Podcast: The science of drumming, 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ inventions and a lost asteroid crater
In this edition: Keeping beat with the science of drumming, exploring 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ inventions through the ages, and playing ‘hot or cold’ with asteroids.
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Listen to individual chapters:
– We explore some of the weirdest endangered reptiles in the world (including one that breathes through its genitals), and look forward to the 2018 .
– From Alexander Fleming’s microscope to cheap and comfortable bionic arms, 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ inventions through the ages were on display at the latest 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Fringe event.
– Can you keep the beat? Our reporter tests out her skills with a program designed to test the science of drumming, which will at the upcoming 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ Festival.
– How do you lose a 20km-wide, 800,000-year-old asteroid crater? And how do you find it? Dr Matt Genge goes on the hunt.
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The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 911½ñÈÕºÚÁÏ's MSc Science Communication course and the presenter of Click Radio on the BBC World Service, with contributions from our roving reporters in the Research Communications group.
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Reporter
Hayley Dunning
Communications Division
Gareth Mitchell
Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication