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HOME PLANET MISSED A PROGRAMME? Go to the Listen Again page PROGRAMME INFO Tuesday 15:00-15:30 Richard Daniel chairs the interactive environmental programme in which he and his guests deal with listeners' questions and concerns. Call 0370 010 0400 [email protected] Home Planet, PO Box 3096, Brighton BN1 1PL LISTEN AGAIN 30 min Listen to 22 July 2008 PRESENTER RICHARD DANIEL "Home Planet, the programme that tackles your queries about the world we inhabit and our interaction with it. From astronomy to geology, biology to environmental science. You set the agenda and our panel of scientists and conservationists come up with the answers." Richard Daniel PROGRAMME DETAILS Tuesday 22 July 2008 Panel This week's guests: Professor Philip Stott A Parliament of Things (essays) Richard Jones Ehsan Masood What could have caused a bee to be disorientated and unable to fly? A listener found a honey bee in her garden unable to fly and disorientated. She wanted to know what could have caused this and whether it might be related to colony collapse disorder. Two short articles on colony collapse disorder with links to further information. Colony Collapse Disorder (Mid-Atlantic Apiculture) Colony Collapse Disorder (Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services) An article describing the life cycle of the honey bee from the British Bee-Keeper's Association. Research suggesting that some honey bees become intoxicated by alcohol that comes from fermented nectar. A possible cause of bee disorientation from Ohio State University. The Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs web page on bee health. Do Solitary bees sting? There are around 20 species of bee in the UK, the vast majority of them solitary bees and a listener wanted to know whether they are able to sting. Identification and information on some of the UK's solitary bees (Moray Bee-Keepers). Who stands to gain from GM foods? The recent food shortages have lead to renewed calls for genetically modified crops to help increase yields. A listener wanted to know whether the claims made for GM crops stand up and who would profit from their use. This is a controversial topic with many different opinions, the links below reflect a few of these opinions. The Nuffield Council for Bioethics report on GM crops. Twenty questions on GM foods published by the WHO. The Royal Society's report on GM crops. The position of Greenpeace on GM crops. An article on the GM crop debate from BBC Correspondent Jeremy Cooke. A description of GM crops and foods and how they can be sold and marketed in the UK from the Food Standards Agency. What happens to a fly when it is swatted by not killed outright. Does it become unconscious in the same way as a human being? If you swat a fly but do not kill it outright it often remains unconscious for a while and then recovers. What is it about an insects nervous system that does this and is the mechanism similar to unconsciousness in human beings? A description of the insect nervous system (About.com). BBC Health article on concussion and its effects. Is mathematics truly infallible? A listener wrote in verse to ask why mathematics is considered the only infallible science. An article on the use of game theory, a branch of mathematics, to model ways in which human beings might cooperate to avert the problems of global warming. A large and comprehensive archive of the history of mathematics. An article on the BBC website on the use of computer models to help understand climate change. A description of the different types of computer models used in the study of weather and climate from the Meteorological Office's Hadley Centre. Contact Home Planet Send your comments and questions for future programmes to: Home Planet BBC Radio 4 PO Box 3096 Brighton BN1 1PL Or email the programme: [email protected] Or telephone the Audience Line 03700 100 400 Home Planet is a Pier Production and is produced by Toby Murcott. The personal information you provide will be held by the BBC and by Pier Productions Ltd, the independent production company which makes Home Planet. Your information will be used for the purpose of creating the Home Planet programme, and will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. For more details on how the BBC deals with your information, please see the BBC’s Privacy and Cookies Policy at http://www.bbc.co.uk/privacy Audio Help DON'T MISS HOME PLANET Current Programmes Previous Programmes Science, Nature & Environment Programmes Current Programmes Archived Programmes

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