tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-249369592024-03-19T18:04:22.290+11:00MSSWhere science meets pop culture.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-71556839970830319252017-11-19T21:06:00.003+11:002017-11-19T21:17:49.715+11:00Ep 164: The Pod - Flesh eating sea lice<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWUeEnYMdagKj9qKcoKb4qa4pdRuC10QUtiNgdWtKXG3MLlZZlt2WC423FY90Mpilv5X7z-hFn30ACszmZwdd72_pkwPpQ3wbqPQgTd0A9wZWP8NUZmNwfnEoWzXrJT8RMdeAkg/s1600/thepod200.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWUeEnYMdagKj9qKcoKb4qa4pdRuC10QUtiNgdWtKXG3MLlZZlt2WC423FY90Mpilv5X7z-hFn30ACszmZwdd72_pkwPpQ3wbqPQgTd0A9wZWP8NUZmNwfnEoWzXrJT8RMdeAkg/s1600/thepod200.jpg" /></a>
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I have started a new podcast called <a href="http://www.thepodpodcast.net/">The Pod</a> - I'd love you to have a listen and tell me what you think! Mr Science Show is not gone though, it will continue on boldly!<br />
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<i>The Pod</i> is about ocean swimming - there is more to ocean swimming than swimming in the ocean - and will cover a whole spectrum of topics. It is likely to be a very sciencey show!<br />
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So here's Episode One, which is a science-based episode on flesh-eating sea lice. For more information, please check out the <a href="http://www.thepodpodcast.net/e/ocean-swimming-with-flesh-eating-marine-isopods/">notes over on The Pod</a>.
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<iframe style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5959280/height/60/width/640/theme/standard/autonext/no/thumbnail/yes/autoplay/no/preload/no/no_addthis/no/direction/backward/" height="60" width="640" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com339tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-9046319456837020342017-04-24T21:14:00.000+10:002017-04-24T21:17:02.443+10:00Ep 163: Birthday mathsA few weeks back, I had a great chat about birthday mathematics with Glynn Greensmith on the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JNCGlynn/">It's Just Not Cricket</a> show on ABC Radio. It was great! We discussed how when you are born in the year influences your latter life, some counter-intuitive probabilities regarding shared birthdays, a bit of astrology and whatever else popped into our heads. <br />
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The audio belongs to the ABC - see <a href="https://www.facebook.com/JNCGlynn/">here for more on the show</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com332tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-15704228055064229522016-06-01T15:26:00.003+10:002016-06-01T15:26:52.849+10:00Ep 162: Pulsating Pulses<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNw_e9VmOYXHnTYBpp3V8esXWMbUagaWdM_2p3w2BU5rW9mbbgk6j25zS7zM8Mwc0xQsZtlgVZ3pcVSaw5_79TX6XZu3jEKTzYkEPipStGTytxcp5PoOJAkflXT14UIuImLUl42A/s1600/pulse200.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNw_e9VmOYXHnTYBpp3V8esXWMbUagaWdM_2p3w2BU5rW9mbbgk6j25zS7zM8Mwc0xQsZtlgVZ3pcVSaw5_79TX6XZu3jEKTzYkEPipStGTytxcp5PoOJAkflXT14UIuImLUl42A/s1600/pulse200.jpg" /></a>
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2016 is the <a href="http://www.fao.org/pulses-2016/faq/en/">International Year of Pulses</a>,
which aims to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of
pulses as part of sustainable food production aimed towards food
security and nutrition. I spoke to <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/research/opportunities/supervisors/1115">Daniel Tan</a> from the <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/agriculture/">University of Sydney's Faculty of Agriculture and Environment</a> 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".<br />
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Feel free to leave your favourite pulse recipe below in the comments! <a href="http://www.pulseaus.com.au/using-pulses/pulse-recipes">Some good ones are here</a>.<br />
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Listen below:<br />
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<b>Songs in this episode</b> (all Creative Commons <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license" title="Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)">Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)</a>):<br />
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<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/future_boy/18375" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Certain Death (Pulse Mix)</span></a> by Future Boy;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/George_Ellinas/14073" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Dj Rkod - Pulse (George Ellinas Remix)</span></a> by George_Ellinas;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/audiologic/2708" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Pulsed Sensations</span></a> by AudioLogic;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/Pitx/36329" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Pulse</span></a> by Pitx;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/psychadelik_pedestrian/53685" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection" rel="dc:type">Pulse</span></a> by Psychadelik Pedestrian;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/Wired_Ant/39225" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">God is hot (feat. MommaLuv SkyTower)</span></a> by Wired Ant.<br /> </li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com180tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-15216732231840612342016-02-28T09:11:00.000+11:002016-02-28T09:11:43.564+11:00Ep 161: 2016 Pulses and Pulsars<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yt6V8LifqY1Y7nHd1UyBCj0eHREQ3IZ_pnvz-W2oJw5yNNLpaee-d8udyEykLdJUkxx62YorS1Dz3AbrG8X8mufM_bMOHCJo6TaXSKvwKrGuViMr059EGFMVCmMrmWEPainSDQ/s1600/pulse.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yt6V8LifqY1Y7nHd1UyBCj0eHREQ3IZ_pnvz-W2oJw5yNNLpaee-d8udyEykLdJUkxx62YorS1Dz3AbrG8X8mufM_bMOHCJo6TaXSKvwKrGuViMr059EGFMVCmMrmWEPainSDQ/s1600/pulse.jpg" /></a><br />
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Happy 2016! This week, I spoke on <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/centralwest/programs/central_west_mornings/">ABC Radio Central West</a> about some of the science we can expect in 2016:<br />
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<li>2016 is the <a href="http://www.fao.org/pulses-2016/faq/en/">International Year of Pulses</a>, which aims to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutrition. The Year will create a unique opportunity to encourage connections throughout the food chain that would better utilize pulse-based proteins, further global production of pulses, better utilize crop rotations and address the challenges in the trade of pulses.</li>
<li>2016 will also see some interesting astronomical events, although it will be hard to beat 2015. My favourite upcoming events are:</li>
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<li><a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/juno/main/index.html">The Juno mission to Jupiter</a> </li>
<li>The continuing <a href="http://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/planet_c/">Akatsuki mission to Venus</a>. This mission is a testament to the usefulness of maths: originally, the orbiter could not get into orbit around Venus due to on-board failures, and orbited the Sun for 5 years, until the mathematicians got together and figured out how to get the craft back into orbit around Venus using the remaining working thrusters. After 5 years!</li>
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Listen in to this show below on <a href="https://soundcloud.com/abcnsw">ABC NSW's soundcloud</a> page, or grab the <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/pulses.mp3">mp3</a>.
