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Radio 4,17 Nov 2011,30 mins

17/11/2011

Material World

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Quentin Cooper investigates risk, regulation and public understanding of geo-engineering; launch preparations for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory and the demise of Russia's Phobos Grunt mission; and a new volcanic island that may be rising from the Atlantic in the Canaries. Producer: Martin Redfern.

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