Short Science Podcast 050

Welcome to the fiftieth 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:

- using echolocation for robots and hearing impairments
- doctors to blame for high blood pressure
- fish thought to be extinct
- smokers addiction written in the genes

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at the use of sound for navigation, focusing on SONAR and echolocation.

Elizabeth reports from the Blyth Music Centre at Imperial College, chatting to Music Director and renowned composer Richard Dickins and pianist Emmanuel David.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week considering how humans use their vestibular system to orient and balance themselves.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabulous eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 049

Welcome to the forty-ninth 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:

- woolly mammoth protein created
- new blood protein threatens hearts
- oil spill disaster threatens environment
- greens beat blues when it comes to exercise

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at the concept of resonance and how this might be employed in sonic weaponry.

Elizabeth reports from the Blyth Music Centre at Imperial College, chatting to joint music and physics student Lorenzo Bassano.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week considering how a destructive use of sound waves may actually benefit the human body with a look at lithotripsy.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabulous eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 048

Welcome to the forty-eighth 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:

- should we make contact with extra-terrestrials
- new culprit in epilepsy
- purify your water with a cactus
- can a vegetable be wrong?

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at maths in the natural world.

Emma talks to Marc Baghdadi about his love of maths.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at the way maths governs the efficiency of the heart.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabulous eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 047

Welcome to the forty-seventh 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:

- volcanic ash - what's that all about?
- bone marrow suffers ash delays
- dwindling supplies of Helium-3
- brain split deals with multi-tasking

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking scientific disasters - is the science really to blame?

Claire Primrose reports on the recent apology by the government to Thalidomide survivors.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at the way side effects of medications are monitored.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabulous eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 046

Welcome to the forty-sixth 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:

- the mathematical world of film editing
- first aid sadly neglected
- chimpanzees insist on fairness
- Google no match for a qualified 'Doc'



Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at reproduction and development in the animal world.

Laura Freeman and Kieran O'Donnell tell us about their experience communicating their research findings on placental transmission of stress at the Big Bang Science Fair.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at the structure and function of the placenta.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabulous eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 045

Welcome to the forty-fifth 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:

- toads that predict earthquakes

- exercise your unborn baby

- bamboo monkey

- new superbug hits Staffordshire

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking what makes diamonds harder than marshmallows.

Professor Vivette Glover tells us about her work on the effects of maternal stress on the foetus.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at the structure and function of bones.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabulous eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!

Short Science Podcast 044

Welcome to the forty-fourth 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:

- bio-tyres in near future

- blood pressure pills to beat breast cancer

- skin control pad

- tetris may prevent PTSD

Emma kicks off the capsules this week with a Capsule Science looking at the science involved in skiing.


Live studio guest Henry Lau tells all about his interest in science and eduction policy, and joins our discussion about the dangers of using science to achieve new highs in winter sports.

Elizabeth rounds off the capsules this week looking at how bone fractures are assessed and classified.

Please send in any comments or questions to studio@shortscience.co.uk. Send us in suggestions for science topics that you think we should cover, or offer up your own science and join us on the show. See our website for more information http://www.shortscience.co.uk/!

If you'd prefer to listen to the broadcast show (which contains some fabulous eighties music tracks) then join us live on http://www.icradio.com/ at 12-1pm (UK time) every Wednesday lunchtime or at any time for the listen again links!