Short Science Podcast 050

Welcome to the fiftieth 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:

- using echolocation for robots and hearing impairments
- doctors to blame for high blood pressure
- fish thought to be extinct
- smokers addiction written in the genes

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at the use of sound for navigation, focusing on SONAR and echolocation.

Elizabeth reports from the Blyth Music Centre at Imperial College, chatting to Music Director and renowned composer Richard Dickins and pianist Emmanuel David.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week considering how humans use their vestibular system to orient and balance themselves.

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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