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Level Up Human

"Dragons Den for Nerds" Simon Watt and Rachel Wheeley invite academics to pitch good ideas for the human body.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/leveluphuman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/... Read more

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Level Up Human S2E9 - Snake skin

Level Up Human S2E9 - Snake skin

In the last of our Barbican centre recordings from November 2019, Simon and Rachel are souping up the homo sapien once a... Read more

25 Mar 2020

41mins

Ranked #2

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Level Up Human S2E8 - Uber Ovaries

Level Up Human S2E8 - Uber Ovaries

Simon and Rachel are souping up Homo sapiens once again, live at the Barbican Centre with guest experts: reproductive ph... Read more

11 Mar 2020

48mins

Ranked #3

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Level Up Human S2E5 - Poo-mail

Level Up Human S2E5 - Poo-mail

Simon and Rachel are live at the Bluedot festival. They are joined by geomicrobiologist, Sarah Jones, and Holly Shiels, ... Read more

29 Jan 2020

53mins

Ranked #4

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Level Up Human S2E4 - Human homing pigeon

Level Up Human S2E4 - Human homing pigeon

Simon and Rachel are joined by writer and computer scientist Dr. Kate Devlin and digital artist Eric Drass.Episode summa... Read more

4 Dec 2019

40mins

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Level Up Human S2E3 - 14 senses

Level Up Human S2E3 - 14 senses

Simon and Rachel are joined at the Barbican centre by renal-cardiovascular physiologist Keith Siew and evolutionary psyc... Read more

20 Nov 2019

43mins

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LUH Extra 13 - Lab Grown Meat

LUH Extra 13 - Lab Grown Meat

Rach and Simon dive into lab grown meat. Would you eat it, what are the pros and cons and as always, is this the beginni... Read more

22 Mar 2018

21mins

Ranked #7

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LUH Extra 12 - Gene Drives

LUH Extra 12 - Gene Drives

Simon and Rach take a deep dive into gene drives this week, examining the work being done to make island conservation le... Read more

8 Mar 2018

22mins

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LUH Extra 11 - 3D Printing and Generative Design

LUH Extra 11 - 3D Printing and Generative Design

Simon and Rachel are bickering again, this time about 3D printing. Is it old news, or are recent developments in generat... Read more

22 Feb 2018

27mins

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LUH Extra 5 - Co-evolving with Robots

LUH Extra 5 - Co-evolving with Robots

Simon and Rachel consider co-evolving with AI. Plus! Space salad, seaweed glitter, how spinach is a fraud and why you sh... Read more

6 Dec 2017

30mins

Ranked #10

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LUH Extra 3 - Robobees

LUH Extra 3 - Robobees

Simon and Rachel rifle through the week's science news in search for human upgrades. This week, reproductive isolation, ... Read more

8 Nov 2017

25mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 39 - Unihemispheric Sleep

Episode 39 - Unihemispheric Sleep

Ben van der Velde joins Simon to judge suggestions by sleep expert Russell Foster and researcher Catherine Green.The pan... Read more

18 Oct 2017

1hr

Ranked #12

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LUH Extra 1 - Designer Babies

LUH Extra 1 - Designer Babies

LUH producer, Rachel Wheeley, joins Simon for a brand new 'extra' show to sort through some topical science news. On the... Read more

11 Oct 2017

34mins

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Episode 28 - Chromatophores

Episode 28 - Chromatophores

Amy Howerska judges suggestions for human improvement from writer and broadcaster Timandra Harkness and then Dr. James L... Read more

17 May 2017

47mins

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Episode 26 - Nano Robots

Episode 26 - Nano Robots

Gemma Flynn just wants an easy life. Vying for her attention are philosopher Michael Wheeler and roboticist Eli Sheppard... Read more

19 Apr 2017

28mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 23 - Giraffe Legs

Episode 23 - Giraffe Legs

Jay Lafferty settles in to judge suggestions for human enhancement from psychologist Dr. Kate Cross and researcher, lect... Read more

8 Mar 2017

30mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 19 - Shark Skin

Episode 19 - Shark Skin

Neil Delamere sifts through evolutionary upgrades suggested by rocket scientist David McKeown and soon to be double doct... Read more

11 Jan 2017

47mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 7 - Polydactyl Cats

Episode 7 - Polydactyl Cats

Helen Arney joins Simon Watt to judge pitches for the next stage of humanity from Emma Robinson and Andrew Steele live a... Read more

27 Jul 2016

36mins

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Episode 3 - Frozen Brains

Episode 3 - Frozen Brains

Dan Schreiber joins Simon Watt and a panel of scientists to work out how to improve humans with the help of a live studi... Read more

10 Jun 2016

46mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 2 - Face Shazam

Episode 2 - Face Shazam

Holly Walsh joins Simon to Level Up humans with camo-tattoos, face shazam and vampire champagne parties. Neuroscience re... Read more

9 Jun 2016

40mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 1 - Rainbow Hair

Episode 1 - Rainbow Hair

Robin Ince joins Simon Watt to decide what humans should evolve next. Expert pitches from science writer and broadcaster... Read more

8 Jun 2016

31mins

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