Can Science Save Us?

The Infinite Monkey Cage

BBC

Comedy, Science

4.7 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2014

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Can Science Save Us?

Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by Stephen Fry, Eric Idle, chemist and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Sheffield University, Professor Tony Ryan, and University of London solar scientist, Dr Lucie Green, as they ask: "can science save us?" They'll be looking at some of the fantastic ideas at the very forefront of science and technology that are being looked at to help in tackling some of the biggest challenges facing our planet, from climate change, to feeding our ever expanding global population.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm Robin Inz.
0:01.4	And I'm Brian Cox.
0:02.4	And welcome to the podcast version of The Infant Monkey Cage,
0:05.3	which contains extra material that wasn't considered good enough for the radio.
0:09.2	Enjoy it.
0:10.2	Hello, I'm Robin Inz.
0:11.4	And I have read more deep-packed shopper than the man sitting next to me,
0:15.0	about two senses and one more tweet.
0:17.2	I'm Brian Cox, and I'm the least likely person on this show to say...
0:21.6	Quantum healing is healing the body mind from a quantum level.
0:24.8	A body is ultimately a field of information, intelligence and energy.
0:30.0	And yet, off air, that is all he goes on about.
0:32.4	The thing about morphic resonances, I realise that I am a new scientist.
0:37.0	I will see.
0:38.0	I will see.
0:39.0	The merely made from the memories of the atoms of Richard Feynman and I,
0:41.0	is at Newtons.
0:42.0	I will see.
0:43.0	I will see.
0:44.0	My dog knows when I'm coming home.
0:46.0	It can smell my timetay.
0:48.0	I will see.
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