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Co-operation and cohesion

Social cohesion, cellular cohesion and glue. Science stories inspired by election news.

After the elections in Thailand and Turkey, we explore the forces that shape how you decide to vote. Clue: a lot of it comes down to us being social animals. We getting stuck into various sticky subjects – the glue that holds together animal societies, the cells in our bodies and even the International Space Station.

We also looking at how the blueprint of the human genome just got a whole load better. Also, join our mission to find the coolest science in the world, with the scientist who explores ocean gases. We have your correspondence and questions, including "How do birds know which perch will work?", and we take a peek inside a world of silicon as we hear how South Korea reacted to the global chip shortage.

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54 minutes

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Sun 21 May 2023 19:32GMT

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  • Thu 18 May 2023 09:06GMT
  • Thu 18 May 2023 23:06GMT
  • Sun 21 May 2023 00:06GMT
  • Sun 21 May 2023 19:06GMT
  • Sun 21 May 2023 19:32GMT

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