Short Science Podcast 005

Welcome to the fifth edition 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:
- statistics hint at fraud in Iranian election

- gene sleuths search for a way around Tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer

- biofuels may help clean up Chernobyl badlands

- animal fats confirmed to cause pancreatic cancer

Georgie continues our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics, leading us gently into particle physics with a look at quarks.

Our guest Capsule this week is from Adele Norman, talking about her life in science and her work on Multiple Sclerosis.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine, looking at why salt is both good and bad for us.

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

Contact us with your comments and suggestions at studio@shortscience.co.uk.

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

Visit our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/.

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 interludes) then catch us live on Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.

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.

Contact us with your comments and suggestions at studio@shortscience.co.uk.

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

Visit our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/.

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

Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.

Short Science Podcast 001 Now Available

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

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

- a distant star found to have an orbiting planet

- the tomato 'wonder' pill to combat heart disease

- Texan cattle ranchers harnessing the power of the wind

- a warning to take care out in the countryside as tick-related diseases on the increase

Georgie kicks off our Capsule series with this week's Capsule Physics - all you ever wanted to know about anti-matter. She takes us on a whistle stop tour of the terminology and gives us a firm footing for dinner-table discussion about anti-matter!

Our guest Capsule this week is from Geneticist Richard Gale, from King's College Hospital. He talks about his journey to becoming a scientist and his work in genetics. He fills us in on the need for research into neuro-degenerative diseases and talks about his latest work on Huntington's disease.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week with Capsule Medicine - swine flu is 'debunked' with some back to basics information about viruses and infection. Just what actually is a virus made of?

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

Contact us with your comments and suggestions at studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us your requests for topics to cover, or offer up your science and join us on the show! Visit our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/. You can also join Richard Gale by posting your profile and/or your 'Capsule Science'.

If you want to listen to the live show (which includes some light musical relief) then catch us live on Wednesdays at 12-1pm or listen again - all at http://www.icradio.com/.

Our thanks to the team at Imperial College Radio Station for their assistance with setting us up!