Episode #34

Bank Holiday Astronomy Special: Herschel Space Mission Dr. Chris North presents a special edition of the programme looking at the Herschel mission and cosmic dust. With guests Amanda Bauer, Haley Gomez, Jason Kirk, Matt Griffin and Steve Eales. Plus Hugh Lang looks ahead to the night’s sky throughout May.

Episode #33

Space books, Digital TV & Nuclear Energy This week, Dominic Lenton from Engineering & Technology Magazine reviews a revised edition of Spaceman by Jamie Doran and Piers Bizony as well as some new Haynes Manuals that have recently been published. Kris Sangani explains what’s happening to digital TV channels as the UK undergoes the digital [...]

Episode #32

Bubble Dynamics & Acid Mine Erosion On this week’s show, Tim Phillips from the School of Mathematics at Cardiff University joins Rhys in the studio to talk about the effects bubbles can have and why research into how they behave is important. Our STEM Ambassador of the Week is Andrew Taylor from Magnox North. Later [...]

Episode #31

Ancient Arrowheads & Quentin Cooper On this week’s show, Rhys talks to Michael Waters from Texas A&M University about the discovery of arrowheads dating back to before American’s were previously known to have existed. Our STEM Ambassador is Mike O’Gundare, a PhD student at Swansea University. Later on, Quentin Cooper joins Rhys to talk about [...]