Ground Shakers: Studying elephants vibrations used to communicate enormous distances
Episode description
From the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition, we speak to Dr Beth Mortimer, from the University of Oxford, who is measuring seismic vibrations to track African elephants’ communication.
Elephants can feel vibrations through the ground from enormous distances, which can dictate their travelling routes through the savannah.
Beth and her team buried 1,200 seismic nodes underground to measure the ground vibrations, which are more commonly used to study things like earthquakes and volcanoes.
Archaeologists working on an excavation site in the UK’s Cotswolds have discovered evidence of an Iron Age-Roman settlement.
This comes after the find of two iron Roman cavalry swords.
Plus, researchers in Spain say that even the softest of veg can damage our teeth, too.
Also in this episode:
-Jarvis Cocker marks the 100-year anniversary of the Shipping Forecast.
-Why you may want to send a few more emojis to your loved ones...
-The lost voices of monks to be heard again after 500 years.
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