Short Science Podcast 057: Mobile Phones

Welcome to the fifty-seventh 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:

- Tutankhamen not killed by malaria after all

- foetal pain a myth

- solar activity could cause technological crisis

- beetroots beat blood pressure

- public distrust scientists

- obesity bad news for IVF

- worker bees lay queen eggs

- slouching is the new sitting up

We continue our new features in the show this week, including the Short Science News Archive and Statistic of the week.

Emma presents a Capsule Science detailing just how mobile phones actually work, while Elizabeth examines the evidence linking mobile phones with health problems.

Plus we hear from Short Scientists around the world about their views on the mobile revolution, and we have a special report from Paola Faraca on the iPhone 4.

To be included in the show, leave any thoughts, questions or ideas on the Short Science answerphone +44 (0)7401 856 681, or send us an email to studio@shortscience.co.uk. More details can be found on our website www.shortscience.co.uk!

Short Science Podcast 056: Football World Cup

Welcome to the fifty-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:

- degrading plastics threaten 20th century icons

- test tube liver

- edges of coral reefs evolving faster

- waiting times to increase

- stars found in our galaxy but far, far away

- voice predicts build

- bee decline threatens UK economy

- vuvuzela nightmare

We continue our new features in the show this week, including the Short Science News Archive and Statistic of the week.

Emma presents a Capsule Science on statistics in sport, while Elizabeth examines the latest Beckham injury, the ruptured achilles tendon.

Plus we hear from Short Scientists around the world about their views on whether there is any science involved in football. Including the thoughts of Rupert Colley and a report from Paola Faraca. We also announce the results of our science in football survey.

To be included in the show, leave any thoughts, questions or ideas on the Short Science answerphone +44 (0)7401 856 681, or send us an email to studio@shortscience.co.uk. More details can be found on our website www.shortscience.co.uk!

Short Science Podcast 055: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

Welcome to the fifty-fourth episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Welcome to the fifty-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:

- asteroid sample hits terra firma

- heart pills linked to deadly cancer

- artificial life shouldn’t gain a life of its own

- Legionnaire’s disease lurks under the bonnet

- BP downplaying oil loss

- internal radiation to get on top of cancer

- popping bubbles don’t disappear

- cancer drug stops blindness

We continue our new features in the show this week, including the Short Science News Archive and Statistic of the week.

Emma presents a Capsule Science on fossil fuels, while Elizabeth examines the impact of the oil spill on the ocean and wildlife.

Plus we hear from Short Scientists around the world about their views on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

To be included in the show, leave any thoughts, questions or ideas on the Short Science answerphone +44 (0)7401 856 681, or send us an email to studio@shortscience.co.uk. More details can be found on our website www.shortscience.co.uk!

Correction: Alysha and Brandi would like to make a correction to their summary of the oil spill. There are currently 40 000 gallons of oil being released a day, not 210 000 as mistakenly quoted.

Short Science Podcast 054: Waste Management

Welcome to the fifty-fourth 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:

- 'airfish' for taking aerial shots
- male menopause questioned

- potential explosives detector
- fewer sickies than last year

There are lots of new features in the show this week, including the Short Science News Archive, Statistic of the Week and Question of the week.

Following with tradition though, we have Emma giving us a Capsule Science on waste management and Elizabeth following this with a Capsule Medicine on human waste disposal.

To be included in the show, leave any thoughts, questions or ideas on the Short Science answerphone +44 (0)7401 856 681, or send us an email to studio@shortscience.co.uk. More details can be found on our website www.shortscience.co.uk!

Short Science Podcast 053

Welcome to the fifty-third episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth and Georgie for this very special first birthday episode!

We kick off the podcast with a few prominent science news headlines from the week including:

- blue light smells like bananas
- deadly skin cancer rates double in men
- snails on speed shed light on human memory
- acupuncture pain molecule identified

Georgie fills us in her new role as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Government Office for Science.

Studio guest and international journalist Paola Faraca tells us about the 'Festival Radio Universitarie' in Perugia, where Elizabeth was representing Short Science and IC Radio. She also talks about the media in Italy.

Elizabeth presents a 'Capsule Short Science', recapping all the great and not-so-great things that Short Science has achieved over the last year.

Please send in any questions or requests to studio@shortscience.co.uk for a mention on the show. For more information, see the Short Science website at www.shortscience.co.uk.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking just how our taste sensation works.

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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