Short Science Podcast 024

Welcome to the twenty-fourth 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:

- women show evolution still going strong
- should folic acid be added to our daily bread
- bird brains to elucidate origin of communication
- sea anemones to inject a bit of glamour

Emma starts the capsules this week with a Capsule Science on the phenomenon of hibernation.

Our guest Capsule this week is from Dr Emma Green, Research Scientist in Environmental and Climate Change Studies at Imperial College London. She talks about her life in science, her work at Imperial's Silwood Park Campus, and her participation in the OPAL project.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, looking at cholesterol in the body.

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 18th November 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/.