Short Science Podcast 002

Welcome to the second 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:
- news of optical invisibility cloaks
- a new way to predict the development of diabetes
- an Australian inventor creates a shocking new twist on Rodin's 'The Thinker'
- how a catnap can improve your creativity

Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics - all you ever wanted to know about nuclear fission and fusion. She takes us on a whistle stop tour of the terminology and forces involved, and gives context to the destructive powers of nuclear warfare.

Our guest Capsule this week is from Veterinary Science student Ceel Claxton, from Liverpool University. She talks about her decision to become a vet and her studies so far.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine - is there really such a thing as 'natural contraception' and does it really work?

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 our guests by posting your profile and/or your 'Capsule Science'.

If you want to listen to the broadcast 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/.