Short Science Podcast 001 Now Available

Welcome to the first edition of the Short Science Podcast. Join Elizabeth and Georgie for all the very best science in brief!

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We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- a distant star found to have an orbiting planet

- the tomato 'wonder' pill to combat heart disease

- Texan cattle ranchers harnessing the power of the wind

- a warning to take care out in the countryside as tick-related diseases on the increase

Georgie kicks off our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics - all you ever wanted to know about anti-matter. She takes us on a whistle stop tour of the terminology and gives us a firm footing for dinner-table discussion about anti-matter!

Our guest Capsule this week is from Geneticist Richard Gale, from King's College Hospital. He talks about his journey to becoming a scientist and his work in genetics. He fills us in on the need for research into neuro-degenerative diseases and talks about his latest work on Huntington's disease.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine - swine flu is 'debunked' with some back to basics information about viruses and infection. Just what actually is a virus made of?

And for a bit of light relief after all this mighty serious science (!) a short science quiz.

Contact us with your comments and suggestions at studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us your requests for topics to cover, or offer up your science and join us on the show! Visit our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/. You can also join Richard Gale by posting your profile and/or your 'Capsule Science'.

If you want to listen to the live show (which includes some light musical relief) then catch us live on Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.

Our thanks to the team at Imperial College Radio Station for their assistance with setting us up!