Short Science Podcast 035

Welcome to the thirty-fifth 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:

- what might aliens look like

- mental illness not necessarily mental

- pretty lights show cellular mechanisms

- cell surfing responsible for viral spread

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science how we as the public interact and engage with science.

Roving reporter Chrissie Douglass asks Dr Paul Evans, Senior Lecturer at the British Heart Foundation Cardiovascular Unit at Imperial College, about his experiences publicising his work.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking how NICE controls which drugs are approved for use in the NHS.

And for a bit of light relief after all our mighty serious science, we have the quiz, and your science pub-quiz trivia to take a crack at!

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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