Short Science Podcast 014

Welcome to the fourteenth 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:

- tevatron in the running to find the Higgs boson first

- bionic brain chips to repair spinal cord injury

- microscopes zoom in on molecules

- lasers pre-empt dentists' drilling

Georgie continues our Capsule series by looking at the science involved in radio broadcasting in Capsule Physics.

Our guest Capsule this week is from Dr Colin Deane from King's College Hospital, who tells all about his life in science and his work with ultrasound.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, looking at the mechanisms of hearing and how we process what we have heard in the brain.

And for a bit of light relief after all this mighty serious science (!) a short quiz, and a maths conundrum for you to take a crack at! Just send in your answers by 10am (UK time) on Wednesday 9th 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/.