Space & Astronomy

[LISTEN] The Science Inside: Radio waves, lost continents and skirt lengths

Want to know more about a cellphone that could charge itself, how to build a radio from scratch or how the SKA radio telescope is to probe the radio waves of distant galaxies? Then listen to this episode of “The Science Inside”, produced by the Wits Radio Academy.
Other topics in this show include:
* News on a lost continent found under Mauritius
* Scibono’s Sibongile Twala explains exactly how the airwaves work
* skirt lengths, and how it’s a thing of economy
* the history of radio in isiZulu.

The Science Inside is presented by Elna Schütz and DJ Keyez. The production team is Matthew Law,Tiisetso Makate, and Michael Venter, with technical production by Kutlwano Serame.
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