And the Hello,

welcome to this week's naked scientists with me, Chris Smith and with Ben Velsler.

Hello, and in this week's show an elastic battery that you can bend and you can even stretch up to three times at size and it will still work.

And does anybody want to volunteer for a trip to Mars?

A group of private investors are looking for a couple of astronaut

wannabies, but younger people need not apply and we'll find out why very soon.

I wonder how young young is, can I still apply.

Plus how do scientists and engineers work in one of the most challenging places on the planet

and that's Antarctica?

We find out how the new Hally 6 station was built there and hear about some of the research it's allowing

scientists to do there. Ben. And if you'd like to get in touch with us here at

The Naked Scientists then email Chris at the Naked Scientists dot com. Tweet at naked scientists or find us on Facebook.

The Naked Scientists podcast is powered by UKfast. UK.

And joining us this week for a look at the science headlines is Lori Winkless.

She's from the National Physical Laboratory in

Teddington London.

Peter Rogers is from the Cambridge-based science journal E-Life

and Laura House is from a Chemistry World magazine and kicking off with a

look at clean energy, Laura.

So we're looking at hydrogen power, hydrogen fuel cells, which I've been told pretty much

as long as I can remember that I'll be driving a hydrogen powered car, but it's never quite happened.

What are the benefits of hydrogen? Why do people regard to hydrogen as the fuel of the future?

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