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The distinct musical genre of Amapiano can be heard in clubs and parties all around the world.
It's a sound born out of the unique cultural identity of South Africa.
I am legendary Chris and I'm going to take you on a journey of exploration
as we dive into the history of the music.
Listen now by searching for the documentary wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
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Welcome to the Forum, a global exchange of ideas from the BBC.
Hello, I'm Rajan Dutta.
Today we'll be talking about a phenomenon that allows us to do an immense range of things.
Like observe events that happened billions of years ago and discover processes that power stars as well as our own planet.
It's also something that could power all our homes
if we wanted to and something that could both cure us and yet also harm us or indeed in the hands of the wrong people destroy the whole planet.
What am I talking about?
Radioactivity.
A process through which some elements spontaneously emit energy in the form of nuclear radiation.
I'm joined by three people who've spent their lives studying different aspects of radioactivity and radiation.
Professor Melissa Deneke is the scientific director of the Dalton Nuclear Institute at the University of Manchester.
Timothy Jorgensen is professor of radiation medicine at Georgetown University in Washington DC and joining us from Paris is Professor Nicholas Pransos,