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As always, <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/profiles/content/s3986978.htm">thanks for Kia</a>!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com62tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-79747870668498765552015-12-24T19:43:00.000+11:002015-12-24T19:43:40.656+11:00Ep 160: 2015 The year of light<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CQiN0vllN1MnmuYTzXvQEmpxeXeBPMx29gVMYQPkK4ZF3zk3aT5eo7R6-rTEl553tKjrF7KG7waQwmvaDpCm3SycBhvAJqB94Ta_826rzzzGMJeeQlIQbcfoXtVPFsOdQYD9qQ/s1600/Laser200.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5CQiN0vllN1MnmuYTzXvQEmpxeXeBPMx29gVMYQPkK4ZF3zk3aT5eo7R6-rTEl553tKjrF7KG7waQwmvaDpCm3SycBhvAJqB94Ta_826rzzzGMJeeQlIQbcfoXtVPFsOdQYD9qQ/s1600/Laser200.jpg" /></a>
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2015 was a magnificent year for physics. Not only was it the <a href="http://www.light2015.org/Home.html">International Year of Light and light-based technologies</a>, it was an outstanding year of astronomical achievement, culminating with the magnificent <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/newhorizons/main/">New Horizons photos of Pluto</a>. It was also 100 years since the <a href="http://www.light2015.org/Home/CosmicLight/Einstein-Centenary.html">Theory of General Relativity</a> was published, and 50 years since the <a href="http://www.light2015.org/Home/CosmicLight/The-Big-Bang.html">Cosmic Background Radiation</a> was discovered.<br />
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Australia also broke a couple of astronomical world records: <a href="http://light2015.org.au/event/guinness-world-record-attempt-most-people-stargazing-across-australia/">The most people stargazing across Australia</a>, and in a <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-21/over-1800-people-gather-to-set-stargazing-world-record-in-act/6716610">single location at ANU</a>. One of the organisers of this world record was Tom Gordon, a science communicator at <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/science/outreach/high-school/kickstart/physics.shtml">The University of Sydney</a> who runs <a href="http://blogs.usyd.edu.au/kickstart/">Kickstart Physics</a><b> </b>(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/kickstartphysics/">Instagram</a>), which are physics workshops aimed at year 12 science students and teachers. Tom, along with Christie McMonigal and Shane Hengst, runs the <a href="http://stempunkpodcast.blogspot.com.au/">STEMPunk podcast</a>,
chatting about science communication and Science, Technology,
Engineering and Mathematics (STEM): Communicating scientifically with
science communicators.<br />
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Who better to talk to about this splendid year in Physics than Tom?<br />
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Listen in <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/tom.mp3">here</a>:<br />
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<b>Songs in this episode</b> (in order of play - all Creative Commons <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license" title="Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)">Attribution Noncommercial (3.0)</a>):<br />
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</b><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/spinmeister/47857" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL"> </a><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/spinmeister/47857" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Sharks with Lasers</span></a> by spinmeister;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/Fireproof_Babies/32067" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Red Giant</span></a> by Fireproof_Babies;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/Fireproof_Babies/22503" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Fate of the Sun</span></a> by Fireproof_Babies;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/ramblinglibrarian/32816" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Beyond Jupiter - Instrumental</span></a> by Ivan Chew;</li>
<li><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/Coruscate/34520" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Spaced Invaders 2011 (90 BPM)</span></a> by coruscate <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com174tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-46464138519090265352015-09-21T16:21:00.000+10:002015-09-21T16:21:14.929+10:00Ep 159: Wedding cost, marriage success and catsFrom a recent chat with <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/centralwest/programs/central_west_mornings/">ABC Central West</a>, this week is definitely a <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/search/label/Correlation%20of%20the%20Week">correlation of the week</a>. Two separate stories on the topic of love and attachment highlight a couple of statistical concerns you need to be wary of when drawing conclusions from research:<br />
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<li>The correlation of wedding / engagement ring cost and marriage longevity (concern: correlation does not necessarily equal causation);</li>
<li>Does your cat really love you? (concern: sample size)</li>
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Listen in below or on the <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/wedding.mp3">mp3</a> (and all credit again to ABC and Kia).<br />
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<li><span class="Z3988" style="font-size: x-small;" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=Economic+Inquiry&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1111%2Fecin.12206&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=%E2%80%9CA+DIAMOND+IS+FOREVER%E2%80%9D+AND+OTHER+FAIRY+TALES%3A+THE+RELATIONSHIP+BETWEEN+WEDDING+EXPENSES+AND+MARRIAGE+DURATION&rft.issn=00952583&rft.date=2015&rft.volume=53&rft.issue=4&rft.spage=1919&rft.epage=1930&rft.artnum=http%3A%2F%2Fdoi.wiley.com%2F10.1111%2Fecin.12206&rft.au=Francis-Tan%2C+A.&rft.au=Mialon%2C+H.&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Social+Science">Francis-Tan, A., & Mialon, H. (2015). <i>A DIAMOND IS FOREVER” AND OTHER FAIRY TALES: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WEDDING EXPENSES AND MARRIAGE DURATION </i><span style="font-style: italic;">Economic Inquiry, 53</span> (4), 1919-1930 DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12206" rev="review">10.1111/ecin.12206</a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">
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<li><span class="Z3988" style="font-size: x-small;" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=PloS+one&rft_id=info%3Apmid%2F26332470&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Domestic+Cats+%28Felis+silvestris+catus%29+Do+Not+Show+Signs+of+Secure+Attachment+to+Their+Owners.&rft.issn=&rft.date=2015&rft.volume=10&rft.issue=9&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Potter+A&rft.au=Mills+DS&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Social+Science">Potter A, & Mills DS (2015). <i>Domestic Cats (Felis silvestris catus) Do Not Show Signs of Secure Attachment to Their Owners.</i> <span style="font-style: italic;">PloS one, 10</span> (9) PMID: <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26332470" rev="review">26332470</a></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com153tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-17606172874223343642015-08-11T20:47:00.002+10:002015-08-11T20:47:30.079+10:00Ep 158: Food science with ABC RadioEvery month, I chat with <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/centralwest/programs/central_west_mornings/">ABC Central West</a> and the science topics of the day, and this week we chatted food, in particular:<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150804202650.htm">Consumption of spicy foods may lead to a lower risk of death</a> (and a little about correlation and causation - I really should do some more <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/search/label/Correlation%20of%20the%20Week">correlations of the week</a>)</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/08/150806133148.htm">Human brain evolution needed carbs</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/blueprintforliving/3d-printing-the-meals-of-the-future/6566496">3D printed food</a> </li>
