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scientists talk about their work and tell how maths, physics, chemistry and biology are put to use in ways they never told us about at school. Our scientists work in health, business and in University research but they also use science in places we had never thought of. Collect the set of 70 and share to drive STEM education & careers. Interviews by Roger Frost, Chris Creese and the Cambridge 105 radio science show team.
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Hear about a cute animal with the less cute name of the Tasmanian Devil. It is fast becoming extinct as it can suffer from an unusual cancer that is contagious. The Science Show’s Chris Creese asks Sanger Institute researcher Elizabeth Murchison what’s going on.
Follow-up links
Watch Elizabeth Murchison on “Fighting a contagious cancer” in a TED talk (disturbing images) www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_murchison.html.
The Sanger Institute on the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus www.sanger.ac.uk
Save the Tasmanian Devil at www.tassiedevil.com.au
The sponsors of the London Olympic games included a fizzy drink maker; a fast food restaurant and a chocolate brand, so we go in search of advice on a healthy diet. Cambridge doctor Simon Poole offered his knowledge on healthy food. He talks about the difference between Omega-3 and Omega-6 and the Mediterranean diet.
Follow-up links
Dr Poole can be contacted via the website: the Taste of the Mediterranean at www.tasteofthemed.com
Tagged biology, health
23/04/2012
When the news told of the discovery of ‘another’ Mona Lisa, Roger Frost visited local inventor Lawrence Robinson of OPUS Instruments. He learned about the OSIRIS infra-red camera which had been used to verify the find by ‘seeing’ under the paint of paintings.
Follow-up link
OPUS Instruments www.opusinstruments.com.
Tagged infrared, technology, physics, Roger Frost
First played on the Science Show 05/02/12
Chris Cox of IPACCESS in Cambourne explains to Roger Frost how mobile phones talk to radio masts; how signals decrease inside buildings and how femtocells (aka ‘small cells’) can improve a weak signal.
Follow-up link IP access ipaccess.com
Tagged technology, physics, Roger Frost
05/02/12
Neil and Lottie invite us to the Breakfast Show on Cambridge 105 as we answer questions about how the show came about. There was giggling but it was an informative chat too.
Running order (20 minutes total):
What the Science Show does and why it happened in Cambridge
Neil asks if Chris is American or Canadian?
Teaching standards in schools
How they taught programming in the old days; What science is taught in school; Raspberry Pi computer
Examples of science research and science being commercialised
Science Fact or Fiction quiz, followed by answers to:
Is it impossible to sneeze with your eyes open?
Can peanuts be used to make dynamite?
Does the most expensive coffee in the world come from animal poo?
The Science Show on Cambridge 105 Radio used to happen on Saturday at 2.30pm – on 105FM
Broadcast December 1 2012 7.30am
Cambridge science teacher Dr William Hirst tells Roger Frost how learning the language of science can improve children’s success at school. Dr Hirst is the author of a science dictionary for ages 10 -14 called “William’s Words in Science”
Follow-up link see www.williamswords.co.uk
The ‘International Union for Conservation of Nature’ is the world’s oldest and largest environmental organisation and has a base in Cambridge in Huntingdon Road. Nicola Terry hears from with the IUCN’s Rebecca Miller about her work.
Read more at iucn.org
Find the “IUCN Red list” of threatened species at iucnredlist.org
Enter your own species sightings at www.inaturalist.org
As the season switched from spring to summer we look at weedkillers. How do weedkillers (aka herbicides) work? How can a weedkiller target one plant and not another? Roger Frost asked plant scientist, Chris Creese and gained some intriguing answers.
Journal editor Sally Hirst talks about a group of micro-organisms called parasites.
Tagged biology, health
30/06/2012
Looking for a place at Oxbridge? This show looks at the information available to help students make a better choice of university. Roger Frost talks to former college admissions tutor John Green on the need for scientific data and intelligent ways to analyse it.
