ÿþ<HTML> <head> <title>Lewis Dartnell</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name="authors" content="Lewis"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1"> <style> p {font-size:14px; font-family: arial, times, serif} p.name {font-size:16px; margin-left:5em; margin-right:5em; text-align: right; line-height:1.2} p.article {font-size:14px; vertical-align:middle; margin-left:4em} p.articlebig {font-size:16px; vertical-align:middle} p.summary {font-size:12px; font-family: arial, times, serif; margin-left:2em; margin-right:2em; text-align: justify; vertical-align:middle} p.additional {font-size:12px; font-family: arial, times, serif; margin-left:2em; margin-right:2em; text-align: justify; vertical-align:middle} p.list {font-size:12px; font-family: arial, times, serif; margin-left:4em; margin-right:4em; text-align: center; vertical-align:middle} h1 {font-size:36px; font-family: Times, serif, arial; margin-left:5em} h2 {font-size:22px; align:center; line-height:2; text-align: left} h3 {font-size:14px; margin-left:5em; margin-right:5em} body { text-align: center; font-family:Arial, sans-serif; background-image: url(bground.jpg); background-repeat: repeat-y; background-attachment: fixed; background-color: #336699; } </style> <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript"> var rollOverArr=new Array(); function setrollover(OverImgSrc,pageImageName) { if (! document.images)return; if (pageImageName == null) pageImageName = document.images[document.images.length-1].name; rollOverArr[pageImageName]=new Object; rollOverArr[pageImageName].overImg = new Image; rollOverArr[pageImageName].overImg.src=OverImgSrc; } function rollover(pageImageName) { if (! document.images) return; if (! rollOverArr[pageImageName])return; if (! rollOverArr[pageImageName].outImg) { rollOverArr[pageImageName].outImg = new Image; rollOverArr[pageImageName].outImg.src = document.images[pageImageName].src; } document.images[pageImageName].src=rollOverArr[pageImageName].overImg.src; } function rollout(pageImageName) { if (! document.images)return; if (! rollOverArr[pageImageName])return; document.images[pageImageName].src=rollOverArr[pageImageName].outImg.src; } function reloadFunction() { // change test.htm here location.href = 'index_m_publications.htm'; } //--> </SCRIPT> </head> <BODY TEXT="#F7F7FF" LINK="#FFFFFF" ALINK="#FFFFFF" VLINK="#FFFFFF"> <h2> <A NAME="media"> <ul><li>Media appearances</li></ul> </h2> <div align=center> <a href="index_m_media.htm#Media">Television</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="index_m_media.htm#Radio">Radio / PodCast</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <br><br><br> <!--------------------------TV --------------------------//--> <A NAME="TV"></a> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH=500 BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#003366> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="auto" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF> &nbsp; &nbsp; <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times"> TV appearances / showreels </FONT> </tD> </tR> <tR> <td> <p class="summary"> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3268717/" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="IMDB.jpg" height=80 align=right vspace=5 hspace=10 border=0> </a> <br> <FONT SIZE="3"> I have worked on a number of different science films, including TV documentaries, news shows, and a full-dome planetarium show 'We Are Astronomers'. My work on the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures, broadcast on national UK TV at the end of 2008, resulted in an entry on the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3268717/" TARGET="_blank" >here</a>. </font> </p> <br> </tR> <!---------- NEWS ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <img src="BBC_news.jpg" alt="BBC news - Lewis Dartnell" height="200" align=left vspace=5 hspace=10 border=1> <img src="Sky_news.jpg" alt="Sky news - Lewis Dartnell" height="200" align=left vspace=5 hspace=10 border=1> <p class="summary"> <br><br> <b>News</b><br><br> <FONT COLOR="#CCCCCC"> I've appeared on TV news a number of times, discussing aspects of space exploration and astrobiology. </p><br> </FONT> </tr> <!---------- BBC StargazineLIVE ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00n6nkn" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="StargazingLIVE.jpg" alt="BBC Stargazing LIVE" width=400 align=left vspace=5 hspace=10 border=0></a> <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00n6nkn" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Dartnell-StargazingLIVE.jpg" alt="BBC Stargazing LIVE - Lewis Dartnell" height=200 align=right vspace=5 hspace=10 border=1></a> <p class="summary"> <br><br><br><br><br><br> <b>BBC Stargazing LIVE </b><br><br> <FONT COLOR="#CCCCCC"> A 3min film as part of the 'Jobs with the Stars' for Stargazing LIVE: "Each week more planets are being discovered orbiting distant stars and some of them could be capable of supporting life. If they do, what would it be like? That s what Lewis hopes to discover." (January 2012) </p><br> </FONT> </tr> <!