EUSci: Edinburgh University Science Podcast #24

The old EUSci podcast crew is back together for a reunion gig. This week, our host and co-producah Alan Boyd regales you with stories about gene function in plants, water-based Spiderman technology, language complexity, and much more. So sit back and enjoy our take on the complex web 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:

• Dinosaurs' True Colours are Revealed
• Smoke from Forest Fires can Regulate Seed Germination
• Is the Moon the Result of a Nuclear Explosion?
• The Paradoxical Effect of Being Jilted
• Crows can Remember a Face

Correspondent Reports:

• Gene Function Discovery
• Spiderman Wall-Crawl Tech Powered by Water
• For Languages, More Speakers Leads to Less Complexity

Feature:

Alex Sinclair interviews Dr Victoria Martin, a researcher in particle physics and contributor to the ATLAS experiment.

EU-What?!

• Guess what, people are more likely to friend attractive members of the opposite sex on Facebook.
  

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