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Have a listen below, or <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/food.mp3">on the mp3</a> - all credit to the ABC (and the wonderful host, Kia).<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-9287699573217433992015-07-02T18:23:00.001+10:002015-07-03T10:03:55.181+10:00Ep 157: Where to now for Cold Fusion?<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/cottonijoe/63529634" title="Big Bang / Cold Fusion by Johannes, on Flickr"><img alt="Big Bang / Cold Fusion" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTvbszKEyFRqHxyGSY9zx5vdfkPFR6LvgaFXeAe4qcl9ZXRUmfKQer_gMa2FgUSaoV3b9ey9d24z3p2zN1NPGrv0dM0dE7LZsgdZi57ImJkKnV8vjszCrRxp87m2pM-RsG7hUAWA/s1600/cold.jpg" width="800" /></a><br />
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Do you remember <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Cold_fusion">Cold Fusion</a>? Remember when electrochemists <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Fleischmann">Martin Fleischmann</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Pons">Stanley Pons</a> claimed to have achieved <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022072889800063">nuclear fusion in a bottle</a> on a table in their lab in Utah? That was so 80s! Cold Fusion
was quickly debunked and, apart from its appearance in a 1997 Val Kilmer Movie (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120053/">The Saint</a>), most people forgot about it. So 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. The most recent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Conference_on_Cold_Fusion">International Conference on Cold Fusion</a> (ICCF-19) was the largest yet reflecting a climate of renewed interest.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/humilimath">Dr. Timothy J. Surendonk</a> has a passion for cold fusion, and in this podcast episode,
tells its story, of the new players, recent events,
and particularly the curious story of the
“<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Catalyzer">e-cat</a>.” It isn't heavy on technical science, but
rather a more entertaining talk that just might challenge the way you
relate to science.<br />
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Listen to this show <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/coldfusion.mp3">here</a>:<br />
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<li><span class="Z3988" style="font-size: x-small;" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=Journal+of+Electroanalytical+Chemistry+and+Interfacial+Electrochemistry&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1016%2F0022-0728%2889%2980006-3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Electrochemically+induced+nuclear+fusion+of+deuterium&rft.issn=00220728&rft.date=1989&rft.volume=261&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=301&rft.epage=308&rft.artnum=http%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2F0022072889800063&rft.au=Fleischmann%2C+M.&rft.au=Pons%2C+S.&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Social+Science">Fleischmann, M., & Pons, S. (1989). Electrochemically induced nuclear fusion of deuterium <span style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry, 261</span> (2), 301-308 DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-0728(89)80006-3" rev="review">10.1016/0022-0728(89)80006-3</a></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=Naturwissenschaften&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs00114-009-0537-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Theory+of+Bose%E2%80%93Einstein+condensation+mechanism+for+deuteron-induced+nuclear+reactions+in+micro%2Fnano-scale+metal+grains+and+particles&rft.issn=0028-1042&rft.date=2009&rft.volume=96&rft.issue=7&rft.spage=803&rft.epage=811&rft.artnum=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2F10.1007%2Fs00114-009-0537-6&rft.au=Kim%2C+Y.&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Social+Science">Kim, Y. (2009). Theory of Bose–Einstein condensation mechanism for deuteron-induced nuclear reactions in micro/nano-scale metal grains and particles <span style="font-style: italic;">Naturwissenschaften, 96</span> (7), 803-811 DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00114-009-0537-6" rev="review">10.1007/s00114-009-0537-6</a></span><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=Few-Body+Systems&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs00601-012-0374-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Nuclear+Reactions+in+Micro%2FNano-Scale+Metal+Particles&rft.issn=0177-7963&rft.date=2012&rft.volume=54&rft.issue=1-4&rft.spage=25&rft.epage=30&rft.artnum=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2F10.1007%2Fs00601-012-0374-6&rft.au=Kim%2C+Y.&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Social+Science"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=Few-Body+Systems&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1007%2Fs00601-012-0374-6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Nuclear+Reactions+in+Micro%2FNano-Scale+Metal+Particles&rft.issn=0177-7963&rft.date=2012&rft.volume=54&rft.issue=1-4&rft.spage=25&rft.epage=30&rft.artnum=http%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2F10.1007%2Fs00601-012-0374-6&rft.au=Kim%2C+Y.&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Social+Science">Kim, Y. (2012). Nuclear Reactions in Micro/Nano-Scale Metal Particles <span style="font-style: italic;">Few-Body Systems, 54</span> (1-4), 25-30 DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00601-012-0374-6" rev="review">10.1007/s00601-012-0374-6</a> </span></span></li>
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<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/daviroque/357" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Proton Pumps</span></a></i> by davi roque de souza</span></li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/DJStupid/35421" rel="cc:attributionURL"><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">Nuclear Winter - Neon Pimpz</span></a></i> by DJStupid</span> </li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-58135756029771411642015-02-26T12:38:00.001+11:002015-02-26T12:43:07.945+11:00Farewell DarrenIt is with great sadness that I let you know that my friend and co-Beer
Drinking Scientist, Darren Osborne, passed away in January after a brave battle
with brain cancer.<br />
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I've put a few words up over on the <a href="http://www.beerdrinkingscientists.com/e/farewell-darren/">BDS website</a>, so I'll direct you over there if you would like to have a look or if you would like to make a charitable donation to the <a href="http://www.curebraincancer.org.au/my-fundraising/8363/clipping-for-a-cure">Cure Brain Cancer Foundation</a>. <br />
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The clips in this show might not be new to Mr Science Show listeners, but they are new to those who listened to BDS and are a nice collection of irreverent and ridiculous scientific conversations between us.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-46188312170871141082015-01-06T22:54:00.000+11:002015-07-02T20:00:16.052+10:00Ep 156: Science for kids - home-made lava-lampThis Christmas break, I have been mucking around with science experiments for my kids. Here is the first of a few easy experiments you can try at home.<br />
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The following videos show you how to make a home-made lava lamp. It is very simple - grab a clear cup (or bottle or vase or flask), fill it about a third full of water and two thirds full of oil. The oil floats on the water as it has a lower density. Add some food colouring (you can do this at the start directly to the water, or after you have added the oil - this has the added benefit of showing that the food colouring does not dissolve in the oil, so it drops through the lower density oil to the water below).<br />
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You may already have <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alka-Seltzer">Alka Seltzer</a> in your medicine cabinet - it is an over-the-counter pain reliever containing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citric_acid">Citric acid</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_bicarbonate">Sodium bicarbonate</a> (also known as baking soda). Split the alka seltzer tablets into about 4 bits, and add them to make your lamp. See the videos below for what happens.<br />
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The reaction that is occurring is:<br />
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Citric Acid + Sodium bicarbonate → Sodium citrate + Carbon dioxide + Water<br />
<i>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>8</sub>O<sub>7</sub> + 3NaHCO<sub>3</sub> → Na<sub>3</sub>C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>5</sub>O<sub>7</sub> + 3CO<sub>2</sub> + 3H<sub>2</sub>O</i><br />
