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Synthetic Biology with Professor Claudia Vickers (323)
Season 6 Episode 7
AI is hardware-based. It runs on electrons. Synthetic biology is where Biotech meets IT. It will revolutionise manufacturing & automation. Is a simu…
2 years, 11 months ago
Museum Science with Dr. Barker
Season 6 Episode 6
Is fair pay for workers a modern idea? How about sustainable agriculture ? A Sydney museum has artifacts to show these are ancient concepts from far …
2 years, 11 months ago
Mars #2 with Dr Adrian Brown
Season 5 Episode 52
On the surface of Mars, the NASA Perseverance Rover is bottling rocks to be returned to Earth. How will they get back? Why are the samples so valuabl…
3 years ago
Mars #1 with Dr Adrian Brown (318)
Season 5 Episode 51
While planet earth was in Covid lockdown, a NASA spacecraft left for Mars. Perseverance ("Percy" to its friends) is on a mission to unlock planetary…
3 years, 1 month ago
Coral Health with Dr. Wachenfeld (317)
Season 5 Episode 50
The world's largest coral reef is in trouble. Chief Scientist for Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Dr Wachenfeld, talks with Dr Karl about what he is …
3 years, 1 month ago
Dark Matter & Neutrinos with Professor Marcela Carena
Season 5 Episode 49
Particle physics makes discoveries each day. Professor Carena gives Dr Karl the latest on the relationship between dark matter and neutrinos.
Profes…
3 years, 1 month ago
Beyond Higgs with Professor Marcela Carena
Season 5 Episode 48
Particle physics is amazing science. Professor Carena works on the edge and gives Dr Karl an insight into why bosons matter.
Professor Marcela Carena…
3 years, 1 month ago
RPT Arthritis supplements with Professor Collins
Season 5 Episode 47
Someone you know is being treated for Arthritis. Fifteen per cent of Australians suffer pain daily and there are few safe drugs. This has led to shel…
3 years, 1 month ago
The cost of Cancer with Professor Tindle
Season 5 Episode 46
The last thing you expect to see at an oncology ward is a cash machine. Professor Robert Tindle discusses the unequal and sometimes unfair cost of tr…
3 years, 2 months ago
Invisible Infrared: James Webb Space Telescope with Professor Tuthill
Season 5 Episode 45
Professor Peter Tuthill and Dr Karl live on stage at Sydney Ideas. They peel back how and why the James Webb Space Telescope (our Infrared Eye in the…
3 years, 2 months ago