---------- Europa ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <A HREF="http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/moons-solar-system-for-ipod/id461395920" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Europa.jpg" alt="Europa - Lewis Dartnell" align=right vspace=5 hspace=10 border=0></a> <p class="summary"> <br><br> <b>Europa</b><br><br> <FONT COLOR="#CCCCCC"> This is a film I did for the Open University 'Moons of the Solar System' iPhone app, about Jupiter's icy moon Europa and the possibility of life in its dark alien ocean. Watch free through iPlayer by clicking the image on the right. </p><br> </FONT> </tr> <!---------- Monsters ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <A HREF="http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi2500499737/" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Monsters.jpg" alt="Monsters - Lewis Dartnell" align=left vspace=5 hspace=10 border=0></a> <p class="summary"> <br><br> <b>Monsters (2010, dir. Gareth Edwards)</b><br><br> <FONT COLOR="#CCCCCC"> Monsters is an incredibly captivating and atmospheric new sci-fi film, written and directed by Gareth Edwards (In the Shadow of the Moon, 2007). The story starts six years after Earth was contaminated with life brought back by a sample return mission to Jupiter's icy moon Europa. A cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border. <br><br> I did some work for a short featurette and DVD extra, explaining the science behind the film and what alien life really might be discovered in the cold dark ocean of Europa. Click on the image to the left to view this on the IMDB website, or <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturevideo/filmvideo/8080475/The-science-behind-the-film-Monsters.html" TARGET="_blank">here</a> to watch it on The Telegraph culture website. <br><br> PS: I'm not a Professor. Yet... </p><br> </FONT> </tr> <!---------- Sky at Night ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <A HREF="Dartnell_SAN_Mar2010.mp4" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Sky_at_Night.jpg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" height=250 align=right vspace=5 hspace=10 border=0></a> <p class="summary"> <br><br> <b>The Sky at Night</b><br><br> <FONT COLOR="#CCCCCC"> The Sky at Night annual special show in 2010 was on the search for life beyond the Earth, and I was invited to head the programme to talk about my research and introduce all the diverse topics within astrobiology. I chatted with Sir Patrick Moore about everything from the origins of life on our world, to the possibility of aliens swarming deep beneath the rusty surface of Mars or high in the cloud decks of Venus, to humaity's chances of ever meeting intelligent life in our galaxy. Watch the Sky at Night clip, originally televised in March 2010, <A HREF="Dartnell_SAN_Mar2010.mp4" TARGET="_blank">here</a> &nbsp; [6 mins] <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yg5mZ0Jgcw" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Sky_700NotOut.jpg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" height=250 align=left vspace=5 hspace=10 border=0></a> <br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> I was invited back on to Sky at Night when Patrick was celebrating his milestone episode '700 Not Out', along with special guests Brian Cox and Jon Culshaw. Watch a short clip on <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yg5mZ0Jgcw" TARGET="_blank" >YouTube</a> </p> </FONT> </tr> <!---------- FameLab ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <table width=400> <tr> <td colspan=2> <A HREF="http://famelab.org/" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="FameLab.jpg" height=120 align=right vspace=5 hspace=5 border=0></a> <br> </td> <td colspan=3> <p class="summary"> <br> FameLab is a competition set-up to find the new faces of science communication. Regional heats are hosted around the UK, with the final held at the Cheltenham Science Festival. I was a Grand Finalist in 2009. Throughout the competition I talked about very diverse topics, incuding how to spot life on Mars by making it glow in the dark, why the Cold War has enabled us to work-out the age of any cell in a human (and I explained why one of judges actually has the body of a 15-year-old boy!), and why wiping a smudge off your cheek can reveal something very interesting about how your brain works... Read my entry on the Hall of Famelab <A HREF="http://famelab.org/halloffamelab.html#anchor122" TARGET="_blank" > here</a> </p> <br> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="Dartnell-FameLab3.jpg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" align=left width=200 height=156 vspace=0 hspace=5 border=0> <td> <A HREF="Dartnell-FameLab4.jpg" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Dartnell-FameLab4.jpg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" align=left width=200 height=156 vspace=0 hspace=5 border=0></a> <td> <A HREF="Dartnell-FameLab2.jpg" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Dartnell-FameLab2.jpg"alt="Lewis Dartnell" align=left width=200 height=156 vspace=0 hspace=5 border=0></a> <td> <A HREF="Dartnell-FameLab7.jpg" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Dartnell-FameLab7.jpg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" align=left width=200 height=156 vspace=0 hspace=5 border=0></a> <td> <img src="Dartnell-FameLab5.jpg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" align=left width=200 