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Podcast: Summer science, sparrow songs and the sounds of space

by Gareth Mitchell, Hayley Dunning

In this edition: science on show at the Royal Society, centuries-long traditions in birdsong, and DJing with the sounds of space.

OR listen to individual chapters:

– We explore why helps us reach fitness goals, and how bacteria can ‘’ their enemies.

– We catch up with researchers in animal-inspired inventions, supercomputing solutions and advanced pond-dipping as they met the public at the .

– By spending long days in the marshes of northeastern USA and using sophisticated maths models, researchers have discovered that sparrow populations can .

– Schoolchildren got the chance to listen to some of the sounds of space and physics in a – and to DJ with the results.

The podcast is presented by Gareth Mitchell, a lecturer on 51³Ô¹ÏÍø'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

Gareth Mitchell

Centre for Languages, Culture and Communication

Hayley Dunning

Communications Division