Science Weekly: Lift off for the UK Space Agency

Vlatko Vedral , professor of quantum information theory, joins the pod to discuss his mind-blowing theories of entanglement. His new book Decoding Reality is out now. If you want more of Vedral, see Aleks Krotoski interview him here . The UK has launched its own space agency . Science correspondent Ian Sample was there to witness the moment and spoke to the UK's science minister Lord Drayson . We visit London Zoo's new exhibit, which recreates the conditions of a living South American rainforest . Molecular biologist Francisco Ayala , the winner of this year's £1m Templeton prize , speaks to us from our studio in Washington DC. Nell Boase is your host while Alok is away. WARNING: contains strong language. Feel free to post your thoughts below. Join our Facebook group . Listen back through our archive . Follow the podcast on our Science Weekly Twitter feed and receive updates on all breaking science news stories from Guardian Science . Subscribe free via iTunes to ensure every episode gets delivered. (Here is the non-iTunes URL feed ).