Mr Science Show
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- Update frequency
- every 87 days
- Episodes
- 23
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2017
Ep 164: The Pod - Flesh eating sea lice
I have started a new podcast called The Pod - I'd love you to have a listen and tell me what you think! Mr Science Show is not gone though, it will continue on boldly! The Pod is about ocean swimming…
Sun 19 Nov 2017
Ep 163: Birthday maths
A few weeks back, I had a great chat about birthday mathematics with Glynn Greensmith on the It's Just Not Cricket show on ABC Radio. It was great! We discussed how when you are born in the year infl…
Mon 24 Apr 2017
Ep 162: Pulsating Pulses
2016 is the International Year of Pulses, which aims to heighten public awareness of the nutritional benefits of pulses as part of sustainable food production aimed towards food security and nutritio…
Wed 01 Jun 2016
Ep 161: 2016 Pulses and Pulsars
Happy 2016! This week, I spoke on ABC Radio Central West about some of the science we can expect in 2016: 2016 is the International Year of Pulses, which aims to heighten public awareness of the nutr…
Sat 27 Feb 2016
Ep 160: 2015 The year of light
2015 was a magnificent year for physics. Not only was it the International Year of Light and light-based technologies, it was an outstanding year of astronomical achievement, culminating with the mag…
Thu 24 Dec 2015
Ep 159: Wedding cost, marriage success and cats
From a recent chat with ABC Central West, this week is definitely a correlation of the week. Two separate stories on the topic of love and attachment highlight a couple of statistical concerns you ne…
Mon 21 Sep 2015
Ep 158: Food science with ABC Radio
Every month, I chat with ABC Central West and the science topics of the day, and this week we chatted food, in particular: Consumption of spicy foods may lead to a lower risk of death (and a little a…
Tue 11 Aug 2015
Ep 157: Where to now for Cold Fusion?
Do you remember Cold Fusion? Remember when electrochemists Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons claimed to have achieved nuclear fusion in a bottle on a table in their lab in Utah? That was so 80s! Co…
Thu 02 Jul 2015
Farewell Darren
It is with great sadness that I let you know that my friend and co-Beer Drinking Scientist, Darren Osborne, passed away in January after a brave battle with brain cancer. I've put a few words up over…
Thu 26 Feb 2015
Ep 155: Fact or Fiction with ANSTO
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation undertakes research and development in nuclear science and technology. This has wide application including nuclear medicine, atmospheric mon…
Sun 13 Jul 2014
Ep 154: Blogging, podcasting, royal jelly and using chocolate to determine the speed of light
Over the Easter break, I spoke with Lish Fejer on ABC 666 Canberra on her Experimentarium segment. We spoke on various things to do with science blogging and podcasting, and matters Easter related in…
Sat 26 Apr 2014
Ep 153: Complex Network Analysis in Cricket
Complex network analysis is an area of network science and part of graph theory that can be used to rank things, one of the most famous examples of which is the Google PageRank algorithm. But it can …
Tue 11 Mar 2014
Ep 152: Spiderman Part 2
In part 2 of the Spiderman series, Dr Boob looks at the amazing properties of spider silk and how Peter Parker might harness various technologies to appropriately use it. It's the final show from Dr …
Sat 28 Sep 2013
Ep 151: Spiderman Part 1
This is our last Science of superheroes for a while so we thought we'd look at one of the big guys. Over two episodes, Dr Boob examines Spiderman and in episode one, he specifically looks at how to m…
Sun 15 Sep 2013
Ep 150: Bryan Gaensler at 20 years of the Sydney University Science Talented Student Program
I recently attended the 20 year anniversary of the Sydney University Faculty of Science Talented Student Program. That was an intimidating event! The evening was hosted by Adam Spencer and featured a…
Sun 14 Jul 2013
Ep 149: Zombies Part 2
In the second of a two part series on zombies, this week we go deeper in the dark world of the undead. In part one we managed, through a combination of drugs, to create zombie-like creatures who were…
Sat 04 May 2013
Ep 148: Zombies Part 1
Zombies have been fodder for science fiction books and movies for years, but could we actually create one in the lab? And why indeed would you want to do this? Surely the whole "eating brains" concep…
Tue 12 Mar 2013
Ep 147: Time Travel and the movies part 2
Time travel is one of the more interesting plot devices in scifi movies. In this episode and the second in the series, Dr Boob takes us on a journey through parallel universes, causal loops and the n…
Tue 12 Mar 2013
Ep 146: Time Travel and Movies Part 1
We still exist! This week we're inhabiting the nexus of science, pop culture and science fiction. The topic of discussion is Time Travel and how it is portrayed in the movies. There's a little bit of…
Fri 24 Aug 2012
Ep 145: Teleportation
Is teleportation possible in the real world, or only in the world of science fiction? In this very special episode, Dr Boob takes the reigns and leads us on a journey through teleportation, whether o…
Sat 05 May 2012
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