Spacetime With Stuart Gary

Stream podcast episodes on demand from www.bitesz.com/spacetime (mobile friendly).  *Could mysterious Fast Radio Bursts be MagnetarsAstronomers have discovered a highly magnetic neutron star called a magnetar which appears to have a lot of the characteristics of mysterious high energy pulses known as Fast Radio Bursts.  *Bering Sea meteor blastThe Earth’s been hit by its biggest meteor blast since the 2013 Chelyabinsk event in Russia. *Israeli Moon mission on trackIsrael’s first mission to land on the Moon is continuing nominally despite an early glitch with the spacecraft’s navigation system. *The Science ReportHigh fructose corn syrup linked to increased intestinal cancer tumour growth.Alcohol responsible for 45.1% of third party road deaths and 14.9% of violence-related deaths.Excess time lounging around is linked to around 50,000 deaths per year in the UK.Illegal deforestation in Brazil could increase the land surface temperature by up to 1.45°C.A new environmentally friendly, cost-effective method of ste