Living Room Logic – Irish Science Podcast
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 38 minutes
- Episodes
- 56
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2022
Spread the Good: Opening the country 03/05
This episode Andrew talks through the latest stats and NPHET models, the road to reopening the country and appreciates the weight that is slowly being lifted. Go get a nights sleep, eat well and spen…
Spread the Good: What to expect over the next few weeks 26/04
This episode we explain some key changes that occurred in the case numbers last week that bring great hope, and a sprinkle of caution. Inspired by an interview that Brezzie had with An Taoiseach Mich…
Spread the Good: We are Going in the Right Direction 19/04
This week cases went down and vaccinations went up. What is the origin of sars-cov-2? Should you be worried about variants? In this weekly mini-series we focus on the GOOD! Updates on progress toward…
Spread the Good: The Progress that will End the pandemic 12/04
How will the AstraZenica vaccine side effects impact vaccine roll-out? When does NPHET see normalcy returning? What can you do to get through this last lockdown? In this weekly mini-series we focus o…
The Mind of the Machine
The U.S.A. used A.I. supercomputers to win one of the final cold war battlefields: Chess. This episode, Andrew and Aidan discuss the history of intelligence, why our global perception of it changed o…
From Ape to Vape: Human Evolution
70,000 years ago, the eruption of an Indonesian supervolcano whittled the human population down to a few thousand globally. This episode, we walk our way along our evolutionary path from the last kno…
Einstein's Quantum Conundrums: Part 2
Einstein once called quantum physics spooky, listen in to find out why! This part 2 we explore some of the biggest mysteries in physics, the shoelaces that may define the universe and the Irish scien…
Einstein's Quantum Conundrums: Part 1
Two greeks first once asked if we kept cutting an object in half, would we find the smallest building block of the universe? This episode we discuss how after an age of cosmic exploration through tel…
Mass Extinctions
99% of all the species that have ever lived are now extinct, making all life that’s still on earth the lucky 1%. This episode, Andrew and Aidan walk through the biggest extinction events in the fossi…
COVID-19 Review with Dr Liz Ryan
This episode we interview a vaccine specialist and immune system expert, Dr Liz Ryan. What makes COVID-19 so unique that it caused a pandemic? What actually makes the elderly vulnerable? Should we b…
The Nature of Love
Albatross pairs mate for life. Garter snakes mate in 100+ orgies. Whether you were together, apart or alone this Valentine’s day, our tales of love in the wild will send you swooning. We describe the…
Uranium Fever
It only took 3 years after humans invented the first nuclear reactor for the first nuke to be dropped. This episode we recount the origins of nuclear everything, from atomic discoveries and nuclear f…
Cybernetic Organisms
Do you use technology to gain information at the click of a button? Then you’re a cyborg! This episode we explore our dependence on technology, how we use it to extend our ever-changing lives and how…
Bugs are the Pest
All the bugs on planet earth outweigh all the humans on earth 70 to 1, so surely our leggy neighbours have a lot going on? This episode we discuss the secret underground societies of ants, why creepy…
Aliens, Man.
Of the billions of stars in the night sky, surely one has an orbiting planet that sustains life? This episode, Andrew and Aidan explore the history and science of looking for signs of extraterrestria…
