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Murderous meat by Ian Woolf,
Michael Burton talks about astronomy in Antarctica,
Jessica Stanley talks about her catalyst for converting plant waste into biofuel.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.

Jessica Stanley
Fresh Science

Astronomy from Antarctica
Star-forming cloud seen from Antarctica

Antarctica Shines as Icy Bastion of Space Science

WHO press release on processed meat and cancer (pdf)
IARC Monographs Questions and Answers
Q&A on the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red meat and processed meat
Processed meats do cause cancer - WHO
Processed meats rank alongside smoking as cancer causes – WHO

Meat and tobacco: the difference between risk and strength of evidence

Bacon Causes Cancer? Sort of.Not really.Ish.

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Asthma drug rejuvenates brains by Ian Woolf,
Yeshe Fenner talks about Virtual Observatories,
Natalie Lister talks about eating potassium to defeat harmful effects of salt in your diet.
Nemeses by Jonathan Coulton.
Production checked by Charles Willock.
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Yeshe Fenner
AStronomy Australia

Natalie Lister (note sparkler!)

Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems Conferences
All-Sky Virtual Observatory

Effect Of High Potassium Diet On Endothelial Function
Fresh Science

Structural and functional rejuvenation of the aged brain by an approved anti-asthmatic drug
Asthma drug could rejuvenate ageing brains, study suggests
Asthma drug reverses aging in the brain of mice
Australian Asthma Handbook: Guide to preventers: montelukast
The ageing systemic milieu negatively regulates neurogenesis and cognitive function

Jonathan Coulton

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Bitcoin encoded DNA by Ian Woolf,
Kai Polsterer and Andre Schaaff talk about astronomical visualisation with Google cardboard at the Astronomical Data Analysis Software and Systems conference - ADASS,
Better by Jonathan Coulton.
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf.

Andre Schaaf and Kai Polsterer

Smartphones, Dark Matter & Code – Kai Polsterer @ ADASS in Sydney
Computer Science helps astronomers exploring the sky
Strasbourg Astronomical Data Centre
International Virtual Observatory Alliance

GeneCoin - Make a backup of yourself using bitcoin
GeneCoin FAQ
Genecoin: DNA for the Blockchain
A Mysterious Entity Named Genecoin Wants To Backup Your DNA With Bitcoin
Genecoin offers you digital immortality… via Bitcoin!

Jonathan Coulton

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Clean water from thin air by Ian Woolf,
Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick talks about heatwaves - measuring and predicting them,
Majid Warkiani talks about developing a blood test for all cancers,
Production checked by Charles Willock,
Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick
Scorcher: Heat waves

Majid Warkiani
Fresh Science 2015

Dutch Rainmaker
Dutch Rainmaker's pilot installation succesfully generates water out of air in Umm Al Himam, Kuwait
Dutch rainmaker: offshore process water
Wind turbine to harvest energy and water from desert air
Flash evaporation

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A pill to slow ageing by Ian Woolf,
Catherine de Burgh-Day hunts for Dark Matter with gravity lenses,
Robert Pfeiffer computes with exotic matter,
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Produced and hosted by Ian Woolf

Catherine de Burgh-Day

New trick uses velocity maps to measure weak lensing directly
Direct Shear Mapping: Prospects for Weak Lensing Studies of Individual Galaxy–Galaxy Lensing Systems

Robert Pfeiffer

Robert Pfeiffer and Sarah Brooker

Pfeifer group

Can people with type 2 diabetes live longer than those without? A comparison of mortality in people initiated with metformin or sulphonylurea monotherapy and matched, non-diabetic controls
Metformin improves healthspan and lifespan in mice
Metformin promotes
lifespan through mitohormesis via the peroxiredoxin PRDX-2
Study shows type 2 diabetics can live longer than people without the disease
Type 2 diabetics can live longer than people without the disease
Recent Advances in the Use of Metformin: Can Treating Diabetes Prevent Breast Cancer?
Metformin: A Prescription for Longevity?
Drug trial of Metformin to begin, may increase lifespan to 120
No more Alzheimer’s? World’s first anti-aging drug could let you live more than 120 years in good health
World’s first anti-ageing drug could see humans live to 120
10 pence a day drug could help millions live longer
Diabetes Drug, Metformin, May Increase Lifespan Of Non-Diabetics; The Importance Of Controlling Blood Sugar