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Episode 64: Magnificent Microbes
What does beer, bread and sauerkraut have in common? Fermentation! Microbiologist Dipon Sarkar (@DiponSarkar10) explains the good and the bad bacteri…
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 63: Mental Health While Social Distancing
Season 1 Episode 63
Niamh and Kate talk to clinical psychologist Dr Kimberley Norris about how people cope in extreme and unusual environments like isolation. Kim’s rese…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 62: The Turbulent Home Life of Lizards
The family lives of lizards are more complex than it seems. In this episode Niamh, Kelsey, and Olly talk to ecologist Tom Botterill-James, about his …
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 61: Celebrating Women in Mathematics
May 12th is an important opportunity to celebrate women in mathematics with the goal of inspiring women’s achievements in mathematics and to encourag…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 60: Miraculous Marine Life in Macquarie Harbour
Season 1 Episode 60
In this episode Niamh and Hannah talk to elasmobranch ecologist David Moreno, about his work with shark and skate species in Macquarie Harbour here i…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 59: Can't see the forest for the drones!
Camera drones are quickly becoming one of the most popular consumer technologies for people of all ages. In research and industry, drones are proving…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 58: Raven mad! Birds in the Bass Strait
How does the change in land use affect the types of birds that thrive in Tasmania, and what are we missing when birds go extinct? These are some of t…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 57: How a Tasmanian pearl of wisdom saved the Australian oyster industry
Love them or hate them, the loss of the oyster industry would have huge impacts on the Tasmanian economy. When a global oyster virus began to wipe ou…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 56: Small island BIG energy!
Season 1 Episode 56
In this episode we explore all things hydro power related including the exciting opportunities of pumped hydro. Wind and Solar are renewable resource…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 55: Health Literacy starts young
Season 1 Episode 55
Health literacy helps us access, understand and use information to make decisions
about our health and medical care. Our health literacy is not an ind…
6 years, 4 months ago