height=156 vspace=5 hspace=0 border=0></a> </tr> <tr> <td> <img src="Dartnell-FameLab6.jpg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" align=left width=200 height=156 vspace=5 hspace=0 border=0></a><br> <A HREF="Dartnell-FameLab_Final-09.jpeg" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Dartnell-FameLab_Final-09.jpeg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" align=left width=200 height=156 vspace=5 hspace=0 border=0></a> <td colspan=2> <p class="summary"> <FONT COLOR="#CCCCCC"> All FameLab finalists are invited on a two-day media training course, run by some of the top science broadcasters in the country. This intensive weekend involves gaining experience in interview techniques, radio shows, and presenting to camera. You can see my TV Showreel produced during this course uploaded to YouTube <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0wLepJyB8" TARGET="_blank" >here</a>.</p> <td colspan=2> <A HREF="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO0wLepJyB8" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="FameLab_YouTube.jpg" align=center width=400 vspace=0 hspace=5 border=0></a> </td> </tr> </table> </FONT> </tD> </tR> <!---------- Dangoor Scholarship ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <A HREF="http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/dangoor-video.aspx" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Dangoor_scholarship.jpg" alt="Lewis Dartnell" width=400 align=right vspace=5 hspace=15 border=0></a> <p class="summary"> <br><br> <b>Dangoor Scholarships</b><br><br> <FONT COLOR="#CCCCCC"> The Eliahou Dangoor Scholarships have been created to provide talented British students with the opportunity to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics subjects at leading research universities around the UK. I wrote and presented the following information <A HREF="http://www.russellgroup.ac.uk/dangoor-video.aspx" TARGET="_blank" >film</a> about the scholarships. <br> </p> </FONT> </tD> </tR> <!---------- We Are Astronomers ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <img src="Dartnell_We_Are Astronomers.jpg" align=right width=500 vspace=5 hspace=15 border=0></a> <p class="summary"> <br><br> <b>We Are Astronomers</b><br><br> <FONT COLOR="#CCCCCC"> <i>We Are Astronomers</i> is a new full-dome planetarium show, narrated by David Tennant, and currently being shown around the world. <i>We Are Astronomers</i> was produced by the design team at the National Space Centre, Leicester, and I was interviewed for this show about my experiences as an astrobiologist and the ways in which modern technology is revolutionising how we do science. <br> <img src="WAA_Tennant.jpg" align=left width=150 vspace=5 hspace=0 border=0> </p> </FONT> </tD> </tR> <!---------- Have I Got News For You ----------> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER align=center HEIGHT= 163 WIDTH="250"> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <table><tr> <td> <img src="Dartnell_HIGNFY_1.jpg" align=left width=300 vspace=5 hspace=5 border=0> <td> <img src="Dartnell_HIGNFY_2.jpg" align=left width=300 vspace=5 hspace=5 border=0> <td> <div align=center><b>Have I Got News For You</b></div> <p class="summary"> In October 2008 I was asked by the science editor of the <i>Daily Telegraph</i> to write a short piece explaining the science of how Charlie Croker and his fellow heisters could have saved the gold bullion in the cliff-hanger ending of <i>The Italian Job</i>. My tongue-in-cheek answer explained that since gold was not a magnetic metal it could only be hauled to safety if it were first turned into a plasma and then controlled by a powerful electromagnetic field. This ludicrous idea was picked-up by the British satirical news show <i>'Have I Got News For You'</i> and I was mocked publicly... <br> </p> <tr> <td> <img src="Dartnell_HIGNFY_4.jpg" align=left width=300 vspace=5 hspace=5 border=0> <td> <img src="Dartnell_HIGNFY_3.jpg" align=left width=300 vspace=5 hspace=5 border=0> <td> <img src="Dartnell_HIGNFY_5.jpg" align=left width=300 vspace=5 hspace=5 border=0></a> <tr> <td> <A HREF="Dartnell_HIGNFY.mp4" TARGET="_blank"> <img src="Dartnell_HIGNFY_thumb.jpg" align=left width=300 vspace=5 hspace=5 border=1> </a> </td> <td> <p class="summary"> You can watch a short clip of this <i>Have I Got News For You</i> segment by clicking on the image to the left (or right-click to download). A clipping of the Daily Telegraph article is available on the right, with on-line discussion of the piece available on the Telegraph website <A HREF="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3276323/How-should-The-Italian-Job-really-end.html" TARGET="_blank">here</a>. </p> <td> <A HREF="Dartnell-Italian_Job-Telegraph_clipping.jpg" TARGET="_blank" > <img src="Dartnell-Italian_Job-Telegraph_clipping.jpg" align=left width=300 vspace=5 hspace=5 border=0> </a> </table> <br> </FONT> </tD> </tR> </table> <br><br> <!