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Ep 164: The Pod - Flesh eating sea lice
On my new podcast called The Pod, we check out flesh-eating sea lice - do you dare swim again? -
Ep 162: Pulsating Pulses
I spoke to Daniel Tan from the University of Sydney's Faculty of Agriculture and Environment about his research into pulses, including genetic resistance to heat waves and climate change, plant physiology and genetics, crop modelling and why he is known throughout the University as "The Hot Scientist". -
Ep 160: 2015 The year of light
2015 was a magnificent year for physics. Not only was it the International Year of Light and light-based technologies, it was an outstanding year of astronomical achievement, culminating with the magnificent New Horizons photos of Pluto. It was also 100 years since the Theory of General Relativity was published, and 50 years since the Cosmic Background Radiation was discovered. -
Ep 157: Where to now for cold fusion?
It may surprise you to hear that Cold Fusion research continues to this day, with some “interesting” participants and some extraordinary and surprisingly persistent claims. -
Science for kids
Some cool stuff we did over the holidays with the kids - slime, water rockets, lava lamps, boats, fun. -
Science of Spiderman
Dr Boob examines Spiderman over two episodes looking at how to manipulate Peter Parker's DNA using a virus to transport engineered DNA into his cells, and the amazing properties of spider silk. Part 1 and Part 2. -
Modelling an all-time greatest musical playlist
Attempting to settle once and for all what my favourite song is, using maths.
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Do you have a burning science question that you need answered? For National Science Week 2010 , along with Diffusion Science Radio , we ar...
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A few weeks back, I had a great chat about birthday mathematics with Glynn Greensmith on the It's Just Not Cricket show on ABC Radio. I...
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I've recently been putting together a Guide to Web 2.0 for The Helix Magazine and one of the most interesting aspects has been explori...
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Music has an indisputable ability to trigger powerful emotions. It is frequently associated with memories of the past, and hearing just a sh...
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A friend of mine recently pointed me in the direction of an article in signonsandiego.com called With Obama election comes the return of th...