TOSP Episode 4: October 4th 2011

[Original post on the Sciblogs The Official Sciblogs Podcast site]

Including mix & mash winners, the IgNobels, beetles and beer, space broadband, predatory beetle larvae, decoding the brain, gold nanoparticles, a low-carbon world, hybrid cars, World Space Week, emotions in science and a Digital Pompeii.

Oh, man. This just keeps getting more and more fun. And the temptation to wax lyrical for hours stronger and stronger.

But we resist. For you, our listeners. So, without further ado, we (aimee and Elf), present This Week’s Podcast! Apologies it’s a day late - we explain why in the podcast :)

PODCAST HERE

As always, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with suggestions, questions or comments. We welcome them! And stay tuned - the Youtube versions will go up in the next day or two :) UPDATE: They’re up! See the bottom of this post, or our channel, here.

Pearltree for episode 4 here. Pearltree for all episodes here.

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mix & mash - the great NZ remix & mashup - 2011 winners

IgNobels

Full bladders, wasabi alarm earn Ig Nobels

Sunday Spinelessness – For aussie beetles, beer bottles are an evolutionary trap

NASA to trial laser-powered space broadband

Did fifth giant planet get the boot?

Baby Beetle Uses Mouth to Lure Amphibians to Their Doom

More time for research: Fund people not projects

Reconstructing visual experiences from brain activity evoked by natural movies

3D Nanometer Images of Biological Fibers by Directed Motion of Gold Nanoparticles