They are joined by fly sceptic David Baddiel, fly enthusiast and champion Dr Erica McAlister and maggot expert Matthew Cobb to discover why a life without flies would be no life at all. Read about our approach to external linking. It's one of the hardest problems in neuroscience. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by mathematicians Hannah Fry and Alex Bellos, psychologist Richard Wiseman and games enthusiast Helen Zaltzman, to get their top tips for winning games and solving puzzles. More. They reveal whether the perfect crime or perfect criminal really exists and how we might spot them, and how the latest forensic techniques have transformed even decades old murder cases. Unfortunately for Ross, this turns out to mean actual rolling stones, rather than THE Rolling Stones. "The Universe: What Remains to Be Discovered?". With Professor Brian Cox and Robin Ince. On the way, they'll encounter the nature of consciousness, the secret messages hidden in pop songs, the problem of objectivity (it's subjective) and how time appears to warp. When spiritual healers and gurus talk about our own quantum energy and the power of quantum healing, is it simply a metaphor, or is there more to this esoteric branch of science that we could all learn from? Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined inside the Infinite Monkey Cage by rationalist comedian and musician Tim Minchin, science broadcaster and biologist Adam Rutherford and biochemist Professor Nick Lane to discuss the science of creation and the latest theories about the origins of life. It's the molecule our cells need, but is actually highly toxic to them, and is in the end what causes us to age. [8] The name is a reference to the infinite monkey theorem. Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of the hit science/comedy show. Brian Cox and Robin Ince invent Infinite Monkey Cluedo and try to plot the perfect crime. The science and politics of biodiversity and conservation, explored and explained (sort of) with the help of Sandy Knapp, Simon Watt and comedian Sara Pascoe. Brian Cox and Robin Ince find out about the materials that we couldnt live without. Copyright 2023 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover the importance of the night sky to human history and how our relationship with the stars has changed over the centuries. Physicist Brian Cox, comedian Robin Ince and guests return for more witty irreverent science chat. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Bridget Christie, neuroscientist Professor Penny Lewis and psychologist Richard Wiseman to explore the science of dreaming. Professor Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince return for a new series of the witty, irreverent science/comedy show. In the last of the current series, physicist Brian Cox and comedian Robin Ince look at the notion of perfection and whether the latest advances in the biomedical sciences could ever lead us to the perfect body. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian and author Danny Wallace, ornithologist Professor Tim Birkhead and marine biologist Helen Scales to look at animal intelligence. 4 editions. The Infinite Monkey Cage is a BBC Radio 4 comedy and popular science series. We hear what secrets the study of rock reveals about the very birth of our planet, to the incredible creatures that walked the Earth many millions of years ago, preserved in our ancient stones. Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover whether ageing could really be cured. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Katy Brand, Cosmologist Prof Carlos Frenk, and biologist Prof Matthew Cobb to discover how to make the seemingly invisible, visible. The panel look at how this new understanding is already leading to some real breakthroughs in treatment for diseases such as cancer, and Shappi reveals the crucial role she played in one such discovery. Brian Cox and Robin Ince apply mathematical thinking to everyday problems. Joining the panel are experts in what makes us chuckle, Prof Sophie Scott and Professor Richard Wiseman. They'll be asking why we sleep, is 8 hours really enough, and why has every creature on the planet evolved with some period of inactivity? Perhaps they arent deserving of their fierce reputation after all. This week's guests are psychologist and presenter of Radio 4's All in the Mind, Claudia Hammond, Neuroscientist Beau Lotto and the writer Alan Moore. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by comedian Dave Gorman, zoologist Tim Cockerill and forensic entomologist Amoret Whitaker. Review. Cox often ridicules chemistry, astrology and Creationists and occasionally returns to the subject of how and when a strawberry can be considered dead.[10]. This week on the Infinite Monkey Cage, Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedy producer John Lloyd, mathematician Colva Roney Dougal and writer Simon Singh, to explore the universality of mathematics, the nature of infinity and the role of numbers in everyday life. Brian Cox and Robin Ince find out about Australias scariest creatures: spiders. What are the limitations of science, and can we visualise a future where we transcend the human form that evolution has led us to, and would we want to? Series 24. Clockwise from top right: Brian Cox, Alice Roberts, Sarah Parcak, Sara Pascoe and Robin Ince The Infinite Monkey Cage is the perfect show on which to test out a virtual audience. Could it be however, as the panel discuss, that the reasons are not so very different, and that we are all closet mathematicians at heart? Brian Cox and Robin Ince will be joined on stage by some very special guests to look at the science behind some of our best loved magic tricks and illusions. They are joined on stage by Professor Sue Black from the University of Dundee, Dr Mark Spencer, a forensic botanist at the Natural History Museum and comedian Rufus Hound. Our ability to learn about phenomena and worlds that seem almost impossibly out of reach, now give us an incredible insight into the universe we occupy, and how we got here. Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover the limits of human endurance. They are joined by singer KT Tunstall and physicists Fay Dowker and Jeff Forshaw to discuss all things Quantum, in the most unlikely of places! They'll be asking why we seem to be so good at telling lies, but not very good at spotting them, and why being good liars could be the secret to our success as a social animal. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined on stage by "supervet" Noel Fitzpatrick, Dr Kevin Fong and comedian Lucy Beaumont to learn how to build a bionic human. Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of science/comedy chat. Brian Cox and Robin Ince apply mathematical thinking to everyday problems. From extraordinary life forms with incredible survival strategies, to the gruesome sex life of the angler fish, the panel discuss some of the greatest discoveries of the last few years, and what questions they still hope to answer. And when was the 'golden age' of TV science, if it ever existed? Since 2013, podcasts are longer than the broadcast episodes at around 45 minutes, frequently adding mild spats between Cox and Ince, and occasionally language unsuitable "for the 4:30pm school run slot". They discover how the humble cup of tea displays fundamental laws of nature that also govern our climate. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by hominids Alan Davies, Neanderthal expert and author Rebecca Wragg Sykes, and Paleontologist and Woolly Mammoth expert Tori Herridge and learn just how misunderstood our ancestors have been. Brian Cox and Robin Ince return for a new series of their multi-award winning science/comedy show. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Ross Noble, Professor Danielle Schreve and Professor Chris Stringer as they look at the tricky job of piecing together the history of modern humans and how we came to be here. Brian Cox and Robin Ince discover the limits of human endurance. Brian Cox and Robin Ince host a witty, irreverent look at the world through scientists' eyes. Brian Cox and Robin Ince mark the 200th anniversary of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Can you have a brain without a mind, and is the mind simply an unexpected consequence, an emergent property, of our highly evolved and sophisticated brain. As NASA's space shuttle program comes to a close, what does the future hold in terms of humans bid to leave the confines of earth, and what has human space travel provided in terms of scientific understanding back at home? Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Alan Davies as they delve inside the human brain. Sat, 24 Dec 2022. They discuss the real science of time travel, the tardis and why wormholes are inaccurately named (according to Ross!). Prof. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Tim Minchin, and deep sea explorers Diva . Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 6, 7, 8, and 9 as it's meant to be heard, narrated by Professor Brian Cox, Robin Ince. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by comedian Sara Pascoe to get a unique maths lesson. Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by Alan Davies as they delve inside the human brain. Why are people prepared to believe in magic and pseudoscience rather than empirical evidence, and does it matter? Brian Cox and Robin Ince find out about Australias scariest creatures: spiders. Occasionally accused of lack of balance by lovers of astrology and the supernatural, the unashamedly rational and evidence loving duo tackle the issue of balance head on. Read more. . Brian Cox and Robin Ince look back at Earth with some truly out of this world guests. Brian Cox and Robin Ince find out what science tells us about wine. Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined by comedian Helen Keen ("It is Rocket Science") and space medicine expert Dr Kevin Fong, to discuss the future of human space travel. The image of the lumbering, ape like, simple, grunting neanderthal has been turned on its head with the discovery that we are far more related to Neanderthals then we ever thought possible. What have modern-day explorers such as Diva and Jon discovered during their many expeditions to the deepest points of our oceans, and can they persuade Tim to join them on their next voyage? Brian Cox and Robin Ince invent Infinite Monkey Cluedo and try to plot the perfect crime. Which materials have made us human? Robin and Brian are joined on stage by the organiser of the Ig Nobels, Marc Abrahams, comedian Katy Brand and biologist Professor Matthew Cobb, from the University of Manchester, to ask whether all scientific exploration is valid, no matter how ridiculous it may seem at first glance, or whether there is genuinely something to be learned from observations that to many, may seem pointless. Our dreams have fascinated humans for millennia and then Freud came along and told us they really did mean something, and mostly they were about sex and anger. The panel also discuss how the court room has changed with the development of ever-more advanced forensic techniques, but also where the weakness in the science might lie. Science series Monkey Cage is a reference to the Infinite Monkey theorem was the 'golden '. 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