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5 Live Science Podcast

Artificial platelets, Bonobos and a tribute to Peter Higgs

Apr 14, 2024
51:00

Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs.

In this week's episode….Scientists invent artificial platelets to help us clot blood better, why it might be time to reappraise the peace loving nature of Bonobos, why the moon apparently turned itself inside out in the past.

Plus as a special tribute to the revered British Scientist Peter Higgs who died this week aged 94, his friend Lyn Evans tells us about the 40 year search for the Higgs boson particle that provides some answers to life, the universe and everything…

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