Short Science Podcast 027

Welcome to the twenty-seventh episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth and Emma for all the very best science in brief.

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- why a hammerhead shark has a hammerhead

- cancer tsar demands early detection

- what happens when you poke a snail embryo

- women more emotional in the face of danger

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science delving below the surface to consider submarine breathing.

Top respiratory physician Professor Martyn Partridge talks to roving reporter Chrissie Douglass.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at the effects of smoking on breathing, getting to grips with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

And for a bit of light relief after all our mighty serious science, we have the quiz, and the conundrum for you to take a crack at! Just send in your answers to studio@shortscience.co.uk by 10am on Wednesday 9th December for a chance to win!

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

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