 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LEADING EDGE
|
 |
|
 |
MISSED A PROGRAMME?
Go to the Listen Again page |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROGRAMME INFO |
|
|
|
|
|
Leading Edge brings you the latest news from the world of science. Geoff Watts celebrates discoveries as soon as they're being talked about - on the internet, in coffee rooms and bars; often before they're published in journals. And he gets to grips with not just the science, but with the controversies and conversation that surround it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contact Leading Edge |
|
|
|
|
LISTEN AGAIN 30 min |
|
|
|
 |
PRESENTER |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
"If what interests you are new and exciting ideas, it's science you should be turning to. And whether it's the Human Genome Project or the origins of the Universe, Leading Edge is the place to hear about them."
Geoff Watts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROGRAMME DETAILS |
|
|
|
 |
|
| The Northern Lights, © Chris Lintott |
Childhood Stress has long term effects on the Immune system
Elizabeth Shirtcliff of the University of New Orleans in this week’s Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences writes how children who have been physically abused, or suffered severe deprivation in their infancy show long term damage to their immune systems. She discusses her findings on the programme.
Genes and social networks, born to party
Some people tend to the - “life-and-soul-of-the-party” types while others remain the wallflowers. Researcher James Fowler at the University of San Diego has discovered that where we are in a social network depends to some extent on our genes.
The Aurora Borealis
The Aurora Borealis is one of the world’s great spectacles.These sheets of flickering light, high in the Earth’s atmosphere, have become an established tourist attraction. Astronomer Chris Lintott recently crossed the Arctic Circle to see the Northern lights and discovered the science behind them.
Fifty Years of Pheromones
Its 50 years since the discovery of pheromones. Phemerones are chemical signals likeairborne hormones, by which insects communicate their presence to each other. Tracey Logan reports on the potential value of pheromones to agriculture - and on their possible role in other human affairs:
Battlefield Archaeology
Alan Birkbeck and Dr Tony Pollard of Glasgow University are carrying out eighteenth century forensics. The arerecreating ballistically what happened at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, when the Jacobites were defeated by Government troops. To do this they have built their own cannon.
|
|
|
RELATED LINKS
The Sky at Night
The 鶹Լ is not responsible for the content of external websites
|
|
|
|
|
|
