Short Science Podcast 049

Welcome to the forty-ninth 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:

- woolly mammoth protein created
- new blood protein threatens hearts
- oil spill disaster threatens environment
- greens beat blues when it comes to exercise

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at the concept of resonance and how this might be employed in sonic weaponry.

Elizabeth reports from the Blyth Music Centre at Imperial College, chatting to joint music and physics student Lorenzo Bassano.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week considering how a destructive use of sound waves may actually benefit the human body with a look at lithotripsy.

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