Special Editions

Meera Senthilingam

On todays Cambridge Science Festival podcast we look to the heavens and find out what to see in our night sky during the festival and we find out about a 100 year project to create the largest Wetland in the East of England.

 

We also reveal what happens in our brains in the face of danger and find out what happens to us when we see disturbing images.

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Meera Senthilingam

In today's cambridge Science Festival Podcast we learn why happiness may not be as important as we think, find out if it's possible to die from a broken heart and dicover what effect emotions have on our health.

 

We also find out why we find jokes funny, a method of successful speed dating and reveal the magic of 3D glasses.

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Meera Senthilingam

On todays Cambridge Science Festival Podcast we learn what our brains are made of find out whether it's really possible to travel in time by looking into the science behind Dr Who.

 

We also learn how we can use skateboards to understand maths, find out the science of beer and hear from Festival patron Carol Vorderman's thoughts on the festival.

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Meera Senthilingam

On todays highlights we reveal the processes in our brains that enable us to form memories. We find out how soon we'll be able to ditch the beach and head out of this world for our holidays.

 

We'll also find out what school groups have learned about the science of sport and answer todays festive question.

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Meera Senthilingam

On today's Cambridge science festival podcast we find out the best solutions to kick our fossil fuel habit and meet our energy needs in the future.  We also find out that ancient architects were also scientists as we investigate the acoustics of Venetian renaissance architecture.

We'll also see what school groups have been up to during the festival and answer your festive questions.

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Meera Senthilingam

In the first of the Cambridge Science Festival podcasts we find out a bout a BIG experiment taking place in East London and reveal new roles for testosterone in the human mind. We also find out where to go in the festival to find out your carbon footprint and discover a natural way to reduce carbon dioxide levels in our atmosphere.

We will also be answering the questions you've always been curious about in our Festive Questions as well as give you a heads up on what to look forward to during the rest of the festival.

 

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Ben Valsler goes in search of some cracking physics, Meera Senthilingam joins a school group counting down to engineering mayhem, Chris Smith talks to some researchers about the the mathematics of chicken disease, and Sabina Michnowicz finds some drunken water fleas.

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In this episode Anna Lacey finds out what is exciting about chemistry, Chris looks at the bugs in  Dr Gillian Fraser's mouth, Ben avoids getting eaten by dinosaurs with time truck, Meera looks at the power of vegetables, and Chris looks a sheep in the eye.

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In this episode Mark Lewney uses rock guitar to explain the mysteries of the universe, festival-goers extract their own DNA, and find out what you get when you cross a sheep with a jet engine... We also peer inside the wacky world of the Ig Nobel Prizes, where research into woodpecker headache avoidance and a novel cure for hiccups makes people laugh, and then think.

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This episode stars Nicola Buckley the festival coordiator, Dr Tom Hynes talking about silent aircraft, Dr Claire Rocks showing teenagers the nuts and bolts of robots. Also, Tom Hynes airs his views about silent aircraft of the future, and our own Sabina Michnowicz braves the dark to explore the heavens at the Institute of Astronomy.

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