Short Science Podcast 059: Self Destruction

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

Join Elizabeth and Georgie for all the very best science in brief!

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

- news from Planck

- vitamin D a must for healthy babies

- from sea to sky

- asbestos under the radar

- dragonfly trick makes missiles harder to dodge

- prosper and live long

- genetic heritage-print

- mixed news for home births

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

Georgie presents a Capsule Science looking at self-destruction in movies and real life, while Elizabeth looks at what can happen in the human body when our immune systems turn against us in Capsule Medicine.

Plus we hear from Harriet Vickers who has sent in a special report about lupus, and discusses the use of art to communicate science with Henry Elliott.

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!