Short Science Podcast 064

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

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

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

- inactivity on sun explained

- immune genes key to Parkinson's

- dolphins attracted to warmer waters

- parent drink and drugs upsets children

- Cornwall wave project grinds to halt

- childhood stress leads to adulthood ill-health

- champagne should be poured like beer

- obesity leads to frequent attendance

Christopher presents a Capsule Science looking at the forefront of human-computer interaction. Just how integral to our human selves are computers likely to become? Plus we hear from a listener about her experience of following the Iran election on Twitter, and we discuss mobile phone etiquette with Jade aged 10.

We welcome our resident plant expert Austen Zingel as he tackles more listener questions.

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