The Moon Landing: 50 Years Later

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As a space nerd, I watched the anniversary edge closer and was excited to bring the Apollo 11 mission and hours of archive audio to life.

With the 50th anniversary since astronauts successfully landed on the moon, The Naked Scientists revisited their journey, the science and the people that made it a success. My highlight had to be speaking with Norm Sears, the engineer that designed the navigation, control and guidance system for the mission.

Presented with Adam Murphy.

Naked at Edinburgh Science Festival!

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This was another first for me. A recording with a live audience.

Being invited to Edinburgh Science Festival, I took this as an opportunity to change up the regular format of The Naked Scientists and bring listeners the best discoveries - and the bizarre - from the wonderfully weird world of science.

The panel included Chris Johnson, Head of Computer Science at Glasgow University, Sophie Goggins, Curator of Biomedical Science at National Museums Scotland as well as astrophysicist Beth Biller and microbiologist Luke McNally, from the University of Edinburgh. Presenters Chris Smih and Adam Murphy were also be joined by Sir Ian Wilmut, one of the brains behind the pioneering work of Dolly The Sheep.

Planet B: Can We Colonise Space?

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This was my FIRST EVER full hour radio documentary for The Naked Scientists that aired on BBC 5 Live, ABC's Radio National in Australia, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and went out as a TNS podcast. 

Last year, Stephen Hawking made a rather shocking prediction... We have 100 years to colonise another planet, stating that "we are running out of space on Earth and we need to break through the technological limitations preventing us living elsewhere in the universe". This got me thinking, what would that actually involve and would general folks like us be allowed to go? 

Throughout the show, I spoke to leading scientists about our possible options for another home (spoiler: it's very limited), how we might get there (spoiler: technology needs to get a move on) and what our bodies go through to tolerate life in space. Plus, I had a go at my own astronaut training. Final spoiler: I felt very sick afterwards.