EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #22

What better way to start a brand new year than with a brand new episode of the EUSci podcast! This week, our host Alex Sinclair takes you through stories about bees, prehistoric DNA, computers identifying false paintings, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the freshly-minted bounty 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:

• Partners 'sculpt' Each Other's Personalities Toward their Ideal
• Different Groups of Chimpanzees have Unique Cultures
• Two Types of Killer Whales in UK Waters
• Does the G-spot actually exist?
• Open Access Papers Cited More Often
• Smart Wind Turbines (with Lasers!)

Correspondent Reports:

• Learning More about the Landing Tactics of Bees
• Dating the Extinction of Mammoths, How to Separate Ancient from Modern DNA and Filling the Gaps of Microbial Genome Sequencing
• Computer Vision Method can Spot Fake Paintings

Feature:

Frank Dondelinger interviews Professor Christopher M. Bishop, Chief Research Scientist at Microsoft Research Cambridge and lecturer for the 2008 Royal Institution Christmas lectures.

EU-What?!

• Despite what certain people may say: Children who don't have the chickenpox vaccine are more likely to get chickenpox.

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