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In this edition: We discover 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's involvement in the IPCC, meet underfloor robots and explore the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø universe at the latest Fringe.

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

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– We discuss a huge study revealing a tenfold increase in child and adolescent obesity worldwide, a small trial using magic mushrooms to treat depression and finally uncovering the causes of trench foot.

– We talk to an 51³Ô¹ÏÍø academic who co-chairs one of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s , about how his two worlds overlap.

– We visit the factory where are being built – helpful robots that get into crevices under floorboards and spray insulation, making old homes more energy efficient.

– Fringe season is back! We commemorate the demise of Cassini with 51³Ô¹ÏÍø researchers investigating all things space.

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