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The Life Scientific
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Today: #183 in Science on our combined chart.
Today: #33 in Science, United Kingdom on our combined chart.
Today: #119 in Science, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #70 in Science, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #135 in Science, Germany on our combined chart.
Today: #185 in Science, Brazil on our combined chart.
Today: #99 in Science, New Zealand on our combined chart.
Today: #36 in Science, Ireland on our combined chart.
Today: #130 in Science, India on our combined chart.
Today: #68 in Science, Japan on our combined chart.
Today: #78 in Science, Philippines on our combined chart.
Today: #66 in Science, South Africa on our combined chart.
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| Date | Combined Rank | Apple Podcasts |
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| Oct 27 | #183 | #169 |
| Oct 26 | #200 | #187 |
| Oct 17 | #194 | #176 |
| Oct 16 | #198 | #182 |
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Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to leading scientists about their life and work, finding out what inspires and motivates them and asking what their discoveries might do for us in the future