April 2013 - Party for a Past Fellow and the Future of Medicine

April 2013 - Party for a Past Fellow and the Future of Medicine
In this episode, we ask if growing old is an illness, hear about the potential of stem cells to treat visual impairment and discuss the prospect of personal avatars in computational biomedicine. We also explore the perils of predicting the weather and celebrate the work of Darwin's friend, Sir John Lubbock.

00:40 Dr John Clark on Sir John Lubbock,
07:40 Dr Rachel Pearson from the Edinburgh Science Festival on her work using stem cells to treat visual impairment,
13:07 Prof Peter Coveney FRS and Prof Peter Hunter FRS on computational biomedicine for Interface Focus,
19:05 Dr Matthew Piper URF on his Cafe Scientifique: Is growing old an illness?
25:05 David Shukman, Science Editor for BBC News, Tim Palmer FRS, Professor of Climate Physics, and Liz Howell, Head of BBC Weather on predicting and reporting adverse weather,
32:57 Dr Rachel Pearson answers, Why Science?

March 2013 - Spring Smörgåsbord

March 2013 - Spring Smörgåsbord
In this episode, we will find out why our fingers wrinkle in the bath, the science of British Sign Language, and what a former President of the Royal society thinks about the role scientists can play in science education.

00:28 Sir Martin Rees, former PRS, on SCORE and science education,
05:55 Professor Gordon Plotkin, winner of the 2012 Royal Society Milner Award, on the symantics of programming language,
08:58 Professor Bencie Woll, on British Sign Language,
16:47 Dr Tom Smulders, Biology Letters paper author, on wrinkly fingers,
21:02 Sir Martin Rees, answers why science?