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Dr Chris Smith and the Naked Scientist team present the latest science news, analysis and breakthroughs. This week: New muscles on a chip technology goes into orbit to find new drugs to block the ravages of weightlessness and ageing, how artificial intelligence looks set to revolutionise how we forecast the weather, and scientists track down the brain pathway that controls the placebo effect. Plus an in-depth look at how athletes compete at the highest level as the Olympic Games get underway.

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  Titans of Science: Marc Abrahams

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  Titans of Science: David Baker

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  Titans of Science: Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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  A gaming special & The best of 2024

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  OCD, Obesity, and Dark Comets

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  Nuclear power, AI weather forecasts, and Do crabs feel pain?

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  The ambition to eliminate HIV transmission by 2030

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  Vampire bats, Leeches, and Diet-conscious spiders

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  Weight loss jabs, COP29, and Brainy birds

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  Smartphones, Black holes, and Pompeii

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  Election interference, Mpox, and A lost city

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  Cancer, Clock changes, Life on Jupiter?

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  Vegan diets, New forms of insulin, and Meteor origins

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  Brain injuries, Man-eating lions, and the Nobel Prize

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  Lockdown legacy, Brian Cox, Electric car espionage?

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  Fruity vapes, Ancient cheese, and Cancer vaccines