EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #15

It's yet another episode of the EUSci podcast. This week, we talk about stress and learning, dangerous clouds, Alzheimer's, free journals and much more. We also feature an interview with Zara Phang, an environmental economist. So sit back and enjoy our take on the environmentally sound amount 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

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  Computer Made from Bacteria


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  Hubble Watches Jupiter Collision


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  Huntington's Disease Treatment Suffers a Setback


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  HIV Vaccine not Working but the Scientists Don't Know Why


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  $85 Million of Funding for 50 Young Scientists


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  Green Beetle's Super-shiny Secret


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  Mammoth Telescope to Be Built in Hawaii


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  Blue Food Dye Stops Spinal Injury


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  Transparent Aluminium


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  Chimps Prefer Faces to Bananas


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  To Elude Hungry Bats, Tiger Moths Jam Sonar


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  Artificial Sperm Paper Withdrawn due to Plagiarism

News Roundup and Discussion:

• Stress Helps You Learn


• Drug Rescues Memories Lost from Alzheimer's


• Clouds May Amplify Global Warming


• Free Journals to Poor Countries

Feature:

We talk to Zara Phang, an environmental economist working for eftec, an environmental consulting agency. We talk about the role of economists in policy-making and a recent eftec report on the state of the whaling industry.

EU-What?!

• Yes, we were puerile enough to talk about the broken space toilet. Actually, the astronauts had two problems: number one... and number two.

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