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We're joined by Dr. Jon Butterworth as we delve into two fascinating books he's written—Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small) World of Particle Physic and Most Wanted Particle: Inside the World's Biggest Experiment. In Atom Land, Jon guides us through the minute world of particle physics, explaining fundamental forces, quarks, and leptons. Most Wanted Particle explores the mission of the Large Hadron Collider, focusing on the quest to find the Higgs boson. Dr. Butterworth shares his involvement with the machine and the importance of basic research for technological and economic advancement.   About Dr. Jon Butterworth Dr. Jon Butterworth is a distinguished physicist with undergraduate and graduate degrees from Oxford University. He is a professor of physics at University College London and has served as the head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy. At CERN's Large Hadron Collider, Jon is the scientific adviser for the UK delegation. He received the Chadwick Medal in 2013 for his contributions to high-energy particle physics. In addition to his academic achievements, Jon is a prolific author and blogger, making complex scientific concepts accessible to a broader audience.     Show Highlights (2:00) What forces are and how they underly everything (8:47) What bosons are and how they fit into the Standard Model (11:33) The importance of symmetry in physics (13:40) Which concepts Dr. Butterworth found most difficult to present in Most Wanted Particle (16:39) The mission of the Large Hadron Collider (20:23) How scientists interpret data from the Large Hadron Collider with certainty (22:47) What makes the Higgs boson special (27:01) Why searching for the Higgs boson and other basic research is so important     Links Referenced Atom Land: A Guided Tour Through the Strange (and Impossibly Small) World of Particle Physics https://www.amazon.com/Atom-Land-Through-Impossibly-Particle/dp/1615193731/ Most Wanted Particle: Inside the World's Biggest Experiment https://www.amazon.com/Most-Wanted-Particle-Inside-Physics/dp/161519245X/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/robinsonerhardt Jon Butterworth is Professor of Physics in the Department of Physics & Astronomy at University College London, where he works on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider near Geneva, Switzerland. In this episode, Robinson and Jon discuss his work on the standard model of particle physics, it's connection to quantum theory, life at the LHC, the search for the Higgs Boson, and its role in physics as we know it and going forward. Jon's book on the Higgs boson is Most Wanted Particle: The Inside Story of the Hunt for the Higgs, the Heart of the Future of Physics (The Experiment, 2016). Most Wanted Particle: https://a.co/d/02B0H5C 00:00 Pre-Roll 00:16 Introduction 03:01 Jon's Interest in Physics 10:02 What Is the Standard Model of Particle Physics? 19:31 How Does Quantum Theory Fit into the Standard Model?  25:28 How Does the Large Hadron Collider Work?  44:39 On The Theory Behind the Higgs Boson  56:45 Is the Higgs Boson the God Particle? 58:50 How Does The Higgs Boson Work (For Dummies)? 01:02:22 Where Does Mass Come From in the Universe?  01:11:01 The Higgs Boson, Quantum Gravity, and Meta-Stability 01:25:28 Life at the LHC Robinson's Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/robinson-erhardt/support

How we achieve net zero is more than just a political or environmental decision. It is one that will have huge societal impacts. How we get our energy translates to how we move around, how we heat our homes. It's a reminder that the energy transition has many trade-offs, as we navigate achieving net zero while protecting the wellbeing of people and industry, especially during a cost-of-living crisis.  Might hydrogen be part of the answer? In this special podcast, The Spectator's economics editor Kate Andrews speaks with those working in government, NGOs, and industry about how to unlock this technology. She is joined by Chris Stark, Chief Executive of Climate Change Committee (CCC); Chris Skidmore MP, author of the government's net zero review; Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of Energy UK; and Jon Butterworth, CEO of National Gas.  This podcast is kindly sponsored by National Gas. 

The clocks have gone back and winter is fast approaching but despite calls for the Government to cut carbon emissions and hit net zero, the man running Britain's gas network says the country will need fossil fuels to prevent blackouts for decades to come. David & Michael are joined by Jon Butterworth, the Chief Executive Officer at National Gas.

