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Dr Mike Leahy
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Sperm counts114
How much sperm does a man make? Would you explode if you don't release your sperm? Explore the male reproductive system in this article and video.
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30 Aug 2019
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Rough Science 2 Carriacou: Mike Leahy's diary: Bugs and barometers114
Making an antibacterial cream might be easier if Mike Leahy wasn't being attacked by so many bugs.
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28 Jan 2008
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Rough Science 2 Carriacou: Mike Leahy's diary: Feel the heat114
It's about 32 above freezing on Carriacou - and they want Mike Leahy to make ice.
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28 Jan 2008
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Rough Science 2 Carriacou: Mike Leahy's diary: Mapping it out114
Mike Leahy and his friends are asked to make a map. Oh, but they can't use any pens.
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28 Jan 2008
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Rough Science 2 Carriacou: Mike Leahy's diary: Science of celebration114
There's a lot of science involved in making music - even more so when, like Mike Leahy, you're out in the wilds.
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28 Jan 2008
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Rough Science 2 Carriacou: Mike Leahy's diary: Sun and sea114
Setting out to use the power of the sun means the Rough Science team have to abandon wood for metalwork...
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28 Jan 2008
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Rough Science 2 Carriacou: Mike Leahy's diary: Time and transmitters114
You can use water for telling the time - but it's not so easy when trying to do it against the clock.
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28 Jan 2008
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Rough Science 2 Carriacou: Mike Leahy interview114
Get to know Mike Leahy, the virologist from Rough Science.
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28 Jan 2008
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Rough Science Profile: Mike Leahy114
Meet Mike Leahy, a man facing again the challenges of Rough Science.
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28 Jan 2008
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Mike Leahy's Med diary: Part two114
For Mike Leahy, it would soon be time to die...
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28 Jan 2008
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Rough Science 2 Carriacou: Mike Leahy's diary: Arrival114
For Mike Leahy, the demands of making TV added to the oppressive nature of the heat - but it's not all bad.
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28 Jan 2008
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27 Sep 2007
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DIY: The Saucepan Radio114
A step-by-step guide on how to make a radio, part of the BBC/OU's programme website for Rough Science 1
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27 Sep 2007
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Mike Leahy's Med diary: Behind the scenes114
Mike Leahy leaves behind the comforts of an Oxford college to face challenges in the middle of nowhere...
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27 Sep 2007
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Mike Leahy's Med diary: Putting food on the table114
Mike Leahy sniffs out the solution to a mysterious tub.
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27 Sep 2007
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Mike Leahy's Med diary: End of the series114
Mike didn't keep a day by day diary during the fourth programme – but he did reflect on the whole experience after the filming Rough Science: Mediterranean had finished
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27 Sep 2007
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Rough Science 1 Mediterranean: Mike Leahy interview114
Mike Leahy is one of the scientists bravely volunteering for a new kind of science programme: Rough Science.
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27 Sep 2007
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Rough Science 1 Mediterranean: Video extras: Why Mike is a scientist114
Mike Leahy reveals what attracted him to the idea of being a scientist, from the BBC/OU Rough Science 1 series
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27 Sep 2007
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Rough Science 3 New Zealand: Mike Leahy's diaries: Gold rush114
Rough Science took Mike Leahy to New Zealand - and then asked him to find gold
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27 Feb 2007
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Rough Science 3 New Zealand: Mike Leahy's diaries: Ice ice baby114
We asked Mike Leahy and the Rough Scientists to work out how fast a glacier was melting. Here's how he did it.
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27 Feb 2007

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