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Episode 137: Earth from a Distance
Join Niamh and Sarah in this episode as they talk to Brian Salmon about satellites and engineering. Brian takes us through how satellite images are …
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 136: For the love of gardening
Episode 136
Gardening is an age-old pastime, but what can it teach primary school students? This week, Kate Johnson and Lucile Leveque talk to some of the childr…
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 135: Bloomin’ Phytoplankton
The Southern Ocean is not bound by any continent, so how do bushfires from Australia influence marine productivity 1000s of kilometres offshore? This…
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 134: The drips & drops of water management
Episode 134
“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.”
But what if it doesn’t? From flood prevention to water supply in drought conditions, hydrology and hydr…
4 years, 3 months ago
Episode 133: Techno Criminology
Citizen Science is the new hotness that explores how ‘non-experts’ can research alongside scientists. ‘Big data’ means there is now more data than ca…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 132: Physically looking inside (of you)
A future of faster, safer, and smarter medical imaging is being paved by … physicists??
This week, Sophie talks biomedical imaging, ACROBEAT, and pig …
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 131: Walk this way
Episode 131
We all know that physical activity is important for a healthy life right? This week, Niamh interviews Associate Professor Verity Cleland about how we…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 130: Improving maternal health
In this episode we interview Dr Andrew Ottaway, the founder of Health Volunteers International. Andrew’s charity aims to improve medical education an…
4 years, 4 months ago
Episode 129: Embracing age
Episode 129
In this episode, we chat about ageism with sociologist Dr Peta Cook. Ageism is a type of discrimination based solely on age and has a significant imp…
4 years, 5 months ago
Episode 128: The Problems with Maths
The number of people studying higher level maths in Australia is in decline. Why?
This week, Sophie talks to maths teaching specialist Dr Hayden Tronn…
4 years, 5 months ago