Following the news that the windfall tax on oil and gas companies will be scrapped if wholesale costs fall below a certain level, Ian discusses the government's plans with David Waterhouse, chief executive of Offshore Energies UK, and National Gas chief executive Jon Butterworth.Vicky Pryce, independent member of the British Chamber of Commerce's new economic advisory council, talks about forecasts for UK GDP.Adobe's Anil Chakravarthy outlines what his company's doing with artificial intelligence, analyst Paolo Pescatore details why he thinks the merger between Vodafone and Three is taking so long, and Euronext's Stephane Boujnah discusses the challenges of operating stock exchanges in the EU.

Welcome Nashville-based drummer and educator Jon Butterworth! We had such a pleasure sitting down with Jon and learning his journey to Nashville from Berklee College of Music and LA. Jon has such a positive outlook on the community and is a true student of the instrument. He shares valuable insights from studying with Mike Mangini to healthy performance mindsets we can all use both on and off the gig. We hope you enjoy! This episode is sponsored by Music Lab Nashvillehttps://nashville.musiclab.coConnect with Jon:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/young_jon_butterworthFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/youngjonbutterworthMusic Featured in this Episode:“With Me” by Victory Worship Collective"Not My Own”  by Journey Worship Co“Needle in a Haystack” by Sweet Tea Trio------About Jon:Jon Butterworth is a Nashville-based freelance drummer and educator. Born and raised in Cape Elizabeth, ME, Jon started playing drums at the young age of 3. He moved to Boston to attend college at Boston University and the Berklee College of Music, where he earned undergraduate degrees in Music Education and both Drum set and Classical Performance while studying with world-class teachers. After college, Jon taught privately and at the collegiate level while playing in a variety of bands and as a session drummer around the Boston area for 6 years before moving to LA in 2014. After 5 years in LA, Jon was called to move to Nashville, where he currently resides as a touring drummer for artists such as Sarah Reeves, The Sweet Tea Trio, Sam Outlaw, Jacob Tolliver, Hollier, Jenna Rose, and Danny G, as well as a variety of touring worship artists.------Interview by: Dan Ainspan, Nathan SletnerRecorded October 2022 in Nashville, TNConnect with us:WebsiteInstagramFacebookRecorded at Diamond Sound Studios, Nashville, TNProduced by Jonas Litton, Wise CompanyPodcast Artwork: GENUINE CREATIVE ART ⓒ 2022 Nashville Drummers Podcast, LLC

Dr. Jon Butterworth is a Professor of Physics at University College London. He works on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN in Geneva. They are smashing particles together at extremely high energies and measuring what happens. Collecting data on these particle collisions provides information about the smallest and most basic components of our universe. Outside of science, Jon has two kids, and he spends most of his leisure time hanging out with them. He is also an avid writer and finds that writing is a good way to relax. At the same time, Jon enjoys activities like skiing and giving guitar performances. He received his B.A. in Physics and his Ph.D. in Particle Physics from the University of Oxford. Afterwards, Jon was hired by Pennsylvania State University to conduct postdoctoral research at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany before joining the faculty at UCL where he is today. John is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and recipient of their Chadwick Prize. He has also been awarded a Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society, an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, and a Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council Senior Research Fellowship. In addition, Jon is the author of the book Most Wanted Particle and author of a blog for The Guardian called Life and Physics. In this interview, Jon shares more about his journey through life and science.