-------------------------- Radio --------------------------//--> <A NAME="Radio"></a> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH=950 BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" BGCOLOR=#003366> <tR> <tD VALIGN=CENTER COLSPAN=5 HEIGHT= 42 WIDTH="auto" BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF> &nbsp; &nbsp; <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times"> Radio interviews / podcasts <FONT SIZE="4"> &nbsp; &nbsp; (select only) </FONT> </tD> </tR> <tr> <td colspan=5> <p class="summary"> <br> I am regularly interviewed on live radio shows and podcasts about the search for life beyond Earth or other aspects of space exploration. Below is a list of a few of these radio appearances. Click on the speaker symbols on the right to listen to either the full or edited version of the programme, or right-click to download and save to your portable MP3 player. <br><br> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=2> <td><div align=center><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times">Full <td><div align=center><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times">Edited <td> </tr> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/" target=_blank> <img src="BBC_WS.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Science in Action, BBC World Service</b><br> Nov 2011<br> An interview with Science in Action's Jon Stewart about the stricken Russian probe Phobos-Grunt, and the future of Mars exploration with NASA's Curiosity rover [7:30 mins]<br> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="2011-11-17_Science_in_Action.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00lfymr" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/11/18/episode-111-18th-november-2011/" target=_blank> <img src="Pod_Delusion.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Pod Delusion</b><br> Nov 2011<br> Interview with Kash Farooq about the Russian mission to the moon of Mars, Phobos-Grunt, and what it hopes to achieve<br> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/11/18/episode-111-18th-november-2011/" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/11/18/episode-111-18th-november-2011/" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/11/13/life-origins-on-earth-and-searching-the-universe/" target=_blank> <img src="Pod_Delusion.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Pod Delusion</b><br> Nov 2011<br> Recording of my event with Nick Lane at the London Science Festival, 'Life: Origins on Earth and searching the Universe'<br> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/11/13/life-origins-on-earth-and-searching-the-universe/" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://poddelusion.co.uk/blog/2011/11/13/life-origins-on-earth-and-searching-the-universe/" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/519698-space-boffins-podcast4#t=1m51s" target=_blank> <img src="Space_Boffins.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Space Boffins</b><br> Oct 2011<br> Interview with Richard Hollingham and Sue Nelson for the Space Boffins podcast about the search for life beyond Earth, including Venus, Mars, Enceladus and Titan, and why it matters [10 mins].<br> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/519698-space-boffins-podcast4#t=1m51s" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/519698-space-boffins-podcast4#t=1m51s" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.britishscienceassociation.org/NR/exeres/30A5280E-7B97-441A-8ACC-0F34C64BD703.htm" target=_blank> <img src="XChange.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>theXchange</b><br> Sept 2011<br> Recording of my event at the Xchange, the evening show rounding-up 'the best of the fest' at the British Science Festival, Bradford, after my astrobiology talk earlier in the day [13 mins].<br> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/scienceinsociety/the-x-change-day-4" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://soundcloud.com/scienceinsociety/the-x-change-day-4" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/science" target=_blank> <img src="Guardian_Science.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Guardian Science Weekly PodCast: The sounds of space</b><br> August 2011.<br> Guest appearance on the Guardian podcast with Alok Jhar, talking about how you can explore the cosmos using your ears as well as your eyes. Many objects in space emit radio waves that can be heard through a set of speakers, and our Sun sings with genuine sound waves. [5 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2011/aug/29/science-weekly-podcast-space-sounds" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/audio/2011/aug/29/science-weekly-podcast-space-sounds" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://dougal.union.ic.ac.uk/media/iscience/audio/episode-3-lift-off/" target=_blank> <img src="I_Science.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>I, Science</b><br> July 2011<br> Chatting with Andrew Bailey for the Imperial College podcast <i>I, Science</i> on the recent announcement of cells possibly using arsenic in place of phosphorus, the potential implications for the search for life beyond Earth, and the interaction between science, society and the press that this research highlighted. [6 mins]<br> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://dougal.union.ic.ac.uk/media/iscience/audio/episode-3-lift-off/" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://dougal.union.ic.ac.uk/media/iscience/audio/episode-3-lift-off/" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="www.rhysphillips.co.uk/pythagoras-trousers/" target=_blank> <img src="Pythagoras_Trousers.