Short Science Podcast 109: Biofuels (Part 2)

Welcome to the 109th episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth Hauke for all the very best science in brief!

After the Short Science News in Brief, Archive News and Statistic of the week, we'll be opening up the Medical Casebook to look at how cancer cells spread around the body. Following that, our discussion capsule this week is about biofuels. We'll be looking at the pros and cons of biofuels - are they really a 'green' option and what impact might they have on the environment.

If you'd like to take part in a show and get your voice on air, just call in to our recording service on +44 (0)7401 856 681 and record your thoughts. We'll play out every recording we get. Alternatively, you can email material to studio@shortscience.co.uk. For more details check out our website on www.shortscience.co.uk.

Short Science Podcast 108: Biofuels (Part 1)

Welcome to the 108th episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth Hauke for all the very best science in brief!

After the Short Science News in Brief, Archive News and Statistic of the week, we'll be opening up the Medical Casebook to look at the difference between normal cells and cancer cells. Following that, our discussion capsule this week is about biofuels. We'll be looking at what biofuels actually are and how they're made.

If you'd like to take part in a show and get your voice on air, just call in to our recording service on +44 (0)7401 856 681 and record your thoughts. We'll play out every recording we get. Alternatively, you can email material to studio@shortscience.co.uk. For more details check out our website on www.shortscience.co.uk.

Short Science Podcast 098: Radiotherapy

Welcome to the ninety-eighth episode of the Short Science Podcast!

Join Elizabeth Hauke for all the very best science in brief!

We'll be taking a look at the very best science headlines from the week in the Short Science News in Brief.

Following that, we've got the science news archive, statistic of the week, and a quick look in the medical casebook.

Finally we'll have our discussion capsule, where we'll look at a scientific concept in the context of your comments and questions. This week we look at radiotherapy.

If you'd like to take part in a show and get your voice on air, just call in to our recording service on +44 (0)7401 856 681 and record your thoughts. We'll play out every recording we get. Alternatively, you can email material to studio@shortscience.co.uk. For more details check out our website on www.shortscience.co.uk.

Short Science Podcast 003

Welcome to the third edition of the Short Science Podcast. Join Elizabeth and Georgie for all the very best science in brief!

Download episode 3 of this podcast

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

- scientists find a new way to measure the amount of charge on single atoms

- men are being warned that they are at greater risk of cancer than women

- Europe's new billion-euro Herschel space observatory has reached a critical milestone

- how a new discovery could lead to a solution for the devastating pain that plagues sufferers of many cancers

Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics - answering the question on everybody's lips - just how does a television actually work?

Our guest Capsule this week gives us a chance to get to know one of our presenters a little better - Elizabeth Hauke talks about her life in medicine.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine - giving us some behind the scenes background on the cancer cell.

And for a bit of light relief after all this mighty serious science (!) a short science quiz.

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Send us your requests for topics to cover, or offer up your science and join us on the show!

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You can also join our guests by posting your profile and/or your 'Capsule Science'. If you want to listen to the broadcast show (which includes some light musical relief) then catch us live on

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