Podcast Episodes

Episode 285: Into the Quantum Realm

Episode 285

How does your phone know when to turn off the screen? Why can we build ultra-fast computers and super-sensitive sensors? And how does a DSLR camera capture images? Well, it’s all to do with quantum m…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 284: Rocking the Classroom with Hands-On Science

Episode 284

This week we chat with Jo Watkins, CEO of Australian Earth Science Education (AusEarthEd), a national not-for-profit bringing Earth and Environmental Science to classrooms around the country. From me…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 283: Fantastic Exoplanets and Where to Find Them

Episode 283

In this episode, we travel beyond our solar system to learn about the weird and wonderful world of exoplanets — planets orbiting stars far beyond our Sun.  Our expert guest, Dr Erica Thygesen from th…

Published on 5 months ago

Episode 282: Diving for Data in Tasmania’s waters

Ever wondered what it’s like to do science underwater? In this episode, marine biologist and scientific diver Dr Jennie Smith joins co-host Hannah Moore and host Dr Olly Dove to talk all things scien…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Episode 281: Seafloor Study of a Submarine Eruption

Episode 281

In this episode, we dive deep (literally) into underwater volcanology with Associate Professor Rebecca Carey, a world-renowned volcanologist and researcher at the University of Tasmania. Co-host Dr H…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 280: Like father, like daughter

Episode 280

This week is a big one for our regular host, Olly, as she celebrates her 100th episode hosting That's What I Call Science!

To celebrate the milestone, Olly has invited her dad, Frederick Dove, onto th…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 279: Landmark Trees and Science Tourism

Season 1 Episode 279

This week we’re joined by forest ecologist, tree climber, and science tour guide Yoav Daniel Bar-Ness, founder of Giant Tree Expeditions. From climbing the world’s tallest flowering plant to mapping …

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 278: Avoidance - Is it all in our heads?

Episode 278

In today’s episode, we take a walk down an unusual road: the pathway inside our own brains. 

Dr James Crane tells Olly about his work in neuroanatomy, how neural pathways and hormones can lead to avoi…

Published on 6 months ago

Episode 277: A Microscopic Look at Learning

Episode 277

From marsupial reproductive biology to microscopic anatomy - aka histology - the scale of Dr Jamie Chapman’s work in how bodies function has gotten progressively smaller over the years.

What hasn’t go…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Episode 276: From Science Class to Scrubs

Episode 276

In today’s episode, Dr. Sam Rose opens the operating curtains to give us a glimpse into her journey of becoming a doctor. 

Dr Sam tells Olly and Tegan about how she went from high school to medical sc…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago