Short Science Podcast 016

Welcome to the sixteenth edition of the Short Science Podcast.

Join Christopher 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:

- climate change ruins crops

- increase in child poisoning

- time-space synaesthesia

- mix and match drugs on the up

Christopher continues our Capsule series by with a Capsule Science on evolutionary theory.

Our guest Capsule this week is from Professor Bernard Carr, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary's, University of London. He talks about his life in science, and the possibilities of multiple universes existing.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, looking at our very own evolutionary heritage - vestigial organs and reflexes.

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 23rd 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 Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.