{"id":932,"date":"2014-04-01T12:40:37","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T12:40:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/?p=932"},"modified":"2022-04-13T15:57:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:57:46","slug":"pythagorean-astronomy-cambridge-science-festival-and-gravitational-waves-from-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/physicsoutreach\/2014\/04\/01\/pythagorean-astronomy-cambridge-science-festival-and-gravitational-waves-from-inflation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pythagorean Astronomy: Cambridge Science Festival and Gravitational Waves from Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rhysphillips.co.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/episode-160\/\">31st March episode<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pythagoras-trousers.co.uk\/\">Pythagoras&#8217; Trousers<\/a>, I reported from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cam.ac.uk\/science-festival\">Cambridge Science Festival<\/a>, specifically at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ast.cam.ac.uk\/\">Institute of Astronomy<\/a>&#8216;s open afternoon. As well as speaking to a number of the exhibitors (and vistors) at the Institute, I also spoke to a few of the cosmologists about the latest results from the BICEP2 experiment (which Cardiff scientists were involved in &#8211; read more about that on <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/scientists-at-work-building-up-bicep2-at-the-south-pole-to-make-discovery-of-the-year-24610\">The Conversation<\/a>) .\u00a0<!--more-->Below you can listen to the extended version of the astronomy section, with an additional interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kicc.cam.ac.uk\/people\/ge12\">Prof George Efstathiou<\/a>, director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kicc.cam.ac.uk\/\">Kavli Institute for Cosmology<\/a> in Cambridge and the lead UK science in the Planck mission.<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-932-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Mar2014_full_PHYSX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Mar2014_full_PHYSX.mp3\">http:\/\/astrog80.astro.cf.ac.uk\/pythagoras-trousers\/mp3\/Mar2014_full_PHYSX.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Originally broadcast on Monday 31st March 2014, on <a href=\"http:\/\/radiocardiff.org\/\">Radio Cardiff<\/a> 98.7FM.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s not all in terms of radio and podcasts about this topic this month:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A few of us in Cardiff (myself, postgraduate student Seb Khan and 2nd year undergraduate Jeni Millard) and were also involved in the April 2014 episode of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.awesomeastronomy.com\/\">Awesome Astronomy<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astro.cf.ac.uk\/contactsandpeople\/?page=full&amp;id=133\">Stephen Fairhurst<\/a>, one of our gravitational wave researchers, and I can be heard tonight at on &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b03zq9h7\">Science Cafe<\/a>&#8220;, at 18:30 on BBC Radio Wales, which will be available on the iPlayer until next Tuesday (8th April).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the 31st March episode of Pythagoras&#8217; Trousers, I reported from the Cambridge Science Festival, specifically at the Institute of Astronomy&#8216;s open afternoon. 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