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In this edition: A new role in the UK Space Agency, making healthy transport decisions and finding out how we use animals in research.

The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's Science Communication MSc course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributions from our roaming reporters.

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– New research reveals which nations are the tallest in the world and we cheer on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø athletes competing at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

– Professor David Southwood, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø physicist, has been appointed the Chair of the Steering Committee for the UK Space Agency. He talks about his new role, building a UK spaceport, and the Tim Peake effect.

– A huge Europe-wide survey has already found that car drivers are on average four kilograms heavier than cyclists, so what do they hope to uncover as they recruit more volunteers in London?

– 51³Ô¹ÏÍø recently released its annual statistics on animal procedures in research. But what do these numbers really mean? We visit the facilities and talk to a researcher to find out.