EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #12

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It's yet another fun- and fact-filled EUSci podcast for your auditory delight. This week, we talk about lost musical instruments, how optimism can change your perceptions, why birds may not be descended from dinosaurs after all, and much more. Also, guest podcaster Hayden Selvadurai sits down with Mark Blaxter to talk about next generation gene sequencing. So sit back and enjoy our take on the prehistoric bundle of science stories that made the headlines (or at least the science pages) of newspaper over the past couple of weeks.

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What's in today's show:

Headlines

• Crop-raiding Elephants Avoid Fences Made of Beehives


• Chimps Do Mental Mapping


• Penguin Poo Visible from Space


• New Tiny Robots Can Crawl Through Your Veins


• Human Laughter Echoes Chimp Chuckles


• Earth Gets Billion-Year Life Extension


• Maths Reveals Youngest Supernova


• Diamonds Are a Scientists Best Friend?

News Roundup and Discussion:

• Lost Instrument Recreated by Software


• People Who Wear Rose-coloured Glasses See More, Study Shows


• Huntington's Protein Has an Accomplice


• Simon Singh Chiropractic Libel


• Modern Birds May not be Direct Decendents of Dinosaurs After All

Feature:

Today, guest podcaster and EUSci magazine editor Hayden Selvadurai interviews Professor Mark Blaxter, director of the Edinburgh GenePool project, on the topic of next generation gene sequencing.

EU-What?!

• We wade into dangerous territory when discussing a study that found that "Men's interest in the opposite sex is little affected by having a sexual partner- unlike women".

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