We encounter frisky yeast, get ready for the Royal Society Summer Festival and ponder just how far an author needs to go to research a book. Plus find out why nicer people travel by bus, hear about an exciting new trend in lab lit fiction, and become a scientist helping to save the world from bio-catastrophe – in a handy board game. Join Jenny and Richard in London for these stories and more from the world of science in art, literature and popular culture!

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