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Pythagoras' Trousers</b><br> Sept 2010<br> Conversation with Chris North about Mars and the probes exploring its dusy surface for Pythagoras' Trousers, a science and technology radio show from Radio Cardiff and the Institution of Engineering & Technology [7 mins] <br> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://ia600503.us.archive.org/0/items/PythagorasTrousers/100926-pythagorastrousers-episode4.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.rhysphillips.co.uk/pythagoras-trousers/" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c000j" target=_blank> <img src="BBC6.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>BBC Radio 6 Music</b><br> August 2010<br> Every now and again on her radio show, Lauren Laverne interviews someone with an odd job. Here's me chatting with her about my work into alien life, and the most embarrasing moment in my research career so far... [6 mins] <br> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="2010_08-BBC6_Workers_Playtime.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00c000j" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/events/packed-lunch-mars.aspx" target=_blank> <img src="Packed_Lunch.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Packed Lunch</b><br> June 2010<br> The podcast of a live interview at the Wellcome Collection as part of their 'Packed Lunch' series of events showcasing local scientists and their work. An informal chat about my research, and what would happen to an astronaut hit by the pulse of space radiation from a solar flare.. &nbsp; &nbsp; [26 mins] <br> The Wellcome Collection also posted a blog about the event <A href="http://wellcomecollection.wordpress.com/2010/06/23/cold-nights-on-mars/" target=_blank>here</a> </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="podcast_packed-lunch_lewis-dartnell_20100611.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.wellcomecollection.org/whats-on/events/packed-lunch-mars.aspx" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://shiftrunstop.co.uk/2010/04/08/episode-21-lewis-dartnell/" target=_blank> <img src="Shift_Run_Stop.jpg" width=60 height=55 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Shift Run Stop</b><br> April 2010<br> Free-flowing chat about origins of life on Earth and where else we may find it, with Leila Johnston and Roo Reynolds for the comedy podcast Shift Run Stop. &nbsp; &nbsp; [20 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Shift_Run_Stop_episode_21_-_Lewis_Dartnell.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://shiftrunstop.co.uk" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/drkarl/" target=_blank> <img src="BBC_R5_Live.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>BBC Radio 5 Live. Dr Karl and the Naked Scientist</b><br> December 2009.<br> Interview with Colin Stuart about where we are in the hunt for life beyond the Earth. &nbsp; &nbsp; [6 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="drkarl_20100104-0130b.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <a href="drkarl_20100104-0130b_edit.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/podcasts/astronomy/" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcast.asp" target=_blank> <img src="BBC_SAN_podcast.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Sky at Night Magazine podcast</b><br> December 2009.<br> Interview with Will Gater about the real science behind the lifeforms depicted in the film <i>Avatar</i>. &nbsp; &nbsp; [6 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="skyatnightpodcastepisode19.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <a href="skyatnightpodcastepisode19_edit.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/podcast.asp" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/york/hi/tv_and_radio/" target=_blank> <img src="BBC_logo.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>BBC Radio York. Drivetime show</b><br> December 2009.<br> Interview about the biggest snowballs in the solar system and how they might host life, as well as UFOs and government incompetence, and the FameLab competition. &nbsp; &nbsp; [8 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell_BBC_Radio_York.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/york/hi/tv_and_radio/" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/" target=_blank> <img src="ABC.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Australian Broadcasting Corpotation. The Science Show</b><br> October 2009.<br> Interview with Robyn Williams about the search for life on Mars, and what might be the significance of the recent detection of methane in the martian atmosphere. &nbsp; &nbsp; [7 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell_ABC.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <a href="Dartnell_ABC_edit.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2009/2715924.htm" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.radionz.co.nz/" target=_blank> <img src="Radio_NZ.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>RadioNZ. Nights with Bryan Crump</b><br> September 2009.<br> Long interview live on-air about the nasty effects of space travel and cosmic radiation, and what to do about them - how realistic is creating artificial gravity? &nbsp; &nbsp; [38 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell-RadioNZ.