic, but in a way that appeals to both laymen and his peers. I suppose epidemiology is somewhat more human than astrophysics, so its easier.

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Re:The hammer-feather drop in the world’s biggest vacuum cha... by gadders on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @01:10PM (#8558038)
Frontiers [1] also on Radio 4 is good.

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qy5p

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