Stuck indoors over the holidays? Try reviving a few brain cells by watching the Royal Instititution Christmas lectures, given this year by earth scientist James Jackson of the University of Cambridge. For five days from 27 December on BBC2, he explores Planet Earth, from its basic ingredients – where do the elements that make up the planet come from? – to melting rock and the role of water.
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