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Or more simply:<br />
<i><i>3H<sup>+</sup></i>+ 3HCO<sub>3</sub><sup>-</sup> <sup></sup> → 3CO<sub>2</sub> + 3H<sub>2</sub>O</i><br />
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Note, if you don't have alka seltzer, you can try baking soda, but add some vinegar to the original water mix, as vinegar is acidic and provides the H<sup>+</sup>.<br />
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When you add the alka seltzer to the water, the citric acid and sodium bicarbonate start to dissolve, which allows the reaction to start and is why they don't react in solid form in the tablet.<br />
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The reaction produces gaseous carbon dioxide, which has a lower density than both water and oil, and hence rises through the layers. When the gas bubbles exit the water into the oil, they trap and pull up a small amount of water with them. When the bubbles reach the surface, they burst and the water falls back through the oil. It's worth looking at this closely, as you will observe coloured water droplets that don't have quite enough CO<sub>2</sub> stuck to, or dissolved within, them to make it all the way to the surface, and so they float around, buffeted from side to side by other, more vigorously moving, droplets.<br />
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Here's some <a href="http://www.csiro.au/helix/sciencemail/activities/LavaFizz.html">more over at CSIRO</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com82tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-2419645128845961782014-07-13T20:53:00.001+10:002014-07-13T20:53:51.058+10:00Ep 155: Fact or Fiction with ANSTO<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6I0Polyy3SYuMhM0Dbt2r82muZZYO5KPrkUMA43kJpoSMRfJSWMwcwn_PHYaXDDcnVRoEv0r4fK-MHiA3KXyh9dkfZNjYiF3mVWFI4Wo9IJzqpI6gz2c6fIQXjEPvYQntni2jg/s1600/light-sabers-star-wars-saber-fight-battle-hd-of-movies-tv.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC6I0Polyy3SYuMhM0Dbt2r82muZZYO5KPrkUMA43kJpoSMRfJSWMwcwn_PHYaXDDcnVRoEv0r4fK-MHiA3KXyh9dkfZNjYiF3mVWFI4Wo9IJzqpI6gz2c6fIQXjEPvYQntni2jg/s1600/light-sabers-star-wars-saber-fight-battle-hd-of-movies-tv.jpg" /></a><br />
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The <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/">Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation</a> undertakes research and development in nuclear science and technology. This has wide application including nuclear medicine, atmospheric monitoring, materials engineering, neutron scattering and climate change research.<br />
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ANSTO is also very active in science communication, and one of their major community engagement projects is <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/Events/FactorFiction/ACS043187">Fact or Fiction</a>, a 90 minute show where the audience watch clips of
classic sci-fi hits before voting
on whether the technology featured is actual science fact or pure
science fiction. Once the audience voting has been conducted, an ANSTO
scientist critiques the science featured in the film. They have also run a Fact or Fiction <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/AboutANSTO/News/ACS016230">Survey</a>, the results of which are illustrative of the general public understanding of science in everyday life. Another effort ANSTO is conducting is <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/Events/NeuralKnitworks/index.htm">Neural Knitworks</a>, where knitted neurons join together to create a textile brain installation.
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I spoke with Rod Dowler from <a href="http://www.ansto.gov.au/Resources/DiscoveryCentre/">ANSTO's Discovery Centre</a> about their science communication efforts, and in particular, Fact or Fiction. Listen to this show <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/ANSTO.mp3">here</a>:<br />
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In the podcast, we mentioned a song about hoverboards. I would have loved to have put it in the show, but that wouldn't be legal. So if you'd like to hear it, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/sethsentry/04-dear-science">stream it</a> below or buy it from <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/dear-science/id554443931?i=554443942&uo=4&at=10l5Rh">iTunes</a> right here:<br />
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<b>Songs in the podcast:</b><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Is Nuclear Power The Answer?</i> - <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/Karstenholymoly/41475" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Karstenholymoly</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license">CC BY-NC 3.0</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Sci-fi funeral</i> - <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/Asmusic/43402" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL"> Asmus Koefoed</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license">CC BY-NC 3.0</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Unbroken Thread (The Molecules of Life Remix)</i> - <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/morgantj/26654" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL"> morgantj</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/" rel="license">CC BY 3.0</a></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-13153251048078340092014-04-26T15:04:00.002+10:002014-04-26T18:52:39.983+10:00Ep 154: Blogging, podcasting, royal jelly and using chocolate to determine the speed of light<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoLgHR4cqsSL9aO5CaUiGMZGrgazYvqk98i_JSNjFPN7R33bu5PT9psdEaQgKp3smVVgblEqP5LO1oD4L12uflgyGjniaUuNDVId-yG62K9VzI9EsBLYIdTvoKkA3nRjrBIvTkQ/s1600/choc.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYoLgHR4cqsSL9aO5CaUiGMZGrgazYvqk98i_JSNjFPN7R33bu5PT9psdEaQgKp3smVVgblEqP5LO1oD4L12uflgyGjniaUuNDVId-yG62K9VzI9EsBLYIdTvoKkA3nRjrBIvTkQ/s1600/choc.jpg" /></a><br />
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Over the Easter break, I spoke with <a href="http://blogs.abc.net.au/canberra/canberra_sundays/?site=canberra&program=canberra_sundays">Lish Fejer on ABC 666 Canberra</a> on her <i>Experimentarium</i> segment. We spoke on various things to do with science blogging and podcasting, and matters Easter related including:<br />
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<li>Royal Jelly (the Royals were in town, a great link if ever I've seen one),</li>
<li>Determining the speed of light using your microwave and left-over Easter chocolate.</li>
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To learn more about Royal Jelly, tune into <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2010/11/ep-137-can-your-environment-change-your.html"><i>Episode 137: Can your environment change your DNA</i></a> in which I spoke at length with <a href="http://biology.anu.edu.au/Richard_maleszka/">Professor Ryszard Maleszka</a> from <a href="http://www.anu.edu.au/">The Australian National University’s</a> <a href="http://cmbe.anu.edu.au/">College of Medicine, Biology and Environment</a> about the molecular differences in over 550
genes in the brains of worker and queen bees that are a result of the queen bee
eating royal jelly at a young age.<br />
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On determining the speed of light using a microwave, see the post <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2014/02/instascience.html"><i>Instascience</i></a> by <a href="http://whatsaphysics.blogspot.com.au/">Tom Gordon</a> in which he uses paper. We used chocolate and it worked pretty well, albeit very messily. You will enjoy trying this at home, and failing just gives you another shot! Note in the broadcast I mentioned that the speed of light was 2.97 x 10<sup>8</sup> when it's actually 2.99792 x 10<sup>8</sup> (please forgive such a grievous error...)<br />
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Listen to this show <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/mrscience/traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/abc.mp3">here</a> - the audio is courtesy ABC 666 Canberra:<br />
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Here is a nicely produced video on how to do this - I started out making one and made a mess of my kitchen.<br />
