Kepler's Snowflakes

Philip Ball tells the story of Alexis Carrel, the French surgeon who worked to preserve life outside the body and create an immortal chicken heart in a dish. His quest was to renew ageing flesh, repair and rebuild our bodies and keep them healthy far beyond the usual human lifesp ...  Afficher plus

Philip Ball's story is of Ibn al-Haytham, the first scientist, and his book of optics that defined how we see. 

نسرد قصة اكتشاف كوكب أورانوس عن طريق الموسيقي وليام هرشل بعدما مسح السماء بتلسكوبه و فتح أعيننا على الكوكب السابع في المجموعة الشمسية ، ثم نتعرف على اهم التفاصيل العلمية للعملاق الثلجي. 

Il arrive que deux étoiles composent ce que les astronomes nomment un "système binaire". Dans certains cas, l'un des deux astres aspire la matière de l'autre. Il s'agit d'un phénomène de "vampirisme stellaire".

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For our holiday show, Neil and his comedian co-hosts discuss the constellations of the winter sky, the star of Bethlehem, and the physics of Santa. Seth MacFarlane and other special guests call in to comment on the science of the season.

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They've done it. It has taken them all year but Izzie Clarke and Dr Becky Smethurst have reached the final planet in our solar system; Neptune.Dr Leigh Fletcher from the University of Leicester is back to cover the basics of the planet and Carolyn Kennett, Chair of the Society fo ...  Afficher plus