Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchUltra Marathon AstroPhysics with Professor Lisa (40)
Making sense of the Heavens above is extreme science. Add radio telescopes and that becomes multi dimensional. Then apply stresses that destroy 4 whe…
8 years, 5 months ago
Mice in Space, Battery & Plane Travel, Blue Pigment (39)
This week the team are all in the wild blue yonder. Dr Alice talks about mice pups and space and burying sperm deep under the lunar surface. Dr Karl …
8 years, 6 months ago
White Coffee & Meringues - Prof Claire Collins on the foamy Science of proteins (38)
What makes white coffee so foamy and delicious. That delightful crunch when you bite into the perfect meringue. Scientifically they're both made of t…
8 years, 6 months ago
Con Artists, Cold Spots and Stradivarius violins (37)
Things are not always how they seem: Dr Karl explains how to be buff, good looking and scientifically believable in order to con the gullible. Almost…
8 years, 6 months ago
Climate Science Debate (36)
Why has Climate Science become so contested ? Dr Karl discusses with two authors. Dr Christopher Wright has written about the past 30 years of Clima…
8 years, 6 months ago
Dr. Michael Mann & the Hockey Stick Graph. (35)
This podcast is about Science and a chart. Team leader, Professor Michael Mann, drew it 20 years ago using good science. It's been named "The Hockey …
8 years, 7 months ago
The Artificial Uterus, Schroedinger's Cat & Bacteriophages (34)
Blue Sky Science. This week the lamb in a bag - Dr Alice on the research that may help save premature babies. Almost Dr Jessica with a cat in a box …
8 years, 7 months ago
Food Fraud Forensic Science (33)
We are what we eat. Organic, low fat, pesticide-free, High Fibre ; Consumers are charged extra for foods with health benefits like these. But when f…
8 years, 7 months ago
Natural Nukes, Pulsars and Lithium-ion Batteries (33)
Natural Nukes - Dr Karl explains how the earth created a nuclear reactor billions of years before we figured out how. Extreme gravity, relativistic r…
8 years, 7 months ago
Xiuhtezcatl Martinez - Climate Change Activist (31)
From the age of six, Xiuhtezcatl has been out to improve our world. He worked locally to get pesticides out of parks, coal ash contained, and frackin…
8 years, 7 months ago