Reação Espontânea and 1+1 Final Episode: Overview

Reação Espontãnea

Episode 6: Epigenetics

Air date: March 2nd, 2013

For our final episode we go back to the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC) to learn about epigenetics. Lars Jansen, head of the Laboratory for Epigenetic Inheritance, will be our guide to this new field that deals with genetic traits that aren’t inherited through the genes. How the environment can influence one’s genetic makeup and a new application for Lamarck’s Law of Use and Disuse in the sixth and final episode of Reação Espontânea.

1+1

Episode 6: Paper Chase

Air date: March 2nd, 2013

Rui convinces Marta to join him on a Paper Chase. Have you ever wondered why manhole covers are round instead of squared? What’s the equation to calculate the wage of a person who worked an hour and a half and earns five euros per hour? Is it possible to play fair using a biased coin? What happens when you try to divide by zero? Eugénio Compasso will lend a hand to our friends one last time in the season finale of 1+1.