Movember, moustaches, and mental health. We can't believe it's taken until our 11th episode to get the men of Pace on the show (it's taken this long to persuade them, let's be honest!). It only seems right that for Movember, we pass the mic to the boys for a necessary conversation about men's mental health. This month, we're joined by our very own Jon Butterworth (creative director), Dan Kemp (PR and social media executive), and Alex Chapple (designer), for an open and honest conversation about the M-word and what it means to them. The unwritten first rule of Men's club is famously, not to talk about it! But, in a post-lockdown world, where the number of men taking their own lives is at an all-time high, it's time to break the rules. What we mentioned: ‘Behind the Mask: My Autobiography' Book by Tyson Fury Resources: If you or anyone you know is struggling with any of the issues mentioned you can contact Samaritans for free on 116 123. To make a donation to the Movember cause or find out more about them click here. Get in touch pacecomms.co.uk hello@pacecomms.co.uk @pacecomms - Twitter & Instagram Pace Communications - Facebook

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 10am BST on our YouTube channel. This week Robin and Helen are joined by Prof Jon Butterworth and Dr Clara Nellist from CERN to talk protons, neutrons, electrons and polarised sunglasses. Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Wave or Particle? So in this episode we have the interesting job of trying to get to the bottom of the famous mystery of the Wave Particle duality, and seeing if along the way we can't bust a few myths about it. We're also aiming to better understand whether Quantum mechanics can or can't help us get closer to a complete theory of reality or not, and hopefully find out of it can give us some clues about how matter and consciousness are related. We're also going to trace the developments and discoveries in Quantum Theory throughout its relatively young 100 or so year history. So who better to speak to about all this than physicist Dr Jon Butterworth one of Britain's most experienced sub-atomic particle physicists and a professor who's much loved for his gift of making physics accessible. Jon was born in Manchester but is currently a Professor of Physics at UCL in London and he's worked for years a the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland. He tells the story their long search for the Higgs Boson particle at CERN In his book ‘Smashing Physics' if you're interested. He often speaks publicly about particle physics, with some brilliant talks that you can find on Your Tube at the Royal Institution, and he also appears regularly on TV including the BBC's Newsnight, Channel 4 and Al Jazeera. His new book ‘Atomland', which we'll be talking about came out in 2018. In this episode we discuss: 03:40 Jon's book Atomland and the history of quantum mechanical discoveries throughout the 20th Century 05:00 High Frequency and high energy corresponds to higher resolution and allows you to see smaller things 07:40 Particles which, until now cannot be broken down into any smaller components, they're provisionally fundamental 09:10 Gravity, space and time have still not been incorporated into the standard model of Quantum Mechanics 11:15 The Uncertainty Principle 17:40 The Wave Particle Duality Explained 22:30 Quantum Electro Dynamics, the Copenhagen interpretation and the inherent randomness in nature 28:20 James Clarke-Maxwell, Faraday, humility in the face of the unknown and different ideas of ‘clean' maths and explanations changing over time 31:00 The Many Worlds Interpretation 33:15 the division between observer and observed and wave function ‘collapse' 33:50 Schroedinger's Cat and the observer interfering in a system 41:00 The mathematical explanation of Quantum Field Theory; unpacking what we mean by waves and particles 42:20 Matter is energy 46:30 Working quantum level up rather than quantising down form the classical world 52:45 Jon's opinion on the implications of the Wave Particle Duality 54:30 Jon's response to famous quotes on consciousness by physicists 57:52 Wheeler's ‘participatory universe' and the things that are real are only definable relative to other things 59:30 Einstein's ‘Wave function of the universe' solution to the observer/observed paradox 1:02:30 Implications of Entanglement (See Episode #4 for the full episode on Entanglement and non-locality) References: Jon's book Atomland https://lifeandphysics.com/a-map-of-the-invisible/ Jon's Website www.lifeandphysics.com Jon's science blog on Cosmic Shambles https://cosmicshambles.com/words/blogs/jonbutterworth Jon's Book Smashing physics https://lifeandphysics.com/smashing-physics/ Jon's Youtube channel with all the Royal Institution talks and others: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcKio4sab2JCETsSAhy0Q6Q Richard Feynman's book QED https://www.amazon.co.uk/QED-Strange-Theory-Penguin-Science/dp/0140125051

