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Hosts: Ed Brown, Dr. Shayne Joseph, Penny Dumsday, Dr. Simon O’Toole.
Topics covered:
- The Nearest Exoplanet Discovered. Probably.
- Tatooine Times Two: Amateur Astronomers Find Planet in Four-Star System
- ‘Zooniverse’ citizen science projects
- Key test for re-healable concrete
- 2012 Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science
- Astronomer wins PM’s Science Prize for dark matter discovery
- Science Minister’s Prize for Life Scientist of the Year – Mark Shackleton
- Malcolm McIntosh Prize for Physical Scientist of the Year – Eric May
- Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Primary Schools – Michael van der Ploeg
- Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools – Anita Trenwith
- All living bird species mapped in giant family tree
- Breakthrough Hendra virus vaccine released for horses
- Abdominal porthole reveals how tumours come together
An artist’s impression of PH1, the exoplanet in a quadruple-star system.
Image credit: Haven Giguere/Yale
Simon O’Toole is an astronomer and science communicator. He blogs here and tweets here.
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