The Infinite Monkey Cage by BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4
Categories: Science & Medicine
Listen to the last episode:
Brian Cox, Robin Ince and their guests will send a shiver down your spine as they sift through the science on murder, and hear some of the more creative techniques scientists use to catch killers. Apparently rambling through brambles is a great way to find buried bodies at the edge of abandoned fields and entomologist Amoret Whitaker says she relies on flies and fleas to tell her whether a crime has been committed. According to criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw, we’ve all got it in us to bump someone off, but it isn’t just humans who have this homicidal intent. The zombie wasp paralyses her cockroach prey, then slowly eats it alive, and we also hear about the murderous mushrooms threatening unsuspecting worms.
New episodes will be released on Wednesdays. If you’re in the UK, listen to the full series on BBC Sounds: bbc.in/3K3JzyF
Producer: Marijke Peters Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem
Episodes featured: Series 26: The Perfect Murder Series 12: Forensic Science Series 16: Will Insects Inherit the Earth? Series 27: Bees v Wasps Series 27: The Magic of Mushrooms
Previous episodes
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207 - The Infinite Monkey's Guide To… Murder Wed, 27 Mar 2024
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206 - Higgs Boson Wed, 20 Mar 2024
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205 - Cats v Dogs Wed, 13 Mar 2024
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204 - Poison Wed, 06 Mar 2024
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203 - Asteroids Wed, 28 Feb 2024
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202 - Could it be magic? Wed, 21 Feb 2024
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201 - Egyptian Mummies Wed, 14 Feb 2024
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200 - The Monkeys meet The Sky at Night Wed, 20 Dec 2023
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199 - Jo Brand's Quantum World Wed, 13 Dec 2023
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198 - Hollywood in Space Wed, 06 Dec 2023
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197 - The Scale of Life (or were dinosaurs just too big?) Wed, 29 Nov 2023
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196 - How I is AI? Wed, 22 Nov 2023
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195 - The Science of Coincidence Tue, 14 Nov 2023
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194 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Audience Favourites Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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193 - Octopuses! Wed, 08 Nov 2023
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192 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Infinity Wed, 01 Nov 2023
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191 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Being Human Wed, 25 Oct 2023
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190 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Oceans Wed, 18 Oct 2023
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189 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Building a Universe Wed, 11 Oct 2023
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188 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... Strawberries Wed, 04 Oct 2023
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187 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Movies Wed, 27 Sep 2023
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186 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... Space Travel Wed, 20 Sep 2023
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185 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide To... The Apocalypse Wed, 13 Sep 2023
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184 - The Infinite Monkey’s Guide to... The Supernatural Wed, 06 Sep 2023
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183 - Welcome to The Infinite Monkey's Guide To... Tue, 05 Sep 2023
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182 - Cosmic Dust Sat, 05 Aug 2023
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181 - Ancient DNA Secrets Sat, 29 Jul 2023
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180 - The Secret Life of Sharks Sat, 22 Jul 2023
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179 - The Magic of Mushrooms Sat, 15 Jul 2023
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178 - Bees v Wasps Sat, 08 Jul 2023
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177 - Supervolcanoes Sat, 01 Jul 2023
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176 - Are we what we eat? Sat, 24 Jun 2023
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175 - Magic Materials Sat, 25 Mar 2023
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174 - How Far Can the Human Body Go? Sat, 18 Mar 2023
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173 - How to Commit the Perfect Murder Sat, 11 Mar 2023
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172 - How to think like a mathematician Sat, 04 Mar 2023
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171 - Australia’s Scary Spiders Sat, 25 Feb 2023
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170 - Southern Skies Sat, 18 Feb 2023
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169 - Why does wine taste good? Sat, 24 Dec 2022
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168 - The Deep Space Network Sat, 17 Dec 2022
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167 - The Age of Conspiracy? Sat, 10 Dec 2022
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166 - Can we cure ageing? Sat, 03 Dec 2022
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165 - Hunting for Exoplanets Sat, 26 Nov 2022
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164 - Exploring our solar system Sat, 19 Nov 2022
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163 - What have we learnt from Covid? Sat, 12 Nov 2022
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162 - How to Teach Maths Sat, 03 Sep 2022
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161 - Brains Sat, 27 Aug 2022
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160 - Astronauts Sat, 20 Aug 2022
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159 - Black Holes Sat, 13 Aug 2022
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158 - The Wood Wide Web Sat, 06 Aug 2022