Short Science Podcast 107: Space Observatory

Welcome to the 107th 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 high blood pressure. Following that, our discussion capsule this week is about space observatory. How much does it cost, and what information can be gained by putting telescopes in space?

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Short Science Podcast 041

Welcome to the forty-first 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:

- chameleons who eat in the cold

- brain washout to help premature babies

- molecule that could have helped life get started

- gadget cure for migraines

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at

notable cases of scientific innovation.

We hear from lens-free ophthalmoscope inventor, retired surgeon Mr Roger Armour.


Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at laparoscopic surgery.



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