Short Science Podcast 021

Welcome to the twenty-first 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:

- time-travelling machine sabotaging itself from the future
- microlabs for internal diagnosis
- test for liquids means that we could take shampoo on aeroplanes again
- the placebo effect - not 'all in the mind'

Emma starts the capsules this week with a Capsule Science giving us a fascinating insight into the popular eighties time-saver, the microwave.

Our guest Capsule this week is from Science Media roduction students Tori Weaver and Tessa Worgan. They talk about their science backgrounds and where they hope to work in the future.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, looking at how the nervous system works.

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 28th 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/.