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The Cambridge Science Festival Podcast
The Cambridge Science Festival Podcast
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Welcome to the Cambridge Science Festival! To give you a taste of what's happening and for those who cannot attend, we have put together some audio and video podcasts, showing you some of the exciting Cambridge popular science on offer! Following the festival in 2008, we're publishing lectures and o |
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1. Sustainable energy - without the hot air
| How easy is it to get off our fossil fuel habit? Could Britain live on its own renewables? How does our current energy consumption compare with our sustainable energy options? Professor David MacKay will offer a straight-talking assessment of the options. Popular myths will be dispelled, leaving you
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| Published on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 22:10:47 +0100 - 13 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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2. It's about time
| What is time? How much control do we hold over it? And why does it go relentlessly forwards, not back? Young cosmology researcher Andrew Pontzen introduces some of the most challenging and exciting ideas in physics, and in doing so takes us to the beginning of time itself…
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| Published on Mon, 09 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 - 23 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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3. Getting Wet and Seeing Stars
| On todays Cambridge Science Festival podcast we look to the heavens and find out what to see in our night sky during the festival and we also find out about a 100 year project to create the largest Wetland in the East of England.
We also reveal what happens in our brains in the face of danger and a
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| Published on Mon, 12 May 2008 12:00:00 +0100 - 8 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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4. Hyenas and minervas: women, science and history
| Why are there still so few women in the top levels of science? Dr Patricia Fara explores the past to examine old prejudices and reveal women?s vital but concealed contributions.
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| Published on Thu, 01 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 - 8 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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5. The science of happiness, love and everyday life
| In today's cambridge Science Festival Podcast we learn why happiness may not be as important as we think, find out if it's possible to die from a broken heart and discover the effect emotions have on our health.
We also find out why we find jokes funny, a method of successful speed dating and reve
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| Published on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:25:25 +0100 - 7 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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6. Building Brains and The Science of Dr Who
| On todays Cambridge Science Festival Podcast we learn what our brains are made of and find out whether it's really possible to travel in time by looking into the science behind Dr Who.
We also learn how we can use skateboards to understand maths, find out the science of beer, discover spoons that c
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| Published on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 - 10 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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7. Revealing our Memory and Holidays in Space
| On todays highlights we reveal the processes in
our brains that enable us to form memories. We find out how soon
we'll be able to ditch the beach and head out of this world
for our holidays.
We'll also find out what school groups have learned about the science of sport and answer
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| Published on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 - 5 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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8. Renewable Energy and Venetian Acoustics
| On today's Cambridge science festival podcast we find out the best solutions to kick our fossil fuel habit and meet our energy needs in the future. We also find out that ancient architects were also scientists as we investigate the acoustics of Venetian renaissance architecture. We'll also see wha
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| Published on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100 - 5 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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9. The Silent Aircraft Initiative
| Dr Tom Hynes describes the physics of
why aircraft are noisy before
discussing the results of the recent Silent
Aircraft Initiative - a collaborative effort
between the University of Cambridge,
MIT and others - showing, with the aid
of demonstrations, how novel aircraft of
the future could be
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| Published on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 18:36:25 +0000 - 225 MB Format: X-M4V Video
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10. Revealing our Minds and Saving our Planet
| In the first of the Cambridge Science Festival podcasts we find out a bout a BIG experiment taking place in East London and reveal new roles for testosterone in the human mind. We also find out where to go in the festival to find out your carbon footprint and discover a natural way to reduce carbon
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| Published on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:10:57 +0000 - 6 MB Format: MPEG Audio
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