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| | | Quentin Cooper reports on developments across the sciences. Each week scientists describe their work, conveying the excitement they feel for their research projects.
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|  | | | | "For me science isn't a subject, it's a perspective. There are fascinating scientific aspects to everything from ancient history to the latest gadgets, outer space to interior decorating; and each week on The Material World we try to reflect the excitement, ideas, uncertainties, collisions and collaborations as science continues its never-ending voyage into the unknown".
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|  | | | Exploring the ColourDome in Parliament Street, York |
The annual British Association Festival of Science is in York this week, and so is the Material World.
Quentin takes a whistle-stop tour around some of the many events and activities taking place in the city and around the university campus.
Karen Spencer from the University of Glasgow tells us what a babbling child has in common with an adolescent sparrow; York's David Howard shows us about the future of synthetic speech; Tim Wess from Cardiff describes how synchrotron radiation – very high quality electromagnetic rays – can be used in dating and preserving ancient parchment.
Quentin also meets ColourDome creator Peter Jones and Saxophonist Evan Parker.
NEXTWEEK: Pricing the virtual and real traffic on the internet and on our roads | | |
RELATED LINKS
The BA
University of York
Karen Spencer's BirdIdol game
David Howard
Tim Wess
York Minster Archives
Evan Parker on Wikipedia
BBC Science & Nature
BBC Radio 4 Science programmes
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