Naturebang
Naturebang
BBC Radio 4
Photosynthetic Clams and the Problem of Power
14 minutes Posted Aug 28, 2025 at 2:30 pm.
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How do we extract the maximum amount of power from the sun? Becky Ripley and Emily Knight enlist the help of a giant, thousand-year old clam. And end up in the depths of space...

Featuring Professor Alison Sweeney at Yale University, and Mike Garrett from the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.

Produced and presented by Emily Knight and Becky Ripley