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm BST on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Dr Becky Smethurst and Prof Jon Butterworth to talk about dark matter, colliding galaxies and penguin poo... Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm BST on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Jon Butterworth and Brenna Hassett to talk plague teeth, LHC detritus and electric fish... Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Hosted by Robin Ince and Dr Helen Czerski this episode of the Science Shambles podcast is an audio recording of our weekly Sunday Science Q and A show that goes out at 3pm BST on our YouTube channel. On this episode Robin and Helen are joined by Dr Hannah Fry and Prof Jon Butterworth to talk maths, physics and bubbles plus a chat with science author Kate Cunningham. This episode was originally broadcast as part of The Stay at Home Festival. Watch them on our YouTube channel at youtube.com/cosmicshambles and get bonus content and extended conversations with guests by subscribing at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Professor Jon Butterworth is a regular at many of our live shows and he's also written two top selling popular science books about physics, his latest, A Map of the Invisible, has recently come out in paperback. So he dropped by the studio to chat about it with Josie and Robin as well as climate change, where science meets politics, reading more fiction and Josie's update on Dark Matter. Support the show on Patreon at patreon.com/cosmicshambles

Media interest in particle physics and the Large Hadron Collider boosted Jon Butterworth's interest in public engagement, reports Julie Gould.Jon Butterworth developed a taste for public engagement after repeated media appearances related to his work on the ATLAS experiment, one of two Large Hadron Collider detectors at CERN, Europe’s particle-physics lab.Butterworth, a physics professor at University College London, describes life at CERN, and how it felt to be one of 5154 authors listed in the 2015 paper that produced the most precise estimate yet of the mass of the Higgs boson.As part of his public engagement activities, Butterworth was persuaded to auction an after-dinner lecture or school talk about the Higgs. The auction "lot" was part of a fundraising effort for his children's primary school in north London."Someone else at the school was Lady Gaga's designer and they brought along a pair of her boots," he tells Julie Gould. "My talk went for more than Lady Gaga's boots. I'm still doing it now. Interest hasn't died away."The key thing is you have to be genuinely excited about your project. We've lowered the bar so more physics stories get into the news."If you tell your mum and dad now that you're doing physics, you get kudos for it in the way you wouldn't have done before," he says.Tom Weller taught physics for eight years at a west London school following his second postdoc at Harvard University, a career change triggered in part by the enjoyment he derived from organising children's science parties. "They made me recognize how much I enjoyed explaining stuff that was fun and engaging," he says in the fourth episode of this six-part podcast series about physics careers. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For this episode we’re in the Faraway Forest at Latitude Festival with particle physicist Professor Jon Butterworth. Jon works on the Large Hadron Collider’s ATLAS experiment at CERN. Not sure what any of those things are? No problem! Jon describes them and his work brilliantly. In this episode Jon (Butterworth) and UNSA’s Director of Human Spaceflight (other) Jon Spooner talk about what particle physics even is why it is worth dedicating your life to physics Jon B’s 5 billion year old wedding ring what CERN, the Large Hadron Collider and the ATLAS experiment are what the Higgs Boson is what the most exciting words in science are what the High Luminosity Upgrade is what is dark energy and dark matter if you’re 10 now (or looking for a career change) how do you go about being part of finding out what dark matter is? … and Jon answers questions on: what his favourite particle is are there any other universes? how do you know you’re looking at the right things with the LHC? do you ever work with artists to come up with your weird ideas? Enjoy!   LINKS Jon on Twitter @jonmbutterworth Jon’s blog lifeandphysics.com BUY HIS BOOK Smashing Physics   CREDITS Presenters: Jon Spooner & Mini Jon Sound Engineer & Editor: Andy Wood Additional sound design: Elena Pena Music: Public Service Broadcasting Producers: Jon Spooner, Alice Massey, Sarah Webb for Unlimited Consultancy: Storythings Graphic Design: Lee Goater The Unlimited Space Agency and The Space Shed are projects of Unlimited Theatre