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/series/science" target=_blank> <img src="Guardian_Science.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Guardian Science Weekly PodCast: What would an alien look like?</b><br> August 2009.<br> Guest appearance on the Guardian podcast with Alok Jhar. Wide-ranging conversation on where we are looking for extraterrestrial life and how to spot it. What might alien life really look like, and why we shouldn't be surprised if it's actually pretty familiar. Listen out for the blooper cruelly edited back in at the very end... &nbsp; &nbsp; [17 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell-Guardian Science_Podcast.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell-Guardian Science_Podcast_EDIT.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/audio/2009/aug/17/science-weekly-podcast-aliens" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://nrkp3.no/bareare/" target=_blank> <img src="Bare_Are.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Norwegian Broadcasting Company. Bare Are show.</b><br> June 2009.<br> Converation about life beyond Earth and how likely we are in the future to meet alien travellers in space. What might ET actually look like? And could we eat an alien cow...? &nbsp; &nbsp; [12 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell-Bare_Are_show-Norwegian_Radio.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.talksport.net/shows/show.asp?showId=100809" target=_blank> <img src="talkSPORT.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>talkSPORT. The Sports Bar with Andy Goldstein and Don Hutchison</b><br> June 2009. <br> The possibility of life beyond Earth. How to find life on Mars, or elsewhere in our galaxy, and why should be bother? &nbsp; &nbsp; [16 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell-talkSPORT.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/sciencecafe/" target=_blank> <img src="BBC_Wales.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>BBC Radio Wales. Science Cafe with Adam Walton</b><br> June 2009<br> Interview on why future human explorers might be short, fat and ugly! Why this is an important consideration for astronaut haelth and what can be done to avoid it.&nbsp; &nbsp; [6 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell-BBC_Radio_Wales-Science_Cafe.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/radiowales/sites/sciencecafe/updates/20090617.shtml" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.newstalk.ie/presenters/sean-moncrieff/" target=_blank> <img src="NewsTalk.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b> Newstalk Dublin. Sean Moncrieff show</b><br> June 2009<br> The reality of long-term space travel and the effects on the human body. Life on other worlds might be pretty exotic, and even creatures like Sky Whales could be possible.&nbsp; &nbsp; [11 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="Dartnell-Newstalk_Dublin.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://soundofscience.wordpress.com/" target=_blank> <img src="Sound_Science.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>Sheffield Live 93.2 FM. The Sound of Science.</b><br> May 2009.<br> Conversation with Prof. Noel Sharkey about astrobiology and the search for life beyond Earth. Bugs in martian meteorites, the risk of contaminating Earth, and life around distant stars. &nbsp; &nbsp; [14 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="2009_05-The_Sound_of_Science_Sheffield_live_Noel_Sharkey_EDITED.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0></a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="http://soundofscience.wordpress.com/2009/05/08/show-49-first-broadcast-8th-may-2009/" target=_blank> website</a> </font> </tR> <tR> <td> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0070h86" target=_blank> <img src="Radio_5.jpg" width=60 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0> </a> <td> <p class="summary"> <b>BBC Five Alive. Up All Night with Rhod Sharp</b><br> January 2007<br> Interview about my research on how deep martian microbes would need to be to survive the cosmic radiation, and the possibility of finding life preserved in the Elysium sea on Mars. &nbsp; &nbsp; [7 mins] </p> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> <a href="2007_01-BBC_Five_Alive-Up_All_Night_with_Rhod_Sharp.mp3" target=_blank> <img src="Audio_thumb.png" width=40 align=center vspace=0 hspace=0 border=0></a> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <td width=50 BGCOLOR=#2F4F4F> <div align=center> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times"> </font> </tR> </table> <br><br> <div style="text-align:CENTER; "><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR=#FFFFFF FACE="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><A HREF="mailto:l.dartnell@ucl.ac.uk" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:l.dartnell@ucl.ac.uk"> <Font COLOR=#FFFFFF><B>Contact me at <nbsp> l.dartnell@ucl.ac.uk</B></A></FONT></div> <bR> <br> </div> </BODY> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Pragma" CONTENT="no-cache"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="-1"> </HEAD> </HTML>