Read more at myoxbridgechoice.com.
Tagged biology, university, admissions, statistics, maths
07/04/2012
Roger Frost speaks with Matt Bruff of Altela Inc, a Denver company making technology that turns the most polluted water useful again. The company licence large-scale water recycling plants that handle the massive quantities of polluted water that arise when extracting oil and gas. Matt Bruff in Cambridge and he tells how their technology gives water that’s pretty much fit to drink.
Thanks by the gallon to Altela Inc altelainc.com
Tagged chemistry, Chris Creese, physics, Roger Frost
14/07/2012
Science Show reporter Nicola Terry asked a local environmental scientist Dr Ray Galvin to tell us about houses and heat loss. He offers a scientific look at ways to reduce our use of energy in the home. He also suggests that we might look at dehumidifiers and heat pumps to reduce our energy bill.
Stuart Dye from Granta Design in Cambridge explains how the company help engineers choose materials to make a product.
Tagged engineering, chemistry, materials, choosing, physics, Granta Design, Cambridge, Nicola Terry, Stuart Dye
22/01/2012
Roger Frost visits a super-insulated city home that minimises its use of energy and has a garden for insulation on the roof. He talks to architect Jeremy Ashworth about the ways that his building saves energy.
Thanks to Ashworth Parkes Architects Limited www.ashworthparkes.co.uk
For case studies see openecohomes.org
Cambridge Carbon Footprint cambridgecarbonfootprint.org
Tagged home energy, physics, architect, openecohomes, ecohomes, cambridgecarbonfootprint,Cambridge Carbon Footprint, cambridge
05/05/2012
Nicola Terry hitches a ride on the Heatseekers vehicle in Cambridge as speaks with Dawn Morley. Dawn explains how their infra red camera is able to see where a house loses its heat. They take their infra red camera on the streets and use it to measure the temperature of the outside walls of a house and see which walls and windows waste heat.
Follow-up link Heat Seekers on 0800 111 4968 or homeheatseekers.co.uk
Tagged home energy, Nicola Terry, physics, Heat Seekers, Dawn Morley, infra red camera,infrared, camera
10/03/12
Roger Frost visits the British Antarctic Survey HQ at Madingley. We hear from scientist Dr Alastair Graham about the work of BAS and about the life around hydrothermal vents.
Follow-up links:
BAS at www.bas.ac.uk
www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1688
Tagged biology,hydrothermal vents,British Antarctic Survey,BAS, Antarctic, crabs, Alastair Graham
Roger Frost 10/03/12
Chocolatier Cheryl Brighty of Artistry in Cocoa, tells Nicola Terry how chocolate is made from a cocoa pod. Cheryl works at Artistry in cocoa www.artistryincocoa.co.uk
Tagged biology, making chocolate, cocoa, chemistry, Nicola Terry
19/05/2012
With water shortages and hosepipe bans in summer, Nicola talks to plant scientist Dr Helen Holmes about the importance of water and how plants respond to a lack of it. Helen is based at the University of Cambridge Department of Science and works on projects with Rothamstead Research in Hertfordshire.
Tagged biology, plant, stress, water uptake,Rothamstead, Nicola Terry, Helen Holmes
24/03/2012
Roger Frost meets Tony Peloe from Cambridge firm, Delta-T, who supply plant and environment monitoring equipment to plant growers and researchers.
Follow-up link:
Delta-T www.delta-t.co.uk
Tagged biology, Nicola Terry, physics, technology, data logger, data logging, pyranometer, soil humidity, Delta-T,
Roger Frost 19/02/12
The Science Show’s Chris Creese looks at the science behind travel health advice and offers tips on sun cream and more.
Follow-up link:
Look up the area to where you’ll be travelling at the World Health Organisation who.int/ith/en and figure out what you’ll be up against and what vaccinations you may need.
Tags: immunisation, holiday, sun cream, factor, ultaviolet, travel advice
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