Hi! My name is Terry J. Aman and this installment marks my 34th episode of "VideoFuzzy," my twice-monthly progress report on cataloging more than 2,700 VHS transfers and digital recordings. In this installment, titled "Everything is Fine," I continue working through weirdnesses in my music collection, and my Friday Night Feature welcomes the first appearance of "Arrested Development" episodes in my catalog. In my classic VHS-to-DVD collection, I talked about Dana Delany and her curious collection of printed material regarding humanoid Cylons on "Battlestar Galactica." Heading into my current direct-to-DVD recordings, I caught a few movies including "Sausage Party" and "The Book of Life" on FX and "The Fifth Estate" on TNT, which I wasn't nearly so enthusiatic about as the film was for its subject, Julian Assange and the establishment of Wikileaks. "Preacher" closed out its third season, "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency" was a hoot, and as of this past week I've nearly finished watching Season 13 of "Supernatural," just in time for the 14th season premiere, set for next month. Nerd shows this week included the Science Channel presentation of The Lost Gospels, which generally were not "lost" so much as they were rejected and suppressed as heretical, as well as discussions on the internal structure of the sun and nuclear fusion from several different sources, including "How the Universe Works" on the Science Channel, The "In Our Time: Science" podcast put together by BBC Radio 4, and "The Most Wanted Particle" by Jon Butterworth, physicist and ATLAS project lead at CERN. Finally, in what I've been watching, I plowed through the first season disc set for "The Good Place" over Labor Day weekend, and am very much looking forward to watching the second season disc set ahead of the third season, premiering later this month on NBC.

First episode of six recorded live at Edinburgh Fringe, in this episode Robin chats to comedian and co-host of All Killa No Filla, Kiri Pritchard-McLean and comedian and DIY chef George Egg. They chat best books about serial killers, favourite cookery books, the precarious crossover of the two and home made Russian antennas. Support the show, and The Cosmic Shambles Network at patreon.com/bookshambles. Lots of great rewards including extended episodes. There's an extra 15 minutes of this chat for instance. And be sure to check out the launch our new blog network, featuring Robin, Dean Burnett, Helen Czerski, Jon Butterworth and more at cosmicshambles.com/blogs

It's been 8 years since the Large Hadron Collider went online and started smashing protons together at just below the speed of light. CERN announced this week that they're ready for a massive upgrade, and on Friday last week, there was a ceremony to break ground on what is being called the High luminosity LHC. Particle physicist Jon Butterworth from UCL discusses the next generation of particle accelerators that are undergoing early trials and what the newly announced upgrade means for particle physics. Medical surgeons routinely stitch or pin organs and blood vessels with needle and thread and secure medical devices like pacemakers with hooks. But what if you could just use glue? Material scientist Terry Steele from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore has devised Voltaglue, a flexible adhesive that works in wet environments by putting an electric current across an inert substance. He explains how this new kind of chemistry could revolutionise many medical procedures. This weekend Sir David Attenborough will reopen The Museum of Zoology at Cambridge University. It's undergone a five-year redevelopment, showcasing thousands of incredible specimens from across the animal kingdom, and exploring stories of conservation, extinction, survival, evolution and discovery. Adam Rutherford visits the new displays under the watchful eye of conservator Natalie Jones and zoologist and museum manager Jack Ashby. And Professor Tim Birkhead of the University of Sheffield discusses The Wonderful Mr Willughby - his fascinating new account of 17th century ornithologist Francis Willughby who together with the celebrated naturalist John Ray pioneered the way we think about birds in science. Producer Adrian Washbourne.

