Welcome to the ninth edition of the Short Science Podcast. Join Elizabeth and special guest presenter Christopher for all the very best science in brief!
We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:
- wireless electricity
- new way to repair broken hearts
- fuel economy remains poor in the States
- healthy fats not so healthy after all
Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics, telling us just what is interesting about printers.
Our guest Capsule this week is special guest presenter Christopher Hauke, talking about his work as a Jungian analyst and the differences between Jungian and Freudian psychology.
Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, taking a look at diabetes.
And for a bit of light relief after all this mighty serious science (!) a short quiz, and a maths connundrum for you to take a crack at! Just send in your answers by 10am (UK time) on Thursday 6th August.
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 interludes) then catch us live on Thursdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.
Wednesday 29 July 2009
Wednesday 22 July 2009
Short Science Podcast 008
Welcome to the eighth edition of the Short Science Podcast. Join Elizabeth and Georgie for all the very best science in brief!
We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including: - getting texts from your house
- artist's attempt to defy gravity
- artist's attempt to defy gravity
- stressed parents increase the risk of asthma in their children
- mystery of raindrop size down to explosions
- don't be fooled by calorie counting
Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics, taking us on a guided tour of special relativity. We also have the Special Relativity rap sent in by comedian and rap artist Rob Broderick.
Our guest Capsule this week is from Dr David Clements, talking about his work on the Herschel and Planck space telescope program.
Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, getting to grips with epilepsy.
And for a bit of light relief after all this mighty serious science (!) a short mathematical quiz, and a maths connundrum for you to take a crack at! Just send in your answers by 10am (UK time) on Wednesday 29th July.
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 interludes) then catch us live on Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.
Monday 20 July 2009
Wednesday 15 July 2009
Short Science Podcast 007
Welcome to the seventh edition of the Short Science Podcast. Join Elizabeth and Georgie for all the very best science in brief!
We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:
- getting texts from your house
- brain surgery safer with better oral hygiene
- electronic crickets chirp out surviviors in rubble
- sweating not as copious as thought
Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics, following up her capsules on particles with a look at what has been going on with the Large Hadron Collider at CERN.
Our guest Capsule this week is from Robin North, talking about his work on the MESSAGE air pollution project and his life in science.
Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, squeezing in a quick look at spots.
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 interludes) then catch us live on Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.
Wednesday 8 July 2009
Short Science Podcast 006
Welcome to the sixth edition of the Short Science Podcast. Join Elizabeth and Georgie for all the very best science in brief!
We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:
- Ulysses to probe no more
- laser treatment to cure blindness
- laser treatment to cure blindness
- new member of the black hole family
- listening to the music of the brain
- listening to the music of the brain
Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics, answering the call of a listener to explain just how a laser reads a CD or DVD.
Our guest Capsule this week is from Richard Franzese, talking about his life in science his impending PhD in Biophysics.
Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, getting physical to take a look at joints.
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 interludes) then catch us live on Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.
Wednesday 1 July 2009
Short Science Podcast 005
Welcome to the fifth edition of the Short Science Podcast. Join Elizabeth and Georgie for all the very best science in brief!
We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:
- statistics hint at fraud in Iranian election
- gene sleuths search for a way around Tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer
- biofuels may help clean up Chernobyl badlands
- animal fats confirmed to cause pancreatic cancer
Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics, leading us gently into particle physics with a look at quarks.
Our guest Capsule this week is from Adele Norman, talking about her life in science and her work on Multiple Sclerosis.
Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, looking at why salt is both good and bad for us.
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 interludes) then catch us live on Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.
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