Short Science Podcast 046

Welcome to the forty-sixth 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:

- the mathematical world of film editing
- first aid sadly neglected
- chimpanzees insist on fairness
- Google no match for a qualified 'Doc'



Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at reproduction and development in the animal world.

Laura Freeman and Kieran O'Donnell tell us about their experience communicating their research findings on placental transmission of stress at the Big Bang Science Fair.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at the structure and function of the placenta.

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