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027 = Postcode Tray Score and Mesh Mask Decor
Season 1 Episode 27
In this episode... * How do you reuse an old radiotherapy mask? * What is the optimal way to utilise postcodes in Scrabble? * And, the res…
4 years, 6 months ago
026 = Sliding on Snow and Skipping on Sleep
Season 1 Episode 26
APS 026 is here, and it's the last of the year! In this episode...
* How fast could a team of penguins complete a 4 x 100 relay race?
* How can you f…
4 years, 7 months ago
025 = Bec's Beck's and Bucks
Season 1 Episode 25
In this month's episode Bec finds out how many Beck's beers would fit in Bec Hill. And Matt investigates how much he'd have in Euros, if every perso…
4 years, 8 months ago
024 = Pumpkin Bores and Bumps 'n' Doors
Season 1 Episode 24
APS 024 is out now!
And it's a spooky October edition! In this episode...
* What's the largest hole that can be carved in a pumpkin without the pump…
4 years, 9 months ago
023 = The Weight of Words and Graphene for Turds
Season 1 Episode 23
Yes, that's right. The Weight of Words and Graphene for Turds.
In this month's episode...
If graphene was rolled to the size of a loo roll, how long …
4 years, 10 months ago
022 = Serial Writing, Lineal Sighting, and Cereal Biting
Season 1 Episode 22
What's the best way to stay inspired when writing?
Where on earth can you look the furthest away at something else, that is also on the earth?
When e…
4 years, 11 months ago
021 = Inharmonics and Skin-harm-tonics
Season 1 Episode 21
This is Inharmonics and Skin-harm-tonics!
In this month's episode...
How well can the human voice mimic a dinging bell? Bec teams up with a multi-voc…
5 years ago
020 = Filling Up and Falling Down
Season 1 Episode 20
Score! It's episode 020 of A Problem Squared, Filling Up and Falling Down!
In this episode...
Can we solve global warming by diluting the atmo…5 years, 1 month ago
019 = Wetness, Trees and Pet Mysteries
Season 1 Episode 19
How did a hamster end up in a listener's apartment on the other side of the world?
How many leaves would humans need to photosynthesise all our energ…
5 years, 2 months ago
018 = Make Your Vote Count & New Species Amount
Season 1 Episode 18
This month, Matt and Bec explore voting systems in elections. Bec wonders what effect it might have to vote for a novelty candidate. And we speak to …
5 years, 3 months ago