&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alok Jha&lt;/strong&gt; presents a special edition of Science Weekly from the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nhm.ac.uk/&quot;&gt;Natural History Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; in London. He was joined by &lt;strong&gt;Dr Johannes Vogel&lt;/strong&gt;, Keeper of Botany at the museum, &lt;strong&gt;Dr Caroline Smith&lt;/strong&gt;, Keeper of Meteorites, &lt;strong&gt;astrobiologist Zita Martins&lt;/strong&gt; from Imperial College London and Guardian science blogger &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/the-lay-scientist&quot;&gt;Martin Robbins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Martin has written a blog about returning to the museum for the first time since childhood. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2011/oct/01/natural-history-museum-gimmicks&quot;&gt;How has the old place changed?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Reporter &lt;strong&gt;Camila Ruz&lt;/strong&gt; investigates the &lt;strong&gt;Science Fight Club&lt;/strong&gt; event at the museum, which pitched scientists against each other in verbal battle &ndash; with gloves off of course. We also delve into the work done by the preservation team at the museum, who keep the displays in tip-top condition for visitors and scientists alike.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Subscribe for free &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/science-weekly&quot;&gt;via iTunes&lt;/a&gt; to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/sw-xml&quot;&gt;non-iTunes URL feed&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Follow the podcast on our &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/sw-twitter&quot;&gt;Science Weekly Twitter feed&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/g-sci-twitter&quot;&gt;receive updates &lt;/a&gt;on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Email &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com&quot;&gt;scienceweeklypodcast@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://on.fb.me/g-sci-fb&quot;&gt;Guardian Science is now on Facebook&lt;/a&gt;. You can also join our &lt;a href=&quot;http://on.fb.me/sw-fb&quot;&gt;Science Weekly Facebook group&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We&#039;re always here when you need us. Listen back through &lt;a href=&quot;http://bit.ly/sci-weekly&quot;&gt;our archive&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;author&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/alokjha&quot;&gt;Alok Jha&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;author&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/jason-phipps&quot;&gt;Jason Phipps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;clear:both&quot; /&gt;