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.

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