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	Podcast:		UC Science Today
	Episode:		The weekly roundup - July 15th
	Category:		Science & Medicine
	Duration:		00:01:34
	Publish Date:		2016-07-13 19:00:00
	Description:		When you hear the word ‘radioactivity’, what do you think of? It might bring to mind nuclear disasters like Fukushima and Chernobyl. But it does exist naturally in our environment. So, physicist Kai Vetter of the University of California, Berkeley wants to change the way we think about radiation. "We have established what we call the Berkeley DoseNet program, aiming at providing simple radiation sensors to communities and to high schools, to enable the broader public to learn about the world we’re living in." And speaking of radiation, astronomer Imke de Pater of UC Berkeley has released the most detailed radio maps yet of Jupiter’s surface. "We could see just all kinds of different features. For example, the Great Red Spot, and other little ovals and storm systems on Jupiter." The maps are just in time for the arrival of NASA’s Juno space probe, which has begun its trip around the gas planet. Meanwhile, back here on terra firma, we meet the Livermore Lab’s Jonathan Allen – a bioinformatics scientist who has been tapped to join a national panel to study the relationship between ‘built environments’ and the microbiome. "So, everywhere we go, our skin is contacting surfaces and shedding bacteria on building surfaces and then also it’s coming from the natural environment, plants and the outdoor environment." To hear these and other episodes about the latest University of California research, subscribe to UC Science Today on iTunes or follow us on Facebook. Thanks for listening. Until next time, I’m Larissa Branin. Subscribe to Science Today on iTunes: apple.co/1TQBewD Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ucsciencetoday Stories mentioned in this roundup: https://soundcloud.com/sciencetoday/radiation_education https://soundcloud.com/sciencetoday/jupiter_map https://soundcloud.com/sciencetoday/built_environment
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