Short Science Podcast 013

Welcome to the thirteenth edition of the Short Science Podcast.

Join Georgie and Elizabeth for all the very best science in brief!

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

- instant full colour printing inspired by plants and insects
- man-made fibres muscle in on tissue injury
- speeding up emergency exits by blocking the way
- drinkers should wake up to sleep problems

Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics, taking a look at staying in touch via email - just what is an email and how does it work?

Our guest Capsule this week is from Fiona Palfry of Exscitec who tells all about her work engaging children around the world in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, taking a look at food poisoning and how to avoid it!

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 Wednesday 2nd September 2009.

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/.

Short Science Podcast 012

Welcome to the twelfth edition of the Short Science Podcast.

Join Georgie and Elizabeth for all the very best science in brief!

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

- turning seawater into jet fuel

- cancer cells prove good navigators

- black hole parasites

- snuff as bad as smoke

Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics, taking a look at all things flighty.

Our guest Capsule this week is from Geoffrey Hewitt, Emeritus Professor of Chemical Engineering at Imperial College London, talking about his life in science and his work on multiphase fluid flow and heat transfer.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, taking a look at just why jet-lag has such a powerful effect on us.

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 27th 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/.

Short Science Podcast 011

Welcome to the eleventh edition of the Short Science Podcast.

Join Elizabeth and special guest presenter Sarah for this jam-packed 'Science in Showbusiness' special edition of Short Science!

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:
- curing diseases before they're even invented
- giant meat-eating plant discovered
- new gel condom protects women from HIV
- new planet displays exotic orbit

Throughout the show, Sarah gives us an insight into her experiences of science and technology while recording her album 'Fool'. She has kindly let us include three tracks in the podcast - Fool, In Our Bubble and Voices. For more information about the album see her profile page on the Short Science website.

We kick off the Capsules this week with our first 'Capsule Science in Literature'. Dr Peter Bentley talks to us about being a popular science writer, and his book 'The Undercover Scientist'. We've also got a review of the book from Christopher Hauke.

Next we have a 'Capsule Science in Factual Television' with Ben Hauke reviewing a popular serialised documentary recently shown in the UK called 'Medicine Men Go Wild'.

In our 'Capsule Science in Television Fiction', Georgie speaks to Jane Seymour about her experiences of historical medicine in the hit TV show 'Dr Quinn Medicine Woman'.

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 20th 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/.

Short Science Podcast 010

Welcome to the tenth edition of the Short Science Podcast.

Join Elizabeth and special guest presenter Gareth for all the very best science in brief!

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

- better bone implants beckon

- feed your cancer to death

- the science of booze

- listerine resolves nerve injury

Gareth provides a capsule science this week on the future of nuclear fusion as an energy source.

Before Georgie jetted off to LA in preparation for our 'Science in Showbusiness' special next week, she caught up with Tom Pickerell of the Shellfish Association of Great Britain to find out about his life in science.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, taking a look at just what is the deal with alcohol.

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/.