It's Part II of our end of year specials, but Part I of those we recorded backstage at the Hammersmith Apollo as part of the Compendium of Reason gigs. Guests on this episode include Sophie Ellis-Bextor, Ben Goldacre, Helen Czerski, Jon Butterworth, Steve Mould, Hannah Fry, Laura Kid and Steve Best with book recommendations from photography collections to graphic novels to expansive novels. Be sure to become a Patreon supporter of the show at patreon.com/bookshambles Lots of new perks and bonus content coming in 2018

30 years ago this week an explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear plant. A fire raged for 10 days, spewing radioactive materials on the surrounding area and was detected throughout much of a continent. Yet, so many decades on, why is it so difficult to accurately measure the impacts on human health? Richard Wakeford of the University of Manchester is an epidemiologist who has looked at the research done over the years, and he explains why making definitive connections between the Chernobyl explosion and long-term illnesses or premature deaths is so very difficult. In the last few days there have been reports that a drone hit a plane on its way into Heathrow. Investigators say there is so little evidence either way it is not possible to say whether it really was a drone, but either way, the story has raised concerns. BBC Inside science spoke to Dr Sue Wolfe of ARPAS, to find out how our increasingly crowded air space is regulated. And Adam goes drone flying with BBC innovations producer, Derrik Evans, to see how easy these things are to use. If the hum of drones is annoying, imagine the constant din of the rain forest, especially tricky if you're a cricket and you're trying to find a mate. We have a listen to the strategies they use to be heard above the cacophony in the company of Dr Tim Cockerill. Scientists at CERN have also been trying to sort out the wheat from the chaff, continuing their efforts to understand a blip in their data identified and scrutinised over the last few months. Jon Butterworth of UCL and CERN dons the Cloak of Speculation and talks about the possible implications for physics if it does indeed turn out to be a new, unpredicted, particle.

The first of three episodes of Little Atoms in association with the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. This week Neil Denny talks with shortlisted authors Jim Al-Khalili & Johnjoe Mcfadden, and Jon Butterworth. Professor Jim Al-Khalili, OBE is an academic, author and broadcaster. He is a leading theoretical physicist based at the […] See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The first of three episodes of Little Atoms in association with the 2015 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books. This week Neil Denny talks with shortlisted authors Jim Al-Khalili & Johnjoe Mcfadden, and Jon Butterworth. Professor Jim Al-Khalili, OBE is an academic, author and broadcaster. He is a leading theoretical physicist based at the […]

Dr. Jon Butterworth is a Professor of Physics and Head of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at University College London. He received his B.A. in Physics and his Ph.D. in Particle Physics from the University of Oxford. Afterwards, Jon was hired by Pennsylvania State University to conduct postdoctoral research at the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg, Germany before joining the faculty at UCL where he is today. John is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and recipient of their Chadwick Prize. He has also been awarded a Wolfson Research Merit Award from the Royal Society, an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, and a Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council Senior Research Fellowship. In addition, Jon is the author of the book Most Wanted Particle and author of a blog for The Guardian called Life and Physics. Jon is here with us today to tell us all about his journey through life and science.

The discovery of the Higgs boson was the culmination of the largest experiment ever run, the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. But what is a Higgs boson? How was it found? And what will the LHC do next?

Smashing. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Jon Butterworth about particle physics(!) [05:01 - 21:13], Indy rounds up the latest news [00:52-04:54] and we find out what we can see in the June night sky from Ian Morison and John Field [40:09 - 57:16].

Smashing. In the show this time, we talk to Prof. Jon Butterworth about particle physics(!) [05:01 - 21:13], Indy rounds up the latest news [00:52-04:54] and we find out what we can see in the June night sky from Ian Morison and John Field [40:09 - 57:16].

On Start the Week Allan Little grapples with super-symmetric particles, superstrings and multiverses with the help of Jon Butterworth. But the writer Jim Baggott dismisses many of the ideas of modern theoretical physics as mere fairy tales and fantasy. The sociologist Hilary Rose bemoans the commercialisation of biological sciences and warns against believing the hype. But the world-renowned stem cell scientist Stephen Minger believes recent developments show great promise for the treatments of many life-threatening diseases. Producer: Natalia Fernandez.

Our guest this week has been keeping a watchful eye on the Large Hadron Collider since it booted up again in March, but luckily he's very well-qualified. In fact, Jon is a Professor of Physics at UCL and via the ATLAS experiment, pushes the boundaries of so-called science over at CERN on a regular [...]