Short Science Podcast 041

Welcome to the forty-first 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:

- chameleons who eat in the cold

- brain washout to help premature babies

- molecule that could have helped life get started

- gadget cure for migraines

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at

notable cases of scientific innovation.

We hear from lens-free ophthalmoscope inventor, retired surgeon Mr Roger Armour.


Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at laparoscopic surgery.



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