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13/09/2012

Facebook influence is proved, an engineering award to rival the Nobel, Voyager 1 on its distant journey and East African botany described after 60 years' work. With Quentin Cooper.

Quentin Cooper presents his weekly digest of science in and behind the headlines. Material World this week is full of record breakers: an experiment involving 61 million people, an update on what is happening with the furthest-flung man-made object from Earth; the Voyager space craft, the largest botanical project ever completed - the Flora of Tropical East Africa and the biggest award for engineering - The Queen Elizabeth Prize.

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Mon 17 Sep 2012 21:00
BBC Radio 4

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  • Thu 13 Sep 2012 16:30
    BBC Radio 4
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    BBC Radio 4

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