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Landing on the moon rocks | Adam Rutherford and Kevin Fong
The moon landings did not mark the end of our space dreams. Such exploration is our destiny – and inspires science careers"The moon landings marked not the beginning, but the end, of our space dreams,"...
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Science needs more Apollos | Kevin Fong
The Apollo project didn't just put men into space – it put vision and inspiration back into science. We need more of the sameHow did we allow "vision" and "inspiration" to become dirty words when...
View ArticleScience Weekly podcast: Obama aborts Nasa's moon mission; plus, is the MMR...
President Obama's latest budget proposals mean Nasa doesn't have enough money to go back to the moon. Kevin Fong from University College London discusses what this means for manned space travel. In the...
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How science became cool
The incredible ambition of the Large Hadron Collider has fired our imagination; physicists have become cult TV stars; dramatic new pictures from space grace a million computer screensavers. Is this a...
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To boldly go to a commercial space age | Kevin Fong
The space exploration paradigm has moved on since the days of Apollo. To make progress, Nasa must embrace private industryIt's not surprising that people are all bent out of shape over Obama's plans...
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The space shuttle programme was nothing short of miraculous | Kevin Fong
Nasa developed the space shuttle at a time when digital watches were still considered coolThe space shuttle programme drew to a close on Thursday as the wheels of Atlantis slowed to a stop at the...
View ArticleThe story of a single heartbeat - video | Affairs of the heart
In the first of four scientific tours of the heart, Prof Michael Shattock of King's College London tells the story of a single heartbeatMatt HallAlok JhaKevin Fong
View ArticleThe triumph of heart drugs – video
Kevin Fong talks to his former tutor, Prof Raymond MacAllister of University College Hospital, about drug treatments that reduce the number of heart attacks. They discuss the uncertainties that still...
View ArticleEmergency repairs – video
Prof Paul Riley of the University of Oxford explains his team's revolutionary approach to preventing heart failure in people who are at high risk of a heart attackAlok JhaMatt HallNoah Payne-FrankKevin...
View ArticleScience Weekly podcast: Your beating heart
Vastly superior to any artificial mechanical pump, a human heart beats without pause for an entire human lifetime and is exquisitely tuned to the body's changing needs from moment to moment. In this...
View ArticleHeart surgery on a knife edge – video | Affairs of the heart
Dr Kevin Fong talks to Dr Bruce Martin, an anaesthetist at University College London Hospital, about the hazards of keeping patients safely anaesthetised during heart surgeryKevin FongAlok JhaNoah...
View ArticleScience Weekly podcast: Transplants and the future of intensive care
This week, we're focusing on some pivotal stories from the history of science and medicine. First up are human-to-human transplants and intensive care medicine. These are among the greatest successes...
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Young coders: the experts' view
Three different views on why we need to be able to programKevin Fong: senior lecturer in physiology and TV presenterI remember the excitement of coding during the initial wave of PC technology – the...
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Nasa's voyage of Discovery | Kevin Fong
The grand era of exclusively federally funded space exploration is over. Nasa must now boldly go into public-private partnershipOn Tuesday 17 April, Space Shuttle Discovery took to the air one last...
View ArticleScience Weekly podcast: Dr Kevin Fong on the body under extremes
This week on the show we have a feature interview with Dr Kevin Fong on the publication of his new book Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body.Kevin is a practicing anesthetist,...
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Antibiotic resistance: why we must win the war against superbugs
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria kill far more people each year globally than terrorism. Why are we losing the battle against them, asks one doctorLast week, Dame Sally Davies, the chief medical officer...
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Mars or bust: a private mission to the red planet can take risks Nasa can't
Impossible it isn't, but the Inspiration Mars Foundation's proposed mission would run the risk of catastrophic failureWhen I first heard of the proposal, from the Inspiration Mars Foundation, that a...
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Coronavirus: how the lessons of Sars could save us today
Our best defence against a new coronavirus found in the Middle East rests on the quietly heroic work of health officials during the 2003 Sars outbreakScientists have in recent months been monitoring...
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To boldly go to a commercial space age | Kevin Fong
The space exploration paradigm has moved on since the days of Apollo. To make progress, Nasa must embrace private industryIt's not surprising that people are all bent out of shape over Obama's plans...
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The space shuttle programme was nothing short of miraculous | Kevin Fong
Nasa developed the space shuttle at a time when digital watches were still considered coolThe space shuttle programme drew to a close on Thursday as the wheels of Atlantis slowed to a stop at the...
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