EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #21

'Twas the night before Christmas, and not a creature was stirring except for the industrious elves of the EUSci podcast. This week, our host Katie Marwick guides you through stories about bacteria from Mars, meditation as an alternative to heart drugs, whale voices getting deeper, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the guaranteed holiday-free stockingfull 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:

• Stunning Nematodes
• Plastics Without Fossil Fuels
• Osmosis Power Plant
• Possible Stem Cell Therapy for HIV
• Talking Monkeys

Correspondent Reports:

• Bacteria from Mars and Methane on Mars not from Meteorites
• Meditation just as Effective as Powerful Heart Drugs?
• Whale Voices are Getting Deeper

Feature:

Frank Dondelinger interviews Ian Stewart, professor of mathematics at Warwick and author of popular science and science fiction books, including The Science of Discworld.

EU-What?!

• Scientists find that men like porn.

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