Apologies from the Cicada

Summary: With Chris in Chicago, and Rob back in Oxford, there are some surprising technical difficulties. We discuss Mars Curiosity, spiral galaxies far, far away and the magnetic Pipe Nebula. Is the Universe left- or right-handed; and what do you do with a thermonuclear reactor when you’re done? [MP3 Link] Episode #42. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott. Links: Curiosity landing soon (Aug 6): http://twitter.com/MarsCuriosity/ Spiral galaxy at z~2.5 (BX442): http://arstechnica.com/science/2012/07/a-hot-young-spiral-galaxy-is-the-farthest-yet-seen/ Magnetism in the Pipe Nebula: http://arxiv.org/abs/1207.3310 Handedness of spirals: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1207.5464v1.pdf and http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3247 Rob took a trip to ITER - which was cool: http://orbitingfrog.com/post/27432084271/iter-a-thermonuclear-reactor-that-scientists-will-tidy Most amazing ISS timelapse yet? https://vimeo.com/45878034 Famelab : http://andrewsteele.co.uk/famelab/ Credits: Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).