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Complex network analysis is an area of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_science" title="Network science">network science</a> and part of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph_theory" title="Graph theory">graph theory</a> that can be used to rank things, one of the most famous examples of which is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank">Google PageRank algorithm</a>. But it can also be applied to sport. Cricket is a sport in which it is difficult to rank teams (there are three forms of the game, the various countries do not play each other very often etc.), whilst it is notoriously difficult to rank individual players (for how the ICC do it, see <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2009/06/ep-107-ranking-cricketers.html">Ep 107: Ranking Cricketers</a>).<br />
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<a href="http://amaral-lab.org/people/mukherjee/publications-by-date/">Satyam Mukherjee</a> at <a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/">Northwestern University</a> became a bit famous when <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/gametheory/2012/07/ranking-cricket-captains">The economist</a> picked up his work (more famous than when <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2013/12/determining-best-cricket-team-of-all.html">we picked it up</a>!) and he has <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/physics/1/au:+Mukherjee_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">published extensively</a> on complex network analysis as applied to cricket rankings. I had a very interesting chat with Satyam about his various works concerning the evaluation of cricket strategy, leadership, team and individual performance, and the papers we discuss in the podcast are listed below. One of the more interesting findings was that left-handed captains and batsmen are generally ranked higher than their right-handed counterparts, whilst this is not true for left-handed bowlers.<br />
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Tune in to this episode <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/mrscience/traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/satyam.mp3">here</a>:<br />
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<li><span class="Z3988" style="font-size: x-small;" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1308.5470v1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Ashes+2013+-+A+network+theory+analysis+of+Cricket+strategies&rft.issn=&rft.date=2013&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Mathematics%2CSocial+Science%2CApplied+Mathematics%2C+network+theory%2C+sport">Satyam Mukherjee (2013). Ashes 2013 - A network theory analysis of Cricket strategies <span style="font-style: italic;">arXiv</span> arXiv: <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.5470v1" rev="review">1308.5470v1</a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1303.6686v1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Left+handedness+and+Leadership+in+Interactive+Contests&rft.issn=&rft.date=2013&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Mathematics%2CSocial+Science"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Z3988" style="font-size: x-small;" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1303.6686v1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Left+handedness+and+Leadership+in+Interactive+Contests&rft.issn=&rft.date=2013&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Mathematics%2CSocial+Science">Satyam Mukherjee (2013). Left handedness and Leadership in Interactive Contests <span style="font-style: italic;">arXiv</span> arXiv: <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1303.6686v1" rev="review">1303.6686v1</a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1208.5184v2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Quantifying+individual+performance+in+Cricket+-+A+network+analysis+of+Batsmen+and+Bowlers&rft.issn=&rft.date=2012&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Mathematics%2CSocial+Science%2CApplied+Mathematics"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Z3988" style="font-size: x-small;" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1208.5184v2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Quantifying+individual+performance+in+Cricket+-+A+network+analysis+of+Batsmen+and+Bowlers&rft.issn=&rft.date=2012&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Mathematics%2CSocial+Science%2CApplied+Mathematics">Satyam Mukherjee (2012). Quantifying individual performance in Cricket - A network analysis of Batsmen and Bowlers <span style="font-style: italic;">arXiv</span> arXiv: <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.5184v2" rev="review">1208.5184v2</a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1206.4835v4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Complex+Network+Analysis+in+Cricket+%3A+Community+structure%2C+player%27s+role%0D%0A++and+performance+index&rft.issn=&rft.date=2012&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Mathematics%2CSocial+Science"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Z3988" style="font-size: x-small;" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1206.4835v4&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Complex+Network+Analysis+in+Cricket+%3A+Community+structure%2C+player%27s+role%0D%0A++and+performance+index&rft.issn=&rft.date=2012&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Mathematics%2CSocial+Science">Satyam Mukherjee (2012). Complex Network Analysis in Cricket : Community structure, player's role
and performance index <span style="font-style: italic;">arXiv</span> arXiv: <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1206.4835v4" rev="review">1206.4835v4</a></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">
<span class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1201.1318v2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Identifying+the+greatest+team+and+captain+-+A+complex+network+approach%0D%0A++to+cricket+matches&rft.issn=&rft.date=2012&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Social+Science"> </span></span></li>
<li><span class="Z3988" style="font-size: x-small;" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.jtitle=arXiv&rft_id=info%3Aarxiv%2F1201.1318v2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fresearchblogging.org&rft.atitle=Identifying+the+greatest+team+and+captain+-+A+complex+network+approach%0D%0A++to+cricket+matches&rft.issn=&rft.date=2012&rft.volume=&rft.issue=&rft.spage=&rft.epage=&rft.artnum=&rft.au=Satyam+Mukherjee&rfe_dat=bpr3.included=1;bpr3.tags=Social+Science">Satyam Mukherjee (2012). Identifying the greatest team and captain - A complex network approach
to cricket matches <span style="font-style: italic;">arXiv</span> arXiv: <a href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.1318v2" rev="review">1201.1318v2</a></span></li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-36319753504913714222013-09-28T15:39:00.001+10:002013-09-28T15:43:54.322+10:00Ep 152: Spiderman Part 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCF6I9aV-kmhsIEPHUc_kRU9ZJCHj_EKLi0padHf1QMJO_hEYoSiEOflmyuPaj72itjAkFwiovnHcjhC1LIGU_lpBizYWeWNmuvbOWPWvV_9BQ0f9mIGl7hzAYCm7DHC7C5vpHg/s1600/spderman2.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCF6I9aV-kmhsIEPHUc_kRU9ZJCHj_EKLi0padHf1QMJO_hEYoSiEOflmyuPaj72itjAkFwiovnHcjhC1LIGU_lpBizYWeWNmuvbOWPWvV_9BQ0f9mIGl7hzAYCm7DHC7C5vpHg/s1600/spderman2.jpg" /></a><br />
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In part 2 of the Spiderman series, Dr Boob looks at the amazing properties of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_silk">spider silk</a> and how Peter Parker might harness various technologies to appropriately use it.<br />
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It's the final show from Dr Boob for a while and we will miss him greatly! But he's not disappearing completely - show him you care over on twitter - <a href="https://twitter.com/doctor_boob">@doctor_boob<span id="goog_1981754815"></span><span id="goog_1981754816"></span> </a><br />
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Tune in to this episode <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/mrscience/traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/spiderman2.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com44tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-9461564191212257942013-09-15T15:19:00.000+10:002013-09-15T15:25:45.788+10:00Ep 151: Spiderman Part 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnaMdA2OlHIK4znZ6LIgqPyg0JUdHtpfRd2_ckDtuVQW8lF99FY_4g4jDHLVjPiqtn-Zx6OPGMNCbY1SJAo5jclctucE_IiMXq_6Y-WGCmKEd3UlaBOgcp7jrzJvdD0eiqrxItw/s1600/spiderman1.jpg"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnaMdA2OlHIK4znZ6LIgqPyg0JUdHtpfRd2_ckDtuVQW8lF99FY_4g4jDHLVjPiqtn-Zx6OPGMNCbY1SJAo5jclctucE_IiMXq_6Y-WGCmKEd3UlaBOgcp7jrzJvdD0eiqrxItw/s1600/spiderman1.jpg" /></a>
