SoT 67: More Wobble Boards

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SoT 67: More Wobble Boards

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Hosts: Ed Brown, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Mick Vagg, Vanessa Hill.

Topics covered:

Houston, we have check-in: Space 2.0 and the Curiosity landing
Artificial jellyfish built from rat cells
How pain distorts our senses
Old Termites Blow Themselves Up to Protect the Nest
Music Was Better in the Sixties, Man

By NASA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

This artist concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life.

Vanessa Hill is an education officer for CSIRO, Australia’s national science organisation. As a science communicator, she says she “makes science fun and accessible for all ages, and blows stuff up”. She blogs here and tweets at @nessyhill.

Dr. Mick Vagg is Clinical Senior Lecturer at Deakin University School of Medicine, and Pain Specialist at Barwon Health. He’s a Fellow of the Institute for Science in Medicine and he often writes for The Conversation.

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