EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #18

I know, I know, we've been away for a while. But we were thinking of our loyal listeners the whole time, we swear. Now that we have found a new studio, we can once again bring you a podcast to while away the boring lectures/experiments/work hours. This week, our host Jon Manning guides us as we discuss card counting, magnetic monopoles, cheating amoeba, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the studio-quality bunch of science stories that made the headlines (or at least the science pages) of newspapers over the past couple of weeks.

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What's in today's show:-



News:

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  Dark Energy Hunters Catch a Wave


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  New Spider Discoveries: The World's First Vegetarian Spider and a Giant Orb Spider


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  'Spider Pill' Offers New Way to Scan for Diseases


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  Brains Written to Directly in Flies


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  Observing Evolution in Action in Bacteria

Correspondent Reports:

• Complex Algorithm Foils Card-Counters


• Evolution of Cheat-resistance Mutations in Amoeba


• Magnetic Monopoles and the Detection of Magnetic Current

Feature:

Jon, Frank and Other Alex discuss their experiences attending TAM, The Amazing Meeting in London.

EU-What?!

• October has come and gone, so it's time to review the Ig Nobel awards!

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