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This is our last <i>Science of superheroes </i>for a while so we thought we'd look at one of the big guys. Over two episodes, Dr Boob examines Spiderman and in episode one, he specifically looks at how to manipulate Peter Parker's DNA using a virus to transport engineered DNA into his cells. It is by changing his genetic structure that we can allow him to have his superhero abilities, which for Spiderman are largely exaggerated spider traits as well as something called a "Spidey sense".<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com59tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-78604840676025375962013-07-14T17:37:00.000+10:002013-07-14T17:38:48.245+10:00Ep 150: Bryan Gaensler at 20 years of the Sydney University Science Talented Student ProgramI recently attended the 20 year anniversary of the <a href="http://sydney.edu.au/science/fstudent/undergrad/tsp/tsp20/gallery/index.shtml">Sydney University Faculty of Science Talented Student Program</a>. That was an intimidating event! The evening was hosted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Spencer">Adam Spencer</a> and featured an in-conversation
with <a href="http://www.physics.usyd.edu.au/~bmg/">Professor Bryan Gaensler</a>, <a href="http://au.ratemyteachers.com/david-sadler/20531-t">Dave Sadler</a> (Bryan's former
mathematics high school teacher) and Alison Hammond, a current TSP
student. The kind people at the Sydney Uni Faculty of Science have allowed me put the audio up here, so a big thanks to them - all attribution, love and praise should be sent their way. It was a very interesting evening to hear what encouraged one of Australia's most well-known scientists into astrophysics, along with the always witty Adam Spencer.
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The two songs used in this episode are by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/Keytronic/42905" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Keytronic</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license">CC BY-NC 3.0</a> and <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/VJ_Memes/42920" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">Jeris</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license">CC BY-NC 3.0</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-51947512675027504022013-05-04T16:48:00.001+10:002013-05-04T16:52:20.495+10:00Ep 149: Zombies Part 2<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCz7KAatoeH1MmIR9zDxfJuAxs0NaEgZa2LH-8cLKhMPu-onJezmsoMmPAfYttc4mhnQu6-RXr41SMaXW63sTrIO1ItR67-czGIZUdgwz_K22fPJ1NPp-Ui9QW7ZQy4D6j1xslWQ/s1600/zombie2200.png"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCz7KAatoeH1MmIR9zDxfJuAxs0NaEgZa2LH-8cLKhMPu-onJezmsoMmPAfYttc4mhnQu6-RXr41SMaXW63sTrIO1ItR67-czGIZUdgwz_K22fPJ1NPp-Ui9QW7ZQy4D6j1xslWQ/s1600/zombie2200.png" /></a>
In the second of a two part series on zombies, this week we go deeper in the dark world of the undead. In <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2013/03/ep-148-zombies-part-1.html">part one</a> we managed, through a combination of drugs, to create zombie-like creatures who were sluggish and largely brain-dead. This week we have a shot at recreating the zombies of films such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_%28film%29"><i>I am Legend</i></a> - creatures created through the transmission of a virus, who are filled with rage and enjoy the taste of brains. Topics covered include:<br />
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<li>Chimpanzees who eat brains,</li>
<li>Methamphetamines for the creation of rage,</li>
<li>Mathematical modelling a zombie pandemic and how the zombies could do this sustainably.</li>
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Somehow we ended up proposing a "Planet of the zombie apes" movie idea, and a methamphetamine-infused biodome. It might not pass an ethics committee. Tune in to this episode <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/mrscience/traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/zombies2.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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<i><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" property="dc:title" rel="dc:type" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">I As We</span></i> by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/speck/42250" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#">Speck</a> <br />
<i><span href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" property="dc:title" rel="dc:type" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">Big John</span></i> by <a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/copperhead/42117" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL" xmlns:cc="http://creativecommons.org/ns#">copperhead</a> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license"></a> <br />
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Above image from <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/59571907@N03/8111413383/">ABC Open Wide Bay</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-82231429842628223312013-03-12T21:24:00.000+11:002013-05-04T16:49:44.674+10:00Ep 148: Zombies Part 1<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xf89WHHHrTvgvyAbcw-W5Tywcm5bVDISX25ZViJuoc-ztQtHMxisfD21bAtGe15JyIEyeUwmEVoqob83g_eM9WWqNmVtfFyz_necKgyVaWKW_AfrpRTK0kpiydXPgmvX0dQ2jQ/s1600/zombies200.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xf89WHHHrTvgvyAbcw-W5Tywcm5bVDISX25ZViJuoc-ztQtHMxisfD21bAtGe15JyIEyeUwmEVoqob83g_eM9WWqNmVtfFyz_necKgyVaWKW_AfrpRTK0kpiydXPgmvX0dQ2jQ/s1600/zombies200.jpg" /></a><br />
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Zombies have been fodder for science fiction books and movies for years, but could we actually create one in the lab? And why indeed would you want to do this? Surely the whole "eating brains" concept would mean that making one is probably not in your best interests.<br />
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This week on the podcast, <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/search/label/Chris">Dr Boob</a> takes us on a journey through zombie science fiction, Haitian zombies and zombie-style animals in nature, including a fascinating scenario where ants are hijacked by a fungus. This episode is part 1 - next time we will tackle, among other things, brain parasites, eating brains (cultural, cooking and animals that do
it), mad cow disease, the 'zombie' bath salts attacks (face eating), and
a mathematical model of a zombie pandemic. <br />
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We have looked at zombies in the past. In the post <i><a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2009/05/correlation-of-week-zombies-vampires.html">Correlation of the Week: Zombies, Vampires, Democrats and Republicans</a></i> we looked at how the political party of the US presidency seems to influence the style of science fiction movie made during their presidency. A recent upsurge in zombie films could augur well for the Republicans next time round, although there are still plenty of vampire films and TV shows around.<br />
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The song at the end of the podcast is by<i> </i><a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/copperhead/41286" property="cc:attributionName" rel="cc:attributionURL">copperhead</a> / <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/" rel="license">CC BY-NC 3.0</a><br />
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Tune in to this episode <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/mrscience/traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/zombies1.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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A good reference for attempting to explain the logic of time travel in the movies is<a href="http://www.mjyoung.net/time/index.htm"> Temporal Anomalies in Time Travel Movies</a>.<br />
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Tune in to this episode <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/mrscience/traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/timetravel2.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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This week we're inhabiting the nexus of science, pop culture and science fiction. The topic of discussion is Time Travel and how it is portrayed in the movies. There's a little bit of philosophy, a little bit of physics, a dash of the paranormal, and a lot of Dr Boob, who is once again the driving force of this podcast!<br />
