Short Science Podcast 018

Welcome to the eighteenth edition of the Short Science Podcast.

Join Emma 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:

- rat experiments show development of learning mechanisms

- sleepless nights linked to Alzheimers

- bubbly champagne tastes better - who knew?!

- parasites protect from allergy

Emma starts the capsules this week with a Capsule Science on animal calls.

Our guest Capsule this week is from Dr Emma Chung, British Heart Foundation Research Fellow at the University of Leicester. She talks about her work with embolus detection and ultrasound and her role as the editor of journal 'Ultrasound'.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, looking at why we sometimes lose our voices.

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 7th October 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/.