Sunday 8th June at 5.03pm

(Repeated Wednesday 11th June at 9.30pm)

The Science Of The Beautiful Game

With Euro 2008 underway, Adam discusses the science and maths behind football with sports scientist Dr. Ken Bray, who's based at the University of Bath. Dr Bray is the author of the book 'How to Score: Science and the Beautiful Game'. He'll be watching the matches very carefully and analysing each of them in terms of their mathematics, physics and psychology.

Flatulent Cows And Greenhouse Gas

There are around 1.3 billion cows around the world and each of them produces up to 500 litres of methane every day. Sheep can produce a fair bit too. Because methane is a greenhouse gas, those cattle chewing the cud in fields across Wales are actually contributing to global warming. Now a team at the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Science at Aberystwyth University are investigating how to make the world's cows- and sheep- less gassy. Science Cafe reporter, John Meredith, went to meet one of the scientists behind the research.

Eternal Youth

A new scientific study has discovered the secret to eternal youth- at cellular level, at least. A team of scientists based at Cambridge University have discovered how to keep embryonic stem cells youthful, by blocking the activation of a certain molecule- called ERK. It's believed that the findings could help form the basis of new treatments for a vast range of conditions. Adam spoke with Professor Austin Smith, who leads the team at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research, to find out what it all means.

Music And Science

Holst's The Planets Suite is being performed this Friday at the Parc and Dare Theatre in Treorchy by the Parc and Dare Brass Band and harpist Catrin Finch. But, just to prove that art and science can coexist in perfect harmony, the concert will also feature Mark Brake, Professor of Science Communication at the University of Glamorgan. He'll be giving the scientific perspective on each of the planets featured in the concert. He spoke to Adam to explain his role in the performance.

Espresso Science

On this week's Espresso Science, Dr Diane Gray of the Techniquest @ NEWI Science Discovery Centre in Wrexham shows Adam how much fun you can have making a mini plasma in a microwave- probably not a good idea to try this experiment at home.
Listen to this week's Espresso Science

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The Secret of Eternal Youth

Techniquest@NEWI

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