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| | | Leading Edge brings you the latest news from the world of science. Geoff Watts celebrates discoveries as soon as they're being talked about - on the internet, in coffee rooms and bars; often before they're published in journals. And he gets to grips with not just the science, but with the controversies and conversation that surround it.
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This week on Leading Edge - birds in the city, diversity in our diet, a moon called Phoebe and making maths funny.
Phoebe fly-by
Little is known about Saturn's distant moon Phoebe. This rebellious satellite orbits Saturn in the wrong direction and at the wrong angle.
This week, the Cassini spacecraft is flying over Phoebe to get a closer look.
Science comedy
Comedy is not generally associated with science. But in this week's Leading Edge, we hear from the new wave of science comedians who are making jokes about life in the lab.
Urban birds
Geoff Watts joins David Bird from McGill University to talk about his research on pollution and its effect on birds of prey.
Plus how cities may be rearing a new kind of 'smart bird'.
Biodiversity and food
Emile Frison from theÌýInternational Plant Genetics Resources InstituteÌýexplains why eating a varied diet is not only good for you, but good for the planet too.
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