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The end of everything Astrophysicist Katie Mack on our cosmic fate

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The end of the universe

Will our universe collapse on itself,

rip itself apart or succumb to

an expanding bubble of doom,

asks astrophysicist Katie Mack.

Thursday 13 August at 6pm

BST/1pm EDT and on demand.

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What were the

Neanderthals really like?

Archaeologist Rebecca Wragg

Sykes reveals the fascinating story

of the Neanderthals, shedding

new light on their complex lives.

Thursday 27 August at 6pm

BST/ 1pm EDT and on demand.

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The hidden dark matter of our food;

NASA’s new search for life on Mars;

smallpox in the American civil war.

Plus: quadruple-stranded DNA

and a polystyrene-eating beetle.

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