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If you are interested in Andrew Basiago and Project Pegasus, which is mentioned in this show, <a href="http://www.projectpegasus.net/">you can find more here</a>. If you want to organise your own time traveller convention, or if you can think of a good experiment that BOOB could stand for, let us know.<br />
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This is part one of a two part series on time travel and the movies - part two will be out shortly.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com68tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-85296678590141133842012-05-05T13:42:00.000+10:002012-05-05T13:47:24.163+10:00Ep 145: Teleportation<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/teleportation200.jpg"><img border="0" src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/teleportation200.jpg" /></a><br />
Is teleportation possible in the real world, or only in the world of science fiction?<br />
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In this very special episode, Dr Boob takes the reigns and leads
us on a journey through teleportation, whether or not
physics allows it and even if it does, can we technologically achieve
it? What are the implications if we recreate someone in another spot -
what about their soul? Does such a thing exist? And even if you can
technologically achieve this, is it possible to reanimate a copy of
someone? What do you do with their original version, if you have
simply copied them? This could be considered cloning, which brings in ethical
questions.<br />
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Perhaps wormholes could be a solution to this
problem, but we haven't found any yet - however they are, as physicists
like to say, theoretically possible.<br />
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Tune in to this very entertaining episode (and I can say this without any false modesty as Dr Boob did it all himself) <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/mrscience/traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/drboob.mp3">here</a>.<br />
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If you'd like to hear more of Dr Boob on this podcast, check out <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/search/label/Chris">our past joint episodes</a>, mostly on the <a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/search/label/Superheroes">science of superheroes</a>. He's also on <a href="https://twitter.com/#%21/libboo_po">twitter</a>, so come and follow him, he needs friends!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-24352413425255061502012-04-26T16:20:00.000+10:002012-04-26T16:20:08.888+10:00Ep 144: Two-up - an ANZAC Tradition<a href="http://www.history.sa.gov.au/media_releases/images/twoup.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.history.sa.gov.au/media_releases/images/twoup.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 254px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 333px;" /></a><em>2012 update: I had a chat to </em><a href="http://www.abc.net.au/riverina/programs/riverina_mornings/"><em>Chris Coleman of ABC Riverina</em></a><em> about the maths behind two-up. Check it out <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/twoup.mp3">here</a> and read on for the 2009 article on the maths.</em><br />
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It's an Australian tradition on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANZAC_Day">ANZAC Day</a> to take yourself down to your local pub and play <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-up">Two-up</a> - an Aussie gambling game in which you toss two coins in the air and bet on the outcome.<br />
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I'm somewhat embarrassed to say that even though I am only a month away from turning 30, this year was the first time I've ever actually gambled on two-up.<br />
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It's not a game that is played very often, despite being iconically Australian - according to the <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ga1998168/index.html">GAMBLING (TWO-UP) ACT 1998</a>, outside of casinos it is only legal to play two-up on <span style="font-style: italic;">commemorative days</span> like ANZAC Day (unless you're in <a href="http://www.brokenhill.nsw.gov.au/">Broken Hill</a>, where the local council can <a href="http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/ga1998168/s9.html">legally arrange a two-up game</a> any day of the year).<br />
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The rules of two-up are pretty simple. The <span style="font-style: italic;">Spinner</span> places two coins (traditionally pennies) on a small piece of wood (the <span style="font-style: italic;">kip</span>) and tosses the coins into the air. In the version of two-up we played at the pub, the gambling was very simple. Players standing around the Spinner either gambled on HEADS - which is where both coins come up heads - or TAILS - which is where both coins come up tails. If a head and a tail come up, the coins are tossed again and no one wins or loses. To bet, you find someone else willing to gamble the same amount but opposite to you, and then you have a one-on-one contest. If you want to bet $10 on HEADS, then you find someone willing to bet $10 on TAILS, and if you win you get their $10 - if you lose, you hand over $10. It's very simple and I love its inbuilt honour system.<br />
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The probabilities involved are simple too - you have a 50% chance of winning each time you bet. At the start of our ANZAC day <a href="http://www.drydockhotel.com.au/">down in Balmain</a>, most people were betting $5. By the end of the day, as more beers were consumed, many were betting $50 and $100. <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/GamblersRuin.html">Gambler's Ruin</a> also started to show it's head - many people think that by doubling your bet after you lose you can get yourself back into the game. This doesn't work in this form of two-up for a couple of reasons. The first is that you need to find someone willing to bet the same amount as you, which is increasingly unlikely the larger you want to bet. And secondly, unless you have unlimited funds (or strictly speaking, more than everyone else you could bet against - or the casino if you are gambling there), it is highly unlikely that you could continually bet without going out backwards.<br />
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Two-up is also played in casinos and other gambling houses, and not just on ANZAC day. The rules, as you would expect from such institutions, are not so simple. In this expanded form of the game, there are a number of ways to bet. The South Australian Government has a <a href="http://www.olgc.sa.gov.au/casino/Games_and_Machines/Rules_of_Two_Up_Games_021203.pdf">good guide to two-up play</a>, but simply put:<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Players can bet in the following ways:<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></span>1) HEADS - odds of 1/1 ($1 bet pays $2, including your original $1);<br />
2) TAILS - odds of 1/1;<br />
3) 5 consecutive ODDS - odds of 25/1 ($1 bet pays $26).<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">The Spinner can bet in the following ways:</span><br />
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1) 3 HEADS are thrown before TAILS is thrown and before 5 consecutive ODDS are thrown - odds of 7.5/1 ($1 bet pays $8.50);<br />
2) 3 TAILS are thrown before HEADS is thrown and before 5 consecutive ODDS are thrown - odds of 7.5/1.<br />
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This makes the game a little bit more interesting. The <a href="http://wizardofodds.com/twoup">Wizard of Odds website for two-up</a> sets out the probabilities for each of these outcomes - let's derive where they come from. At each toss of the kip, for this analysis it is best to think of there being 3 possible outcomes - HEADS, TAILS or 5 consecutive ODDS. We think of it this way because if a single ODDS is thrown, it is re-thrown and only makes a difference if it is one of five in a row.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Player Odds:</span><br />
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<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3484918763_13fd51952c_o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3558/3484918763_13fd51952c_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 287px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 707px;" /></a>As you can see, the House is paying out as if the odds are better than they actually are. It's not much, but this is how they make their money.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Spinner Odds:</span><br />
