The atmosphere at the World Cup
Jun 24th, 2010 by thebarometer
The first ever, brand new, inaugural, shiny podcast from the University of Manchester Centre for Atmospheric Science. This week talking about the World Cup: why is it tough to play at high altitude? Is the Jabulani ball really rubbish? Also a round up of some stories from the atmospheric science community like the drought in N.W. England, dodgy science reporting and hurricane predictions.
Featuring: Gavin McMeeking (host), Andy Russell, Will Morgan, Grant Allan, Niall Robinson, Hugo Ricketts, Jennifer Muller
Production: Niall Robinson
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Great first podcast! It was interesting, and I could even follow it.
Good show! - Looking forward to ‘Grant’s Rant’
So it turns out that I perjured myself in the podcast and actually you can detect blood doping by seeing if platelet levels have changed sharply. While its hard to detect, Tyler Hamilton and Alexander Vinokourov have been caught in this way. Thanks to Lorenzo for pointing it out. Niall