Plants and Algae: Nature's Radioactive Vacuum Cleaners

By Guest Blogger, Matt Gunther

This month, Gunther discusses what is arguably the most glamourous organism in the scientific world: algae. The bane of pond-owners with clogged-up fiter pumps, algae has some very exotic properties, which make it the perfect candidate for sucking up radioactive contamination in the world's rivers and oceans. They also seem to get a kick out of smothering people in foam?!

Episode Four - Friends of the Earth (Part One)

On this months show we discuss the already infamous Mike Childs interview concerning Friends of the Earth's position on nuclear energy and  we review the new radioactive horror; "Chernobyl Diaries." On our magical mystery tour we discover Kate is harbouring chickens, all ex-Spetsnaz soldiers own navy blue Adidas jackets and rating a film in Sieverts can prove rather difficult!

Like last month the podcast is split up into two chunks but due to iTunes' detection software proving to be temperamental, I've had to split it into two blog posts also. This first post is for the "news" segment.

The track played on the show was "Ride the Nuclear Wave" by The Oranges Band, from the album The World & Everything In it. (Ride the Nuclear Wave (The Oranges Band) / CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)

Click on the "Read Below" tab to access part one of the podcast!

Nuclear Accidents in Context

By guest blogger, Joel Turner

Fukushima and Chernobyl have given nuclear power a bad rep. Fear of radiation, whilst completely understandable, has been blown out of proportion when compared to the risks associated with other industries and even renewable energy sources. This article aims to give some context.