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<a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3484918765_4f989ac9f2_o.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3484918765_4f989ac9f2_o.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 208px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 683px;" /></a>Again we can see, the House is not paying enough for a win - the odds should be 7.8 to 1, rather than 7.5 to 1. However, were you to back HEADS on each throw rather than as the group of three, the house would offer you odds of 7 to 1 (this is left as an exercise for the reader...), so the spinner's bet is better.<br />
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As it turns out, I came out even at the end of the day! There's some more maths to be had here - sometime soon we might take a look at some of these pay-out distributions.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com61tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-20848922322201910222011-07-17T22:43:00.001+10:002011-07-17T22:43:41.699+10:00Ep 143: TedxSydney - Bryan Gaensler<div class="sectionHead">
<a href="http://www.ted.com/" target="_blank"><b>TED</b></a> is a US based not-for-profit enterprise devoted to the propagation of Ideas Worth Spreading. TED started out in 1984 as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: <b>T</b>echnology,<b> E</b>ntertainment and <b>D</b>esign. <a href="http://tedxsydney.com/">TedxSydney</a> was a Sydney-based TED event, bringing people together to share a TED-like experience. I ducked out to <a href="http://www.carriageworks.com.au/">Carriage Works</a> to catch some of the event, and you can see all the talks over at the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/tedxsydney">TedxSydney youtube channel</a>. Many of these talks were science based, so I'm going to put up some of my favourites over the next few posts.</div>
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The following video is from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U3CIYTJnmM&feature=channel_video_title">Bryan Gaensler</a>, former Young Australian of the Year, NASA Hubble Fellow and Harvard professor, Australian Laureate Fellow at The University of Sydney, and Director of the Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics. His talk was entitled <i>A new way of looking at the sky.</i></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">TEDTalks are distributed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons (CC) license</a>. Anyone is free to download the videos from TED.com; share them with friends; republish or embed them on their website or blog. But this use must be made within the terms of <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">the CC license "Attribution -- NonCommercial -- NonDerivative."</a></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15822087320236175254noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24936959.post-64263426465939329442011-06-13T18:00:00.016+10:002014-01-31T23:00:09.367+11:00Ep 142: Beyond Zero Emissions<a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/wind200.png"><img border="0" src="http://traffic.libsyn.com/mrscienceshow/wind200.png" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.beyondzeroemissions.org/about">Beyond Zero Emissions</a> is a not-for-profit, volunteer run organisation whose core goal is to develop blueprints for the implementation of climate change solutions. In partnership with the <a href="http://www.energy.unimelb.edu.au/">University of Melbourne's Energy Research Institute</a>, BZE are undertaking the <a href="http://beyondzeroemissions.org/zero-carbon-australia-2020">Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Project</a>, which puts together fully costed transition plans for getting Australia to zero emissions in ten years using commercially available technology.<br />
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Last year I attended their <a href="http://beyondzeroemissions.org/zero-carbon-australia-stationary-energy-plan-sydney-launch">launch event</a> for the <a href="http://beyondzeroemissions.org/zero-carbon-australia-2020">Zero Carbon Australia Stationary Energy Plan</a> which goes into detail about how Australia can reach 100% renewable energy within a decade. Speakers at the launch included former NSW premier <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Carr">Bob Carr</a>, member for Wentworth <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull">Malcolm Turnbull</a>, Greens Senator <a href="http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/">Scott Ludlam</a> and <a href="http://www.beyondzeroemissions.org/">Matthew Wright, Executive Director of BZE</a>. The event was hosted by journalist Quentin Dempster.<br />
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In this podcast, with permission from Matthew Wright, I bring you Matthew's speech at this launch which details the science behind their proposal. I also chatted to BZE volunteer Petra Liverani at the recent <i><a href="http://www.sayyesaustralia.org.au/">Say yes to a price on carbon pollution</a></i> rally in Sydney.<br />
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Click play below or listen to this show <a href="http://media.blubrry.com/mrscience/media.libsyn.com/media/mrscienceshow/zero.mp3">here</a>:<br />
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If you'd like to hear what Turnbull, Carr and Ludlam had to say, check out the full video of the launch below, reproduced here with permission.<br />
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And we're back! It's been a while, but finally it's time for another podcast, so we've made it a long one. Take this episode on a long train ride or car trip, as Dr Boob and I explore the science of the spells of Harry Potter.<br />
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Attempting to find scientific and engineering solutions to Harry Potter spells is probably the most difficult task we have set ourselves yet, so we would be very interested to hear how you would made the Harry Potter spells a reality. The spells dealt with in this episode are:<br />
<ol><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spells_in_Harry_Potter#Lumos">Lumos</a> - Producing light from the end of a wand (A voice activated torch seems a logical solution),</li>
<li><a href="http://www.magickspellcraft.com/component/rapidrecipe/aguamenti-aguamenti-charm">Aguamenti</a> - Shooting water from the end of the wand,</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spells_in_Harry_Potter#Alohomora">Alohomora</a> - Picking a lock at a distance,</li>
<li><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Expecto%20Patronum">Expecto Patronum</a> - Protection against evil <a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Dementor">dementors</a> in the form of some virtual creature, </li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spells_in_Harry_Potter#Sectumsempra">Sectumsempra</a> - Slicing your opponent open,</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_spells_in_Harry_Potter#Aparecium">Aparecium</a> - Reading invisible ink,</li>
<li><a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning_Charm">Accio</a> - Summoning things to you,</li>
<li><a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Disarming_Charm">Expelliarmus</a> - Disarming your opposition of their wand,</li>
<li><a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Confundus_Charm">Confundo</a> - Confusing the victim,</li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Muggles%27_Guide_to_Harry_Potter/Magic/Stupefy">Stupefy</a> - Stunning the victim, </li>
<li><a href="http://www.mrscienceshow.com/2006/05/she-seems-to-have-invisible-touch.html">Invisibility cloak</a> - Covering yourself in a cloak to make yourself invisible, </li>
<li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spells_in_Harry_Potter#Imperio_.28Imperius_Curse.29">Imperio</a> - Forcing your victims to obey your commands,</li>
<li><a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Obliviate">Obliviate</a> - Erasing the memories of the victim,</li>
<li><a href="http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Legilimency">Legilimens</a> - Telepathy. </li>
</ol>Although some of these are quite clearly impossible at the moment, in every case we have come up with a scientific or engineering solution to take us at least part of the way there. Listen in to find out what we came up with, and please write in and let us know where we have gone wrong or what you would do.<br />
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