31 May 2018: Boosting diversity in physics, and life after an asteroid impact

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🗓️ 30 May 2018

⏱️ 26 minutes

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This week, boosting diversity in physics graduate programs, and life’s recovery after a massive asteroid impact.

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0:00.0	Picture this. Static cars, idling engines, angry horns.
0:08.6	Now, picture you, zooming past it all.
0:13.8	Light and breezy.
0:16.2	Ah, the sweet feeling of whizzing past traffic.
0:20.8	Book your train journey via avantiwestcoastcoast.com.com.
0:25.1	Avanti West Coast.
0:27.1	Feel good travel.
0:32.1	It's an experiment.
0:37.5	Why is blight so far? Like, it sounds so simple. Nature in a experiment. We don't know yet.
0:38.5	Why is it like so far?
0:40.4	Like it sounds so simple.
0:41.7	They had no idea.
0:43.2	But now the data's...
0:44.3	I find this not only refreshing, but at some level astounding.
0:52.1	Nature.
0:58.4	Hello and welcome to the Nature podcast.
1:03.2	This week we're finding out about a project that's boosting diversity in physics.
1:08.3	Plus, life's recovery from a massive asteroid impact confounds expectations.
1:13.6	This is the nature podcast for the 31st of May 2018. I'm Adam Levy.
1:15.1	And I'm Charmany Bundell.
1:26.9	With the recent royal wedding here in the UK, there's been a lot of discussion about whether our society truly
1:28.2	is a meritocracy. In science, at least things are more clear